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    • Comparison of CDS prices for different valuation models and hazard rates 

      R., Arvind Saran; Kumar, Amit (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2004)
      This paper provides a comparison between the CDS spreads estimated by Hull and white model and Equivalent Recovery model. The paper compares the models for different maturities, using different time-varying hazard rate ...

    • The Jet - Sahara deal: a negotiations perspective 

      Srinivasan, Karthik; G., Swetha Vijay (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2007)

    • Lessons in negotiation from India's struggle for independence 

      Nagabhushan, Katyayini; Mazumdar, Sandeepan (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2007)

    • Empowerment of Women: cases from cooperatives in Tamil Nadu 

      Pitchai, C (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1999)
      Women constitute about 48% of the total population of India and among them 51% are illiterate. Women in India are given back seat in socio-economic affairs. Despite literacy campaigns and other government welfare schemes, ...

    • Efficiency of Indian capital market 

      Thangaraju, R. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1999)
      The capital market has become one of the measures of economic performance of the country. This study attempts to analyze the behavior of share prices of Indian stocks and to find the weak form of market efficiency by ...

    • Human resources development in Cadila pharmaceuticals 

      Baroda, Satyawan (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1999)
      This study explores findings from the experience of managers and employees about human resources development policies and their practices in Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited. The human resource development systems in Cadila ...

    • Total quality management in fruit processing industries in Tamil Nadu 

      Sivakumar, S. D. (Indian Institute of management Ahmedabad, 1999)
      Ensuring quality in food products is beneficial to the firm in terms of increasing market share and profitability, besides offering a noble service to the society. Acts such as Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1955, ...

    • Strategic responses of urban Co-operative banks to banking sector reforms 

      Deshpande, Sudhir Y. (Indian Institution of Management Ahmedabad, 2000)
      The study is an attempt at understanding the strategic adaptation of Urban Co-operative Banks to banking sector reforms. The specific objectives of the study were to (a) understand the environmental changes affecting the ...

    • Marketing of minor forest products: through the large area multi purpose cooperative societies in Mysore district (Karnataka State) 

      Gowda, M. K. Krishne (Indian Institution of Management Ahmedabad, 2000)
      Minor Forest Produce are a particularly important part of multiple uses strategies because they increase the range of income generating options for forest dependent villagers while avoiding some of the ecological costs of ...

    • Impact of networking on business organizations in Gujarat 

      Manohar, Murali (Indian Institution of Management Ahmedabad, 1998)
      An attempt has been made to identify the impact of networking across several industries based in Gujarat along with understanding the (Networking Application) of the organization. In this regard, a questionnaire was designed ...

    • Entry strategies for paging services industry 

      Swamy, Krishnan; V, Srinivas (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1995)
      The paging industry in India is one of the emerging industries that have emerged in the country in the wake of liberalization. The telecom privatization progress started with the aim of providing universal access to modern ...

    • Portfolio optimization using genetic algorithm technique in utility maximization framework 

      Bhattacharya, Arnab (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2006)
      Markowitz famous formulation of reward-risk ratio to capture the most efficient portfolio allocation presupposes that risk is captured by the standard deviation of stock returns, the reward is captured by expected stock ...

    • Analyzing the effectiveness of mean-Gini framework for estimation of currency hedge ratio 

      Kumar, Vikas; G., Swetha Vijay (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2006)
      Several approaches to finding the optimal spot currency hedge ratios have been explored. The most simplistic and widely used approach is the minimum variance model under portfolio approach which attempts to minimize the ...

    • Examining the lead lag relationship between cash markets and the derivatives based on them 

      Visvanathan, Karthik; Santhanam, Prasanna; Ramdoss, S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2006)
      Inefficient capital markets, it is generally believed that the underlying stock prices have an impact on the price of the derivatives as governed by the Black schools model. For example, if the underlying stock appreciates ...

    • Medical tourism in India: market potential and growth strategy 

      Subramoniam, Venkatesh; Shaikh, Vikar Ahmad (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2006)
      Medical tourism is a concept wherein people instead of traveling for seeing places, travel overseas for satisfying their medical and relaxation needs. Medical tourism provides additional benefits of combining holidaying ...

    • Strategic information systems: discussing current trends 

      Lakhotia, Amit; Mehta, Atul (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2006)

    • Analyzing the corporate response to economic reforms in India 

      Singhal, Shilpa; Pant, Kushagra (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2006)
      In this paper, we analyze the changes in the corporate sector resulting from the India’s move from the first generation reforms to second generation reforms over a 15 year period from 1991 to 2005 – and try to establish ...

    • Statistical modelling of relationship between CDS spread and bond yield 

      Agarwal, Ritesh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2007)
      Credit derivatives were introduced in India recently which was demanded by the market participants for quite some time. Though the government has introduced Credit Default Swaps (CDS) with some restriction, It will take ...

    • Evolution of IPRs in India 

      Jalan, Jyoti; Vasant, Palkar Pallavi (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2007)
      The objective of this study is to understand the Intellectual Property Rights in India and analyze current trends. Intellectual property consists of patents, trademark, copyrights, trade secrets and industrial designs. ...

    • Diaspora bonds and their application in national development 

      Nebhnani, Arvind; Jayaraman, Pooja (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2007)
      Diaspora Bonds are bonds issued with an aim to tap into Diaspora income flows. These bonds allow the issuing country to mobilize resources in the time of financial crisis or when external funds are either not accessible ...