Browsing 3rd Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IAM), 2013 by Title
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Influence of Dimensions of Strategic Orientation (SO) on the Growth of Small Firms & Resources as Moderating Variable: A Study of Indian Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)Strategy-firm growth relationship has remained an important issue for researchers, despite considerable theoretical advances made in this area, little consensus has emerged on the key dimensions of strategy construct -- ... -
Influence Of Relational Mentoring On Role Based Performance
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)Relational mentoring process denotes high quality mentoring on the mentoring continuum and it encompasses traditional or average quality of mentoring. Although, the undercurrent of support provided through relational ... -
Influence of Top Management Team Characteristics on Firm Performance in High Growth Environment: Examining Mediation Mechanisms Using Content Analysis of Annual Reports
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)Top Management teams (TMT) play an important role in determining the strategic actions of a firm and in turn shaping the organizational outcome and performance. Hambrick and Mason’s Upper Echelon perspective provides a ... -
Innovation, Ownership Structures And Inyernationlization: Empirical Evidence From Indian Pharmaceutical Sector
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)We combine insights from international trade and corporate governance literatures to explore the link between innovation and internationalization under different ownership structures in the context of the pharmaceutical ... -
Interrelatedness of family and small business
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)We present a view that social construct-family- is closely intertwined with the economic construct-small business-. We also demonstrate that the notion of family is deeply entrenched in the thoughts of small business owners. ... -
Investigating Drivers of Loyalty: A Case of Rural Retail Banks in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)The aim of the present study is to explore customer’s perceived service quality and also attempts to determine the most significant predictor of customer loyalty. It also aims at developing a comprehensive model by integrating ... -
Knowledge Integration As A Driver Of Growth: The Case Of Indian IT Firms
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)This paper argues that knowledge integration processes are critical in explaining firm performance and growth. We propose a framework in which efficiency, scope and flexibility of knowledge integration is promoted by a ... -
Knowledge Management Practices and Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Innovation Capacity
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)This study has investigated the impact of knowledge management on competitive advantage through innovation capacity (mediator) of an organization. The research sample comprised employees (N=331) of private telecommunication ... -
Labor Market outcome for Vocational Training in India- Does Safety net Theory holds true
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)This work is an attempt to explore and examine why people join Vocational Education and Training (VET) by looking at the labour market outcome for VET trained people. Emerging literature on the performance of VET in European ... -
Leadership activities and their impact on creating knowledge in organizations
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)Leaders play a central role in the process of knowledge creation. While researchers have emphasized a strong link between leadership styles and knowledge creation, the role of leadership in knowledge creation activities ... -
Life and Death of International Joint Ventures (IJVs): A Review of Literature and Theories
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)This paper reviews scholarly work on International Joint Ventures (IJVs) as appeared in peer-reviewed journals. It attempts to identify how the research in this field has evolved and developed into sub-fields, which topics ... -
Making a Product Development Team Flexible: The Role of Strictness of Review Process
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)During the course of Product Development (PD), a product is continuously evaluated at each stage. The review process adopted for evaluating the progress can vary in terms of ‘strictness'. We explored how this strictness ... -
Management Control Systems and Corporate Governance: A Theoretical Review
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)This paper reviews researches that study the relationship between the various components of the management control systems (MCS) as a package namely cybernetic control & cultural control and the organizational performance ... -
Management of Agency Problem through Performance Contracts – Case of Public Sector Enterprises
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)The current endeavor attempts to understand how the management of public enterprises could be incentivized to work by putting their maximum effort in the direction of the objectives set forth by the government as the ... -
Managing Emotions: Emotional Labor Or Emotional Enrichment
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2013)Concept of ‘emotional labor’ has undergone many transformations since Hochschild (1983) described it. Researchers have broadened its scope by including emotion management by professionals in different roles, exploring its ... -
A Means-End Approach to Understand the Role of Values as Motivations of Sustainable Consumption Behaviour
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)With recent increased interest in understanding sustainable consumption behaviour of people, there is need to explore the value motives behind sustainable buying behaviour of consumers. Using means-end approach, an ... -
Measurement Of Tact Necessary To Prevent Industrial Disputes Leading To Loss Of Productivity----With Reference To Industries In South Bengal
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)Industrial Disputes cause loss of productivity and decrease of profit, tending towards huge losses. It is, therefore, necessary to establish a benchmark level of tact or skill, that is required to ensure the prevention ... -
Measuring Consumer spirituality through a valid scale
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)Spirituality has hardly received any attention from the marketing and consumer behaviour scholars. This study seeks to bridge that gap by addressing the issue of consumer spirituality and its measurement through CONSPIRIT ... -
Measuring Financial Risk taking using a dual preference approach for determination of Financial Satisfaction
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)The purpose of this study is to measure the dual dimensions of financial risk taking and to find out how these dimensions relate to the financial satisfaction of the individual investors. A context specific measure of ...