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The takeoff of open source software: a signaling perspective based on community activities
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-10-05)A few open-source software (OSS) products exhibit an abrupt and significant increase in downloads. However, the majority of OSS products fail to gain much interest. Identifying early success is important for catalyzing ... -
Taming Wicked Problems in Strategy Wicked Strategies and the Business of Humanity
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-08-22)In business, some problems are easy, some problems are hard, and some problems are so complex, so intractable, and so threatening to organizations - or entire industries that they are best described as 'wicked'. These ... -
Text mining for financial and non-financial information from SEC filings, and textual analysis for predictive models and risk assessment
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-09-17)The recent developments in information technology in terms of text mining tools and search engines like Google is not only changing the way we gather information and conduct research, but also changing the kinds of questions ... -
Third OECD Economic survey of India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-02-19)Third OECD Economic survey of India held at Wing 11 IIM Ahmedabad on February 19, 2015 Presentation by Catherine L Mann, OECD Chief Economist, Isabelle Journard, OECD Head of India Desk Piritta Sorsa, OECD Head ... -
To explain or to predict?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013-12-31)Statistical modeling is a powerful tool for developing and testing theories by way of causal explanation, prediction, and description. In many disciplines there is near-exclusive use of statistical modeling for causal ... -
The touch of Midas or the curse of Bhasmasura? Learning from failures of Indian investments in Finland
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015-11-23)This seminar presentation contributes to expanding the conversations around investments of multinational companies from emerging economies (EMNCs) in developed countries. The purpose is to invite attention to management ... -
Transit-oriented development and residential location in Hong Kong: from economic and social spatial perspectives
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-07-16)Transit development is being placed as a priority in many world cities’ transportation master plan to improve connectivity and urban mobility. With new rail lines and bus routes, residents can enjoy higher accessibility ... -
Trend and cyclical decoupling: new estimates based on spectral causality tests and wavelet correlations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013-02-21)The issue of decoupling of emerging market economies (EMEs) (especially in the Asian region) from the developments in advanced economies has become a subject of lively debate in recent years. Basically, decoupling seems ... -
The US-China Business Relationship - Bi-Polar or the Two Pillars of a Stable World Economy – With Implications for India?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2017-03-06)This is more of a policy-oriented presentation discussing the extent of trade and FDI involvement between the US and China and what is at stake in the relationship in terms of money, jobs, manufacturing competitiveness, ... -
Valuation of Tax Loss Carryforwards and Carrybacks and its Implication for Dynamic Portfolio Selection
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-06-25)The R & P seminar held at Wing 11 IIM Ahmedabad on June 25, 2015 by Prof. Suresh Govindaraj, The state University of New Jersey, USA on Valuation of Tax Loss Carryforwards and Carrybacks and its Implication for Dynamic ... -
Videos in the Choupal: ICT, Social Practices and Knowledge Transfer
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014-11-05)The R & P seminar held at Wing 11 IIM Ahmedabad on November, 5 2014 by Prof. Israr Qureshi, Hong Kong Polytechnic University -
The vision of IIM Ahmedabad is aligned with the personal vision of students
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-04-15)The student faculty debate is a long-standing tradition at IIMA where a team representing the entire student community of IIMA debates the professors on a topic of mutual interest. This year, we’re honoured that our ... -
Wealth Distribution, Pattern of Trade and Capital Flows- Role of Credit Market Imperfection
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-01-21)This paper explores the impact of wealth distribution on pattern of trade and capital flows with credit rationing. More egalitarian societies may aggravate the impact of credit rationing and that may lead to import of ... -
Weather, Affect, and Consumption Preference for Hedonic and Utilitarian Products: The Moderating Role of Gender
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-22)How and why does the association between weather and hedonic consumption differ between males and females? This paper theorizes that females have a stronger affective response to weather conditions, which subsequently ... -
What is Impactful Research?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2017-03-03)As researchers, we continue to do research in areas which appear to have buzzwords or perpetuated by researchers from so-called top universities or by so-called top researchers from other universities. There is a need for ... -
Whatever it takes: The Real Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policy
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-08-04)On July 26, 2012 the ECB’s President Mario Draghi announced to do “whatever it takes” to preserve the Euro and subsequently launched the Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) Program, which led to a significant increase in ... -
Wheels of power: Long-term effects of a one time targeted program
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-04-10)Expansion of opportunities for the female child may impact her aspirations given the prevailing social norms. Furthermore, the new social equilibrium arising from this expansion feeds back into the social norms. We develop ... -
When are rewards bad for innovation? Examining the linkages between leadership, work motivation and employee innovativeness in the Indian R&D context
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-08-27)Building on the foundations of self-determination theory of motivation, the present study investigates the association between leader behaviors, autonomous motivation and employee innovativeness (innovative work behavior ... -
When Near is Far and Far is Near:FDI, Geographic Location and Connectivity
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-02-01)Building on sociology theories that separate physical geography from its metaphorical connotations, we offer reconciliation for the theoretical ambiguity and conflicting empirical findings regarding the impact of countries’ ... -
Who are the Goldsmiths? Migrant Artisans' Guilds and the Changing Contours of Goldsmithing in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-09-13)In India, while gold is a highly regulated and monitored commodity, goldsmithing has been primarily an unregulated economic activity. The paper describes how goldsmithing, which was once a caste-based occupation, gradually ...