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Women on boards in India: numbers, composition, experiences and inclusion of women directors
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-09-29)
Research and practice over the last two decades have established beyond doubt the impact that diversity of workforce has on productivity and profitability. In line with various countries taking the initiative to have more ...
Geographical dissimilarity and team member influence: do emotions experienced in the initial team meeting matter?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-07-26)
It is both important and challenging to gain influence within geographically diverse teams. In the present study, we argue that the emotions team members experience in their initial team meetings moderate the effect of ...
Mobile targeting using customer trajectory patterns
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-07-26)
Integrating anticipative replenishment-allocation with reactive fulfillment for online retailing using robust optimization
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-05-12)
The aggressive expansion in e-commerce sales significantly escalates online retailers' operating costs. Typically, in each period of a planning horizon, an online retailer decides on how much to replenish each product and ...
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 ...
Census, national sample surveys and historical research methods
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-10-27)
Mixed methods research
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-11-20)
Do Activity-Based Incentive Plans Work? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-03-29)
Despite theory-based expectations, and actual usage in practice, we lack any evidence about sales productivity gains from activity-based incentive (ABI) pay. Such plans incorporate activity scores from salespersons’ call ...
Can academic integration reduce the economic divide: An Analysis of the RTE Act in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-02-18)
The Right to Education (RtE) Act enforced in 2009 requires all private schools in India to admit 25% children from economically weaker sections. If successful, the act may play a key role in reducing the widening social ...
An infrastructure investment methodology to risk mitigation from rail hazmat shipments
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-01-25)
A significant majority of hazardous materials (hazmat), including those integral to sustain our industrial lifestyle such as crude oil, are produced and consumed at different locations, and therefore need to be transported ...