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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 -
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 ... -
Who gets to the top: generalists versus specialists in managerial organizations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013-01-30)We study organizations with individuals whose expertise differ in content and breadth. For example, specialists have deeper expertise than generalists, but in fewer areas. Difficulties in communication depend on who ... -
Why are credit ratings coarse?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013-08-14)An enduring puzzle is why credit ratings are coarse indicators of issuer credit quality, with a relatively small number of ratings categories being used to describe credit qualities that lie in a continuum. We develop a ... -
Why are fewer married women joining the work force in rural India? A decomposition analysis over two decades
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-08-04)In contrast with global trends, India has witnessed a secular decline in women’s employment rates over the past few decades. We investigate this decline in rural areas, where the majority of Indian women reside. Using ... -
Why so few women in Politics? Evidence from India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014-12-04)The R & P seminar held at Wing 11 IIM Ahmedabad on December 4, 2014 by Prof. Mudit Kapoor, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad -
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 ... -
Women’s adverse incorporation into party politics: political labour in India and Indonesia
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-08-28)Despite policies and initiatives to address women’s under-representation in formal politics across Asia, the problem remains entrenched (Paxton and Hughes 2014). Significant scholarly work has examined the extent of, and ...