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Is CEO Pay Related to Performance in the U.S. Hospitality Industry?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-12-27)
Due to the unique nature of the hospitality industry that entails higher competition, ease of entry and exit of firms, and geographic diversification, we hypothesize that CEO compensation in the hospitality industry will ...
Steel Industry: Strategic Options
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-11-23)
With the government and the steel industry aiming high to take steel production in the country to about 300 million tonnes per annum by the second half of the coming decade from about 90 million tonnes now, there is a need ...
Homeownership and the American Dream - An Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility Effects
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-09-30)
The benefits of homeownership feature prominently in the academic literature and policy discussion alike. Increasing homeownership has been a major policy goal in the US for decades, especially in low-income areas. We show ...
Old and out? Age, learning and employability
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-10-06)
Workforces across the world are aging, and governments are taking more and more policy actions to encourage aging workers to extend their working lives beyond the usual retirement age. In addition, employers are stimulated ...
Does Health Influence Risk Preference?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-12-16)
This paper investigates whether self-assessed health (SAH) status—a measure of health stock—influences the risk preference of an individual. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we ...
Logistics, the human factor
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-12-16)
As every manager knows, people are important to achieve operational excellence. The decisions and behavior of leaders impact the behaviors of employees which are instrumental in obtaining high performance. Still, in ...
Stock Picking - Insights from academic research
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-12-22)
Despite the importance of the banking sector to the economy, prior valuation studies in accountinghave tended to generally discard bank stocks. We examine returns to a fundamental analysis based trading strategy for the ...
Large Population Aggregative Potential Games
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-12-08)
We consider population games in which payoff depends upon the aggregate strategy level and which admit a potential function. Examples of such aggregative potential games include the tragedy of the commons and the Cournot ...
Achieving social objectives using sponsorship-endorser portfolios
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-11-10)
Increasingly, nonprofits are utilizing social partnerships, such as celebrity endorsements or commercial sponsorships, to realize their social objectives and donation goals. The impact of corporate sponsorship on consumer ...
New Technology Innovations, Rise of Start-Ups and Design of Competitive Business Models
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016-12-09)
Business models are a current hot topic, and their design has become a key to achieving high performance of the companies big or small. New Technologies: Mobile Internet, IOT, Social media, Cloud, Algorithmic Governance, ...