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Regulating managerial pay in banking
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2014)
Managerial pay disparity between private sector and public sector banking in India is widening. Should the regulators address this by hiking public sector pay scales, or by curbing private sector pay? Drawing from international ...
The interface between technology and customer cyberbullying: evidence from India
(Elsevier, 2014)
Drawing on a phenomenological inquiry of the subjective work experiences of Indian call agents employed in international-facing call centres, this paper highlights the interface between information and communication ...
Indian public-sector trade unionism in an autocratic political climate: the distinctive case of Gujarat
(SAGE Publications, 2014)
The power and influence of trade unionism in telecommunications, state government employment and municipal bus services are examined in Gujarat, an Indian state ruled by the Hindu nationalist, pro-big business Bharatiya ...
Cost and benefit of disinflation policy in India
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2014)
The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy stance is based on assertions that there is no trade-off between inflation and growth and that disinflation will result in more growth. This note examines recent empirical evidence ...
Relative growth performance of Gujarat: a comment on the recent debate
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2014)
EPW has been publishing a number of articles on the relative economic performance of Gujarat, and on growth and human development in India under the United Progressive Alliance vs the National Democratic Alliance (28 ...
Credit off-take from formal financial institutions in rural India: quantile regression results
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2014)
Extending financial services to unbanked population in India has remained a central part of the policy thrust of the Indian government for decades. To that effect, a widespread formal credit delivery mechanism has been ...
Bank privatisation by the backdoor
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2014)
The P J Nayak Committee on the governance of bank boards has proposed that the Bank Nationalisation Act and related legislation be repealed. It wants government shareholding in public sector banks to be transferred to a ...
Volunteering: the role of individual-level psychological variables
(SAGE Publications, 2014)
A broad range of activities are often included in volunteering. The motivations for volunteering are also many-faceted. Volunteers form most of the workforce in India’s non-profit sector, which is one of the largest and ...
An analysis of the structure and the determinants of intra-industry trade in agri-food products: case of India and selected FTAs
(SAGE Publications, 2014)
The growing evidence of intra-industry trade (IIT) in integrated markets has provided sufficient justification for trade in countries with similar endowments. While several studies have been undertaken looking at manufacturing ...
Support system for women entrepreneurship in India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, China, Uganda and Russia: a comparative exploratory study
(Serials Publications, 2014)
Over centuries, extensive work has been done in the area of entrepreneurship and its impact on economic performance. Gradually, policy makers have realized that women can also contribute in the spur of economic development. ...