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Indian call centres and business process outsourcing: a study in union formation
(New Technology, Work, and Employment, 2010-11-11)
In this exploratory study of union formation in the Indian call centre/business process outsourcing sector, the authors draw upon evidence from the first detailed survey of members of the recently formed UNITES, and from ...
Role of universal service obligation fund in rural telecom services: lesson from the Indian experience
(2010-09-07)
Despite the tremendous growth of mobile services in most developing countries, these
have largely remained limited to urban areas, aggravating the existing urban and rural divide.
Policy makers and regulators perceive ...
The multi-clump finite mixture distribution and model selection
(2010-09-08)
In practical data analysis, often an important problem is to determine the number of clumps in discrete data in the
form of proportions. This can be done through model selection in a multi-clump finite mixture model. In ...
The science of creating business acumen
(2010-09-06)
Managing an organization successfully long
term is like running a marathon. You need lasting
power and the right timing to deploy your
strength to race ahead of the pack at the critical
juncture. It is very much unlike ...
Implication of FDI in food supermarket
(2010-09-08)
This survey of the global and
Indian experience with retail
supermarkets, against the
backdrop of a recent official paper
on foreign investment in retail,
highlights malpractices due to
buying power, employment ...
On the distribution of new international reserves
(2010-06-01)
THE PLAN to create "Special Drawing Rights" (SDR's) involves a major
change in the international monetary system. The systematic creation of reserve
assets without a cost in real resources is unique in the history of ...
Desirable features in new international monetary system
(2010-06-01)
The new international monetary system that is being hammered out in Washington now must
build on the lessons learnt during the 25 years of experience of the Bretton Woods arrangement,
Beginning early Sixties a major ...
Government securities market in a mixed economy: a study of India
(2010-05-31)
The Government securities market in India reflects the mixed character of the economy. The two
features of the Indian economy that have shaped the nature of the market as it exists now are (a) the
direct and dominant ...
Analysis of Indian securities industry: market for debt
(2010-10-05)
In the current liberalized environment, the
Indian debt market appears to be all set to
take off. With the commencement of trading
of debt instruments by the National Stock
Exchange this year, the secondary market ...
Management education: social costs and returns
(2010-05-31)
This paper seeks to apply cost-benefit analysis to evaluating institutions set up for imparting
management education.
The major conclusions of the paper are twofold:
(1) Social cost-benefit analysis can be adapted to ...