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Discrete optimization: tabu search for the single row facility layout problem using exhaustive 2-opt and insertion neighborhoods
(European Journal of Operational Research, 2013)
The single row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is the problem of arranging facilities with given lengths on a line, while minimizing the weighted sum of the distances between all pairs of facilities. The problem is NP-hard. ...
Three representations of insecurity in three narratives of unorganized workers
(Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, 2013)
Introduction Theoretical effort depicts job insecurity as "the severity of the threat to one's job and powerlessness to counteract the threat" (Greenhalgh Rosenblatt, 1984:440), thus suggesting that there are two [...]
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Role of evidence in maternal health policy processes in Vietnam, India and China: findings from HEPVIC project
(Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate & Practice, 2013)
This paper explores the role of evidence in maternal health policy processes in Vietnam, India and China. Both formal and informal types of evidence were used; and differences were found between the stages of policy ...
Creating synergies for business transformation: brigade enterprises limited
(Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 2013)
The article presents a case study on the business transformation of Brigade Enterprises Ltd. It provides an overview of the company, which was founded in 1986 by M. R. Jaishankar and was then recognized as of the South ...
Insertion based lin-kernighan heuristic for single row facility layout
(Elsevier Ltd, 2013)
The single row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is the problem of arranging facilities with given lengths on a line, while minimizing the weighted sum of the distances between all pairs of facilities. The problem is known ...
A predictive methodology of rough set theory used to analyse market segmentation and competitive environment for super market
(IUP Journal of Marketing Management, 2013)
Supermarket retailing has a desirable property of stability of segment structure. Due to the heterogeneous needs and purchase power of customers, it is difficult to predict the lifetime of segments for retail supermarkets. ...
A study of mediating variables of the relationship between 360° feedback and employee performance
(Human Resource Development International, 2013)
The 360° feedback has been linked to several positive outcomes like improved performance, better interpersonal communication and smoother work relationships. Both academicians and practitioners would like more clarity ...
Internationalization and performance: a contextual analysis of Indian firms
(Elsevier Ltd, 2013)
This paper explores the nature of the relationship between a firm's internationalization and performance (I–P) and provides interesting evidence on the moderating role of the firm's characteristics on this relationship. ...
Food subsidy in India: its components, trends, causes and reforms for public policy
(Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013)
Food prices play an important role in the well-being of the poor and poverty reduction in developing countries. Therefore, there are government interventions in foodgrains markets in one form or another for several decades, ...
Methods and models for costing carbon mitigation
(Annual Reviews, Inc., 2013)
Keywords: global, electricity, energy, iron and steel, top-down, bottom-up Abstract Using the results of more than 20 different global models with a particular emphasis on two rapidly growing large countries (China and ...