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The pervasiveness of self-employment
(2003-10-21)
Ageing populations with increased life expectancy, low morality rates, and decreasing and colatile returns in financial markets have made old age financial security difficult. Further, escalating costs of the pension system ...
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd: Diagnosis
(2003-10-22)
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
embarked upon a major change initiative towards
the end of 1996. It planned an enterprise-wide
integration through Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP). The objectives were to ...
Neighbourhood search heuristics for the uncapacitated facility location problem
(2003-10-22)
The uncapacitated facility location problem is one of choosing sites among a set of candidates in which facilities can
be located, so that the demands of a given set of clients are satisfied at minimum costs. Applications ...
Member funds and cooperative performance
(2003-10-21)
This research examines the role of member-funds in multi-purpose cooperatives in the state of
Andhra Pradesh, India. The central thesis is that member-funds, both in terms of quantity and
quality, can enhance the control ...
Biodiversity contests: indigenously informed and transformed environmental education
(2003-10-22)
The ‘biodiversity contest’ is an educational innovation designed to uncover the plant diversity
knowledge of children. This article, based on the experiences of the winners of 31 such contests,
seeks to identify the ...
Analysis of long-term energy and carbon emission scenarios for India
(2003-10-19)
In the coming years India faces great challenges in energy and environment. The path of
development chosen by India, upon which lies the future growth of energy and emission trajectories,
would be greatly influenced by ...
Quality of care in institutional deliveries: the paradox of the Dominican Republic: a commentary on management
(2003-10-22)
Quality of service has two main dimensions.
First, service should meet accepted standards or
norms.Second, service should please clients.In
medical and health services the first—the technical
dimension—is dominant.This ...