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Growth of factor Inputs and total factor productivity in public sector enterprises
(1977-04-15)
The public sector undertakings in India have come under
heavy criticism for inefficient management and low
profitability. In view of the importance these undertakings
command in the Indian economy, the author has done
a ...
Consumption patterns and macro marketing: a radical perspective
(1977-09-21)
Patterns of consumption in a society are shaped by choices made at the levels of
production (what to produce[l]), distribution (how to allocate the products within
society), information dissemination (how is the existence ...
Between traditional classification and coordinate indexing
(1979-07-29)
An ordering system for a global information network is necessary in order to enable
the user to retrieve the particular information he is looking for. Classification has been one of the
methods of ordering. The principle ...
A geometric programming approach to the Van der Waerden conjecture on doubly stochastic matrices
(1977-07-23)
Let @p be the set of all doubly stochastic square matrices of order p i.e. the set of all p × p
matrices with non-negative entries with row and column sums equal to unity. The permanent
of a p × p matrix A = (aij) is ...
Costs of operations in agricultural financing by formal agencies
(1978-06-19)
The purpose of this paper is, first, briefly to discuss the main elements of costs in agricultural finance
operations of formal agencies. The sources of high administrative costs are then identified. And, finally,
a ...
Sustained development through people : insights from an experiment
(1987-09-23)
Can rural development focus on people?
Can village communities identify and
develop their own opportunities and
resources as part of planned interventions
for development?
Yes was the answer with which an
experiment ...
Capital market equilibrium in a mixed economy, optimal public sector investment decision rules and the social rate of discount
(1978-07-26)
What rate of discount should be used by publicly owned enterprises
in their evaluation of risky investments? According to
Hirshleifer, and Baumol, the public sector firm should use the same
cutoff rate as a private firm ...
Depreciation and replacement cost
(1979-04-29)
The sharp rise in prices in recent years has stirred up a
brisk clebate on the meaning and measurement of business
income. In computing income, costs of labour
and material are generally reflected in current prices, ...
Private corporate investment in 1978: a forecast
(1978-03-11)
Investment in the private corporate sector, including the joint sector, has shown a substantial rise in
1977 as compared with 1976. However, this rise has been contributed to largely by projects in the joint
sector.
...
Semantics of LISP and the ontology of function
(1976-05-22)
The formalization of recursive definition of functions in the programming language LISP is studied with respect to
its ontological assumptions. It is shown that whereas the theory of recursive function is based on the ...