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Professionalizing a religio-centric firm through workplace learning
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
Rakesh along with his brothers, Subhash Patel and Mihir Patel, promoted,
owned, and ran Steel Tubes and Pipes Ltd (STPL), a medium-sized company
that manufactured tubes and pipes made of stainless steel, exotic metals, ...
Rehabilitation myths? How transaction costs reduce farmer welfare after land acquisition
(Sage, 2017)
In this article, we show how transaction costs lead to farmer marginalization as
displaced farmers embark on the process of acquiring new land. Existing studies
have focused on the links between monetary compensation and ...
Is It the Message or the Medium? Relational management during crisis through blogs, Facebook and corporate websites
(Sage, 2018)
This is a quasi-experimental study comparing three modes of communication during crisis to examine whether they lead to differences in perception of relational maintenance. Crisis communication by an airline company was ...
Ownership structure and internationalization of Indian firms
(Elseveir, 2017)
We examine the longitudinal relationship between ownership structure and firm internationalization, in a
sample of Indian firms. Drawing on principal-principal (PP) agency theory and the resource-based-view (RBV) of
the ...
The essence of downsizing: a review of literature
(Publishing India, 2017)
The process of downsizing has
often been considered as a onetime
activity that is disconnected
from the processes and the outcomes
associated with the activity.
Since the strategies, organizational,
industrial and ...
Tactical decisions at Vastrapur car rental services
(Pubsonline, 2017)
Ahmedabad is the largest city in the State of Gujarat,
India with more than 6 million inhabitants in 2015.
Being one of the fastest growing cities in the world,
the public transportation network has been unable ...
Grassroots innovation: minds on the margin are not marginal minds
(Penguin Random House, 2016)
A moral dilemma gripped Professor Gupta when he was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricultural sector in 1985. He noticed how the marginalized farmers were being paid poorly for their ...
This place is not the same anymore; temps are coming in
(SSRN, 2017)
As organisations increasingly rely on temporary work arrangements, there is a significant rise in the proportion of workers in part-time, contractual, fixed tenure, and other such labour engagements. Due to the difference ...
Business leadership and law
(Springer, 2017)
This book discusses doing business and making profit on the right side of the law. It explores the role of aligning business and legal strategies, and using the law as a powerful tool in making businesses successful. In ...
Through the looking Glass: role of construal level on description-intensive reviews
(Association for Consumer Research, 2017)
Focus on consumer engagement has led service providers to explore contextual factors influencing consumers’ satisfaction. In this paper, we draw insights from Construal Level Theory to identify the conditions when own vs. ...