Faculty Publications (Bibliographic): Recent submissions
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Subordinate debt, deposit insurance and market oriented monitoring of banks
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)We present a model of a bank with endogenous risk choices, where delegated monitoring by an active market in subordinate debt helps in containing the bank's risk shifting in the presence of deposit insurance. In comparison ... -
Cost-effective pallet management strategies
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)The existing industry strategies for managing pallets, (single-use expendable pallets, buy/sell programs, and leased pallet pooling programs), are analyzed and compared using push and pull inventory control policies. A ... -
Measuring the effectiveness of strategic planning: proposing a second order operationalization
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a multi-dimensional second-order operationalization of strategic planning, to advance the understanding of this construct. Design/methodology/approach: Data on the ... -
A research note: are auditors unable to detect classification shifting or merely not willing to report it? evidence from India
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)Research indicates that auditors fail to curb classification shifting in countries with relatively weaker legal institutions. However, it is not known whether auditors are unable to detect misclassifications or if they are ... -
Bandwidth packing problem with queueing delays: modelling and exact solution approach
(Springer New York LLC, 2016)We present a more generalized model for the bandwidth packing problem with queuing delays under congestion than available in the extant literature. The problem, under Poison call arrivals and general service times, is set ... -
Target experiences of workplace bullying: insights from Australia, India and Turkey
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore target experiences of workplace bullying across Australia, India and Turkey, uncovering cross-cultural convergence and divergence. Design/methodology/approach – A ... -
A nested semi-open queuing network model for analyzing dine-in restaurant performance
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)Low customer wait times at restaurants can improve both customer walk-ins and satisfaction levels. To manage customer wait times, the operators need a thorough understanding of how restaurant design parameters such as the ... -
Relationship between perceptions of corporate social responsibility and organizational cynicism: the role of employee volunteering
(Routledge, 2016)This study explores the role of positive corporate social responsibility (CSR) perceptions of employees in reducing cynicism toward the organization. As employee involvement in CSR activities through volunteering could ... -
Exploring the linkages of cognitive style and individual innovativeness
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose: This study aims to explore a crucial but less-understood antecedent of individual innovativeness – cognitive style. Design/methodology/approach: Data for this study were collected using a survey questionnaire ... -
The funeralesque as the experience of workers at the margins of international business: Seven Indian narratives
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose: This paper aims to show that the experience of workers on the margins of international business is akin to the funeralesque. The funeralesque is understood as the appropriation of the value generated by workers ... -
When less is better than more: just-below discount in tensile price promotions
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)Retailers often use Tensile Price Claims (TPC) such as "upto 40% off" or "from 10% to 40% off" to promote a line of merchandize. This enables them to have a salient communication while allowing specific level of discount ... -
Role of gratitude and obligation in long term customer relationships
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)This paper examines the role of gratitude and obligation in customer relationships. We surveyed 398 customers exiting grocery and clothing stores in Ahmedabad and Jaipur cities in India, after they had finished shopping. ... -
Ethnic inequality: theory and evidence from formal education in Nigeria
(University of Chicago Press, 2016)Inequality across social groups with distinct identities and cultures is one of the most important issues facing modern societies. Disparities in economic opportunities, employment, earnings, and asset holding are generally ... -
Socio-cultural dynamics in whistleblowing: insights from India
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose: Through state-of-the-art insights on whistleblowing in India, the purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of sociocultural dynamics in whistleblowing. Design/methodology/approach: A review of literature on ... -
Linguistic discriminative aggregation in multicriteria decision making
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016)Several new aggregation operators are proposed in the context of multicriteria decision making (MCDM) in the linguistic domain. The proposed operators first infer the discrimination index, based on the extent of variability ... -
Donning the mask: effects of emotional labour strategies on burnout and job satisfaction in community healthcare
(Oxford University Press, 2016)Emotional labour involves management of one's emotions to match the demands of their roles. This emotion display involves just expression (surface-level emotional labour) or experience in addition to expression (deep-level ... -
The politics of formulation of environmental impact assessment regulation in India: a case study
(World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2016)While the extant literature on environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulation in India largely focuses on evaluating implementation, this paper studies the political processes that shape the formulation of EIA regulation. ... -
Sabarkantha gas limited: challenges of marketing natural gas
(World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2016)This case is set in June 2012 and brings out many operational issues and challenges faced by the management of Sabarkantha Gas Limited (SGL) to efficiently, effectively, and profitably market natural gas in Mehesana, ... -
Business model adaptation for emerging markets: a case study of a German automobile manufacturer in India
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)Emerging markets offer a wide range of opportunities for firms from developed markets, especially in terms of high growth potential. However, business models that enable firms to achieve competitive advantage in their home ... -
Revisiting the role of the environment in the capabilities financial performance relationship: a meta-analysis
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016)Within the capabilities-based view of the firm, there is debate about the relative importance of ordinary and dynamic capabilities for firm performance and about the extent to which their performance effects are contingent ...