Faculty Publications (Bibliographic): Recent submissions
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Keeping the sparkle on: workforce retention in Indian diamond cutting and polishing firms during economic recession
(International journal of organizational analysis, 2013)– The Indian diamond cutting and polishing (CPD) industry enjoys a global leadership position, but at the same time is vulnerable to economic shifts in the global market. Historically, such shocks have resulted in shake ... -
Perceptions of mercury risk and its management
(Human & Ecological Risk Assessment, 2014)Anthropogenic activities, such as coal burning for electricity generation, release mercury (Hg), a toxic, bioaccumulative pollutant with potential health impacts primarily borne by specific population groups such as women ... -
Defining the social responsibility of businesses
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2014)Whose Business is it? If the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has to be implemented meaningfully by companies, then the stakeholders impacted by their business should also have a say in defining what ... -
Forest fires in India: regional and temporal analysis
(Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 2013)Forest fire threatens the wealth and biodiversity of the forest. Studies suggest that 90% of vegetation fires in India may be man-made and, annually, about 3.73 mil ha of forest area are affected, leading to a loss of ... -
Posterior consistency of Bayesian quantile regression based on the misspecified asymmetric laplace density
(Bayesian Analysis, 2013)We explore an asymptotic justification for the widely used and empirically verified approach of assuming an asymmetric Laplace distribution (ALD) for the response in Bayesian Quantile Regression. Based on empirical ... -
Infibeam Internet Retailing
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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. ... -
The practice of contract farming in India: making it inclusive and effective
(Food Chain, 2013)Agricultural marketing reforms are central to changing the agricultural/agribusiness sector. The Amended APMC Act in India, which permitted contract farming, direct purchase from farmers, and setting up of private wholesale ... -
Policy for Punjab’s agriculture: will it deliver?
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2013)Punjab's new agriculture policy based on a report prepared by the Committee for Formulation of Agriculture Policy for Punjab focuses on yield enhancement and market orientation instead of demand-driven agriculture. While ... -
Dimensions, outcomes and mediating roles of empowerment
(Management and Labour Studies, 2013)We examined the multidimensional concept of empowerment in the context of women primary school teachers in India. We conducted interviews and then a questionnaire survey. Using structural equation modelling, we found ... -
Withdrawal of fertilizer subsidy: some issues and concerns for farm sector growth in India
(Indian Journal of Fertilizers, 2013)While fertiliser subsidy has probably been one of the most hotly debated issues in the country over the past two decades, the debate reached a new height follow ing a recommendation by the Prime Minister's Economic ... -
Direct benefit transfer of fertilizer subsidies: problems and challenges in effective implementation
(Sharma, Vijay Paul (2013), Direct benefit transfer of fertilizer subsidies: problems and challenges in effective implementation, Indian Journal of Fertilizers, 2013) -
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, ... -
The influence of role ambiguity and goal acceptance on salesperson performance and commitment
(Marketing Management Journal, 2014)A multi-industry sample of industrial salespeople was studied to construct a model that considers the effects of role ambiguity on goal acceptance, salesperson performance, and organizational commitment. Results indicate ... -
The transition of childbirth practices among tribal women in Gujarat, India - a grounded theory approach
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2013)Background Under the National Rural Health Mission, the current emphasis is on achieving universal institutional births through incentive schemes as part of reforms related to childbirth in India. There has been rapid ... -
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 ... -
Comparing retail formats in an emerging market: influence of low price guarantee on purchase intention
(Journal of Indian business research, 2014)This study aims to examine the importance of credit and low price guarantee (LPG) on consumer purchase intention across types of retail store formats in an emerging market context. -
Fleet sizing for transporters with seasonal demands
(International Journal of Automation and Logistics, 2013, 2013)We develop a quick and approximate way to address the fleet sizing problem for transporters with non-stationary demands and uncertain trip times. Non-stationary demands are modelled using Markov-modulated Poisson process ... -
A novel approach for designing rental vehicle repositioning strategies
(IIE Transactions, 2014)An important tactical decision for vehicle rental providers is the design of a repositioning strategy to balance vehicle utilization with customer wait times due to vehicle unavailabilities. To address this problem, this ... -
Improving service system performance using estimates of waiting time probabilities
(International. Journal. of Automation and Logistics, 2014)Queue length distributions provide insight into the impact of service system design changes that go beyond simple performance measure averages; however, such distributions are difficult to estimate when service times are ...