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    • Data Analysis Using Probabilistic Graphical Models 

      Timani, Heena; Pandya, Mayuri (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Data mining is a multidisciplinary field, drawn from varying areas as artificial intelligence, database technology, data visualization and machine learning. Using a combination of machine learning, statistical analysis, ...
    • Decisive Lending Rate Analytics for Rural Clntsie’ Clusters 

      Perbettran, Baba G. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Indian banks are evolving with innovative methods in loan approval process, in order to retain their customers and to get rid of competition. Retail customers having good credit score are ready to bargain for less interest ...
    • Deriving Constant UGDP Using Econometric Models and Calculating Real GDP Using Valuation of Key Natural Resources 

      Gajbiye, Ravikumar; Laghate, Kavita (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Wealth Creation is the primary motive for Business, but Unequal Wealth Distribution causes unbalanced economic growth. Economic disequilibrium is a global phenomenon arising out of cyclic nature of Business at macroeconomic ...
    • Determinants of India’s Food Grain Production: Evidence from Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model 

      Pal, Debdatta; Mitra, Subrata K. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      This study intends to identify the determinants of food grain production in India by employing Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lag model of Cho et al. (2014). QARDL modelling approach simultaneously captures both the ...
    • Discontinuation Risk Models 

      Cherukupalli, Ramya; Hussaini, Syed A. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Medication discontinuation or non-adherence is a significant problem in healthcare around the world. When people stop taking their medicine, the result is often worsening health and potentially unnecessary hospitalization. ...
    • Effect of Macro-Economic Factors on Demand for Two-Wheelers in India 

      Batra, Vikram (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      The traditional approach for forecasting sales demand in the two-wheeler industry in India primarily relies on naïve models with some overlay of judgmental forecasting methods. The empirical data on sales for the last 30 ...
    • Effects of Energy Price Rise on Investment: Firm Level Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector 

      Sadath, Anver; Acharya, Rajesh (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      This paper analyses the effects of the rising prices of energy products on the investment of a large panel of manufacturing firms in India during 1993- 2013. The prime motivation behind this study is the absence of an ...
    • Efficiency and Performance of Manufacturing Sector in India: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis 

      Saleem, Shaik; Reddy, M. Srinivasa; Somasekhar, G. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      To compete in this globalized world, productivity of manufacturing sector is crucial factor. The significance of productivity in increasing national welfare is now universally recognized. In every county, industry or ...
    • Estimating Export Demand: An Empirical Analysis 

      Chowdhury, Joy; Mahawar, Aman; Laha, Arnab Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Export of a country plays major role since it affects many economic indicators/parameters/variables like current account deficit, foreign exchange reserves etc. Generally all the economies try to boost up the export sector ...
    • Exploring Health Related Interactions on Social Media: An Analysis of Customer Perceptions and Managerial Implications 

      Shaik, Shahazadi; Rao, M.V.S. Kameshwar; Vasudha, T.; Gupta, Sandeep (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Globally, and particularly in the developed countries, social media platforms are fast emerging as cost-effective and accessible channels for both healthcare providers and online patients, offering strategic advantages to ...
    • Exploring the Big Data Analytics imperative: Value creation versus Value capture 

      Verma, Surabhi; Bhattacharyya, Som S. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Big data analytics has emerging as an excellent exemplar (for both as a tool and a technique) for managing processes and as a governance mechanisms which could harness insights from such voluminous data. This data when ...
    • Exploring the impact of Integration in Corporate Bond Markets using Multiple Regression with Error Correction 

      Panda, Ruchira; Bag, Dinabandhu (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      This paper relates to study of bond market integration by using yield based measures of integration. It also provides insight into the impact of variation in yield which caused by developments in related markets and ...
    • Extract and relate Human Sentiments using Text Mining : A Bayesian Learning 

      Banerjee, Chandramouli (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      A huge amount of text data is available through different sources across the internet where the users write reviews relating to the product and service related features. The text representation is a function of the inherent ...
    • Field Services efficiency within Telecom Network enabled by Analytics 

      Sanyal, Kaushik; Shingari, Rajan; Sarkar, Saswata (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      As the gamut of activities within the area of Field Services increases, it is increasingly becoming an important aspect of differentiation within Telecom operators and Network Providers. Today organizations have come to ...
    • Forecasting Daily Transactions Volume for Financial Planning and Budgeting 

      Mathur, Gautam; Goyal, Tarang; Muramalla, Neelima (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Appropriate transactions volume prediction is very crucial for making different Strategic and Tactical decisions at various management levels in any field. This paper analyzes the possible reasons behind daily transaction ...
    • Forecasting Techniques for Air Cargo Forecasting and Air Traffic Forecasting In Changing Economic Environment 

      Pandey, A.S. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Research on forecasting techniques for air cargo forecasting and air traffic forecasting is extensive and includes many studies that have tested alternative methods in order to determine which ones are most effective. In ...
    • Fraud Analytics Like finding a needle in a haystack 

      Nekkalapu, Kranthi R.; Verma, Anupriya (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      We are drowning in the barrage of data that is being collected world-wide, while starving for knowledge at the same time. Despite the enormous amount of data, particular events of interest are still quite rare. Modeling ...
    • How can Predictive Analytics help E-Retailers? 

      Kuppili, Abhishek; Dacha, Kalyani (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      The rapid emergence of e-commerce sites has made the web-space an exciting and interactive business platform for producers, marketers and consumers. In their quest for increasing their share of customers’ wallets, online ...
    • How is Whatsapp driving Businesses to Enhance Conversion Rates: An Empirical Approach 

      R, Madhavi; Rao, Aditya B.; R., Srisudhan (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Networking platforms have revolutionized the very concept of messaging services. While WhatsApp’s powerful features – like instant messaging & sharing, automatic contact addition, and WiFi operation – had already popularized ...
    • Identification of Best Practice HRMs in NTPC With the help of Statistical Tools 

      Kishore, E. Nanda (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
      The “common Sense of Belief” is that the way people are managed has positive correlation with People performance (Truss, 2001: 1124) and also people can provide a strong source of Competitive advantage to the organisation ...