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Double deflation method and growth of manufacturing: a comment
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2015-10-10)This comment points out an erroneous assumption in the calculations and central argument of Rajakumar and Shetty ("Gross Value Added: Why Not the Double Deflation Method for Estimation?," EPW, 15 August 2015) that reverses ... -
Measurement issues in state income from registered manufacturing sector – case of Gujarat
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2015-04-25)This article discusses some important issues involved in the estimation of state income originating in the registered manufacturing sector with illustrations drawn from Gujarat. It critically discusses the present practices ... -
Realigning business strategy to cater to customers with disability (CwD) in the Indian context
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Endowment effects in bundles
(Studies in Microeconomics, 2016-03)Behavioural experiments conducted so far to establish the presence of endowment effects have endowed the subjects typically with a single good. In this paper, we extend this analysis and test for the presence of endowment ... -
Indirect impact of high performers on the career advancement of their subordinates
(Human Resource Management Review, 2016-02)This paper proposes a conceptual model depicting the“indirect”impact of high performers ontheir subordinates' career advancement. Although certain characteristics demonstrated by highperformers are not usually linked ... -
Online retailing paired with kirana—a formidable combination for emerging markets
(Customer Needs and Solutions, 2015-10)In the light of the convenience provided by online and the omnipresent kirana (mom-and-pop equivalent) stores and low penetration of large format retailing, it is proposed that these two would be the dominant formats of ... -
Connecting customer delight and employee management practices: case of F Gheewala HRC
(The International Journal Of Business & Management, 2016-02)Management practices of manpower exporting firms have not been studied extensively. This paper exemplifies how by incorporating progressive management practices helped a manpower exporting company to stand out and balance ... -
Winning large value deals: who is your best bet?
(International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations (IJKBO), 2015)Selection of a strategic partner through a high-value request for proposal (RFP) is a competitive endeavour in which the preparation of response to the RFP is a project based exercise. The quality of these responses decides ... -
Finding better alternatives than those considered in a multiple criteria data sample
(Journal of Business Economics, 2016-01)This paper suggests a preference-based method to calculate the probability of finding a better alternative than the ones present in the original data sample. Such a procedure would be useful, for example, while selecting ... -
Land acquisition in India: an examination of the 2013 act and options
(Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 2016-01)Land continues to remain important for production and rural livelihoods in developing economies like India. But, globalisation and liberalisation in these economies has brought up land as an important policy issue as various ... -
Performance management system for school teachers
(International Journal on Education Growth and Research, 2015-09)The paper looks at the four main components of a comprehensive performance management system for school teachers and the inter-linkages among these components. The paper also discusses the types of performance management ... -
Gaining competitive advantage through the right business model: analysis based on case studies
(Journal of Strategy and Management, 2016-03)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on an inductive research that analyzes the unique decisions of three firms that shape their business model and, consequently, provide a competitive advantage. Design/met ... -
Why Indians work: a cultural values perspective
(Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015)While ample empirical evidence on cultural values highlights the difference between Indian and western cultures, substantial research done in India tests models and frameworks developed in Western culture. Assumptions ... -
Classifying consumption behavior using self-determination theory
(The Marketing Review, 2016)By bringing together self-determination theory and consumption behaviour, four types of consumption behaviours – reward consumption, ego consumption, goal consumption, and identity consumption are proposed. These four ... -
Emotional labor in interactive service roles in Indian restaurants
(Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015-10)Emotional labour is more pronounced in interactive service roles where significant communication is necessarily exchanged as a part of the service delivery. Customer interaction, performed by stewards is an intrinsic ... -
Staged development of dynamic capabilities: a study of international joint ventures in India
(Thunderbird International Business Review, 2016)This article investigates the microfoundations of different stages of development of dynamic capa-bilities ( DCs ) in international joint ventures ( IJVs ). We conducted case-based research for three het-erogeneous IJVs ... -
An analytical modeling framework for determining the optimal table mix in restaurants
(IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2015)We present a queuing theory based optimization model for determining the optimal table mix in a restaurant. The optimal table mix problem is formulated for an allotment policy in which the largest available group is allotted ... -
Right to cancel contracts: the consumer protection bill, 2015
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2016-03)The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 proposes to give the right to a consumer to cancel a contract within 30 days of making it, without giving any reason or justification. This is a very significant right that sets a precedence ... -
‘Cooling-off’ and the consumer protection bill, 2015: drawing from the European Union consumer directive
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Asakti-anasakti as mediator of emotional labor strategies and burnout: a study on ASHA worker
(Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015-07)In this study the authors borrow the concept of anasakti (non-attachment) and asakti (attachment) from the Indian philosophy of Anasakti Yoga to explain the relation between two emotional labor strategies of surface and ...
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