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Near optimal design of wavelength routed optical networks
(Elsevier, 2016)The problem of designing a wavelength routed optical transport network without wavelength conversion at intermediate nodes is considered. A class of valid inequalities for wavelength routing and assignment is reported and ... -
A necessary evil: the experiences of managers implementing downsizing programmes
(2006-10-27)This paper presents the findings of a phenomenological study, which describes the experiences of human resource (HR) managers implementing a downsizing programme in a steel manufacturing organisation in India. Data were ... -
The necropolitics of neoliberal state response to the Covid-19 pandemic in India
(SAGE Publications, 2021-05-29)We draw from the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic in India to outline that the neoliberal consolidation of the state is enabled by precariousness, violence, and inequality in overlapping planes of marginality. The ... -
The need patterns and road accidents
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The need to professionalise business
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Need-based family planning programmes: content and treatment guidelines for TV procedures
(1975-06-08)Regulation and control of fertility is essentially an individual decision and it is taken by the individual at his own level, usually in consultation with some significant persons. Such a decision reflects the acceptance ... -
Needed: consumer orientation
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Negotiating absent practices and dormant features: discourse as a means of shaping the implementation of a global enterprise system to meet local work culture
(Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – Proceedings, May 2017, 2017)The introduction of a new enterprise system to an organization often necessitates the accommodation of standardized practices, which may be in conflict with local users’ practices and their work culture. We explore such a ... -
Neighbourhood search heuristics for the uncapacitated facility location problem
(2003-10-22)The uncapacitated facility location problem is one of choosing sites among a set of candidates in which facilities can be located, so that the demands of a given set of clients are satisfied at minimum costs. Applications ... -
Neither complements nor substitutes: Examining the case for coalignment of contract-based and relation-based alliance governance mechanisms in coopetition contexts
(Elsevier, 2022-03-06)Although the extant literature recognizes that the contract-based and relation-based alliance governance mechanisms (AGMs) play a significant role in the success of alliances, the nature of their interplay still remains ... -
Neither dread Nor encourage them
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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 ... -
Net present value Vs internal rate of returns
(1971-11-27)IN 'Net Present Value versus Internal Rate of Return' (November 27, 1971, pp M-153-6), Rangarajan and Mampilly express the view that while both the Net Present Value (NPV) and the Internal Rate of Return techniques ... -
A network Algorithm for performing Fisher's exact test in r × c contingency tables
(1982-09-20)An exact test of significance of the hypothesis that the row and column effects are independent in an r x c con tingency table can be executed in principle by general izing Fisher's exact treatment of the 2 x 2 ... -
A network algorithm for the exact treatment of the 2xk contingency table
(1980-09-20)A common statistical problem encountered in biomedical research is to test the hypothesis that the parameters of k binomial populations are all equal. An exact test of significance of this hypothesis is possible in ... -
Network connectedness of pharmaceutical sales rep (FLE) - physician dyad and physician prescription behaviour: a conceptual model
(Journal of Medical Marketing, 2008-11T06)Influencing physician prescription behaviour has always proven elusive for pharma companies. This is especially so in these changing times when physicians are tightly pressed for time to spare on attending to sales calls ... -
Network structure, capacity growth and route hierarchies: the case of China’s air traffic system revisited
(Routledge, 2016)This paper examines air traffic patterns among China’s scheduled airlines in January 2006 and January 2011, using Official Airline Guide data on carrier schedules. The author classifies Chinese carriers into one of four ... -
Networks of information exchange: Are link formation decisions strategic?
(Elseveir, 2018)This paper presents an empirical investigation into whether the decision to form a link with a node takes into account how well connected that node is. Given data in the form of a random sample from a network, this paper ...