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Do financially distressed firms misclassify core expenses?
(Emerald Publishing, 2017)
Purpose – This paper aims to examine whether financially distressed firms manipulate core or operating
income through the misclassification of operating expenses as income-decreasing special items.
Design/methodology/approach ...
Imperatives and challenges in using e-government to combat corruption: a systematic review of literature and a holistic model
(2017)
Corruption, both bureaucratic and political, exists in various forms. Causes and effects of corruption have
been documented in various academic and practitioner forums. Developing countries are plagued by
rampant corruption ...
Online education worldwide: current status and emerging trends
(Taylor and Francis, 2017)
The ubiquity of information technology has impacted every aspect of our lives; it has changed
the way we work, interact with others, process, analyze, and share information. E-evolution or
e-revolution (Palvia, 2013) has ...
Distribution of traffic accident times in India - some insights using circular data analysis
(2017)
Traffic accidents are a major hazard for travellers on
Indian roads. These are caused by a variety of reasons
including the bad condition of roads, traffic density, lack
of proper training of drivers, slack in enforcement ...
Emergence of distributed coordination in the Kolkata Paise Restaurant problem with finite information
(Elseveir, 2017)
In this paper, we study a large-scale distributed coordination problem and propose efficient adaptive strategies to solve the problem. The basic problem is to allocate finite number of resources to individual agents in the ...
Productivity dispersion and output fluctuations: an evolutionary model
(Elsevier B.V., 2017)
We develop a model of technology choice with search costs. Innovators develop technology of varying quality or productivity. Firms acquire technology after paying a search cost to find high productivity technology. The ...
Institutional discourses and ascribed disability identities
(Elsevier, 2017)
In the present study we asked: how do institutional discourses, as represented in mass media such as newspapers, confer identities upon a traditionally marginalised collective such as those with a disability? To answer our ...
Competition and intellectual property policies in the Indian pharmaceutical sector
(Sage publications, 2017-06-17)
The Indian pharmaceuticals market is estimated to be the third largest in the
world in terms of volume, and one of the largest in terms of value created
(Economics Division, 2017). This industry is also a key player not ...
Operations research in India: the past, present and the future
(Annals of Management Science, 2017-11)
The purpose of this perspective article is to review the development of Operation Research (OR) as a discipline in the Indian context. Based on this review, we suggest a plan to re-energize the discipline.
Role of personality in the formation of psychological contract
(Sage, 2017)
The current research is aimed to investigate the association between personality and the formation
of the psychological contract (PC) in India. A sample of 262 employees was used to test the hypotheses.
The study provides ...