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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 ...
International competitive strategy choices: comparing firms in China and India
(Asia Pacific Business Review, 2013)
This study investigates the types of international competitive strategies (ICS) followed by Chinese and Indian firms. Using firm-level primary data, the contribution analyses the factors that affect ICS choices and whether ...
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 ...
A synthesis of fraud-related research
(Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2013)
We synthesize academic literature related to fraudulent financial reporting with dual purposes: (1) to better understand the nature and extent of the existing literature on financial reporting fraud, and (2) to highlight ...
Corporate governance: financial regulators and courts need to be on the same page
(Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 2013-05-19)
Real corporate governance requires tough financial regulators which effectively work to safeguard investors' interests in securities and endeavour to create a proper environment for the securities market to develop. While ...
Post-green revolution agro-entrepreneurship among capitalist farmers in Indian Punjab and Andhra Pradesh
(Journal of Entrepreneurship, 2013)
Indian agriculture has undergone substantial changes due to the phenomenon of Green Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s resulting in accumulation of agrarian surpluses in many regions. This article examines the conversion ...
Hope to despair: the experience of organizing Indian call centre employees
(Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2013)
The rapid growth of India's IT Enabled Service-Business Process Outsourcing (ITES-BPO) sector has drawn the attention of several researchers whose foci have spanned varied aspects. This paper analyses whether UNITES really ...
An empirical study of the dimensionality of organizational justice and its relationship with organizational citizenship behavior in the Indian context
(International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2013-09-15)
Cross-cultural research shows that while the concerns about organizational justice may be universal, operationalization of justice standards is highly particularistic (Greenberg 2001). The present study explores the ...
Expiration-day effects and the impact of short trading breaks on intraday volatility: evidence from the Indian market
(WILEY, 2013-01-19)
One distinct feature of the Indian stock market is the large trading volume of single stock futures, which are cash settled on the basis of the volume-weighted average spot prices of the underlying stocks during the last ...
Price of freedom: are we willing to pay anything and how much?
(International Journal of Public Policy, 2013-05-11)
Freedom is one of the most frequently used words; however, the notion of freedom has become convoluted in recent times. In this study, we examined if freedom is really important to individuals and the price an individual ...