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Product differentiation and operations strategy in a capacitated environment
(2011-09-07)
We study a firm selling two products/services, which are differentiated solely in their prices and delivery
times, to two different customer segments in a capacitated environment. From a demand perspective,
when both ...
Provision of anesthesia services for emergency obstetric care through task shifting in South Asia
(2011-05-03)
Anaesthesia is required for certain procedures in emergency obstetric care, such as
caesarean section and the repair of ruptured uterus. Task shifting for provision of anaesthesia has
been implemented in public sector ...
Citation analysis of doctoral dissertations at IIMA: a review of the local use of journals
(2011)
This study analyzes the citations of the 49 doctoral dissertations submitted at the Indian
Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, during the period 2004 to 2009. The study reveals that
journals are the most cited sources, ...
Assessing the role of energy in development and climate policies conceptual approach and key indicators
(2011-09-07)
The paper discusses a number of key conceptual issues related to the role of energy in development and its potential synergies
and tradeoffs with climate change. The relationship between economic development and energy ...
Gendered behaviour of men and women in the workplace: time to move on
(2011-05-04)
When a dual career couple engages in a job search
and the wife waits for the husband to get his best
job and then starts her own search; or when a woman
decides to take a career break for caring for the twin
babies the ...
Unique identification for Indians: a divine dream or miscalculated heroism
(2011-09-07)
Happy New Fear” – that was how a placard held by some of the students of
the Indian Institute of Science read. It was a part of a silent demonstration
outside the gate of the Institute, earlier this year after the UIDAI ...
Chikungunya epidemic related mortality
(2011-09-07)
Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the
republic of India, witnessed an outbreak of chikungunya (CHIK) fever in 2006. Although no
deaths attributable to CHIK fever were ...
Economic and enviromental implications of demand-side management options
(2011-09-07)
End-use electricity efficiency improvements offer an inexpensive way to reduce power shortages. The
present study estimates the potential of demand-side management efficiency improvement targeted at
(1) short-term ...
Carbon competition up above: estimating greenhouse gas emissions of Indian domestic airlines
(2011-09-07)
The Indian domestic aviation sector is on a growth path and this progress can be attributed to several factors such as an expanding
economy, an increase in the average income of Indians, low and economic air fares, more ...
Configurations of outsourcing firms and organizational performance: a study of outsourcing industry in India
(2011-09-08)
There is an increasing recognition of outsourcing firms as new organizational forms with
unique systems and practices. This paper seeks to use a configurational approach to integrate
learning from outsourcing literature, ...