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Micro-planning: the neglected interface
(2010-05-31)
Social and economic systems have divergent subsystems which wilt work together effectively only when
they are linked by an interface that ensures compatibility between them. Often, the individual subsystem
by itself may ...
Wage determination in Indian manufacturing, 1950 to 1964
(2010-06-03)
The usual dilemma before a developing country seems to be having to choose between the com -
peting objectives of social justice and economic growth. However, this paper claims that a judicious
balance can be found in a ...
The industrial worker: some myths and realities
(2010-06-03)
This paper seeks to examine the following widely-held beliefs about the industrial worker in
India:
(1) that most industrial workers are migrants from rural areas;
(2) that the rural migrants who move to the city to ...
Classification of pathological stages of prostate cancer using penalized splines
(2010-10-29)
We propose a penalized splines (P-splines) based method to predict the pathological stage of localized prostate cancer. A combination
of prostate-specific antigen, Gleason histological score, and clinical stage from a ...
Harnessing customer's transaction data for efficient operation: a case of debt collections in the consumer finance industry
(2010-10-18)
With the burgeoning financial services
industry in India, service providers
increasingly face the risk of their loans
becoming bad and consequently
leading to a charge-off loss as indicated
by the accumulation of ...
Health insurance and third party administrators: issues and challenges
(2010-10-25)
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority in India has paved the way for
insurance intermediaries such as third party administrators (TPAs) to play a pivotal role in
setting up managed healthcare systems. TPAs ...
Dynamic pricing using e-coupons
(2010-10-27)
Coupons have been used extensively in the brick and mortar
industries like airlines, hotels along with the retail stores, etc. as a means to
dynamic pricing by price discrimination. This is often done using discounts ...
Cluster analysis of Himachal tomato
(2010-10-21)
A crate of Himachal tomato was obtained from Azad Mandi, Delhi. It
contained 252 fruits. Each fruit was weighed and its axial dimension
measured. Data of all 252 fruits was then subjected to cluster analysis, using
weight ...
India's wheat economy : will demand to be a constraint on supply
(2010-10-25)
This study examines the characteristics of India's expanding wheat economy, addressing
questions on the nature of production and consumption, demand and wheat markets, and the
prospects of production growth. The analysis ...
Towards reform of land acquisition framework in India
(2010-11-08)
Current land prices are highly distorted owing largely to regulatory constraints and the
process of compulsory acquisition. This paper brings out the core elements of the reform –
the need to define “public purpose” ex ...