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Entrepreneurial growth action and their financial consequences in a start-up: insight from a low-cost airline venture in a competitive environment
(2009-09-07)
This paper investigates the financial consequences of entrepreneurial growth
actions in a start-up. It argues that the growth actions in a start-up create an
imbalance in the demand for and supply of money for the start-up. ...
Don't fight nature: yours and others
(2008-07-24)
The winter and fall seasons have lived upto their
nature. Retail Industry has seen the worst winter.
For the organised retailers this is the first real winter
after a very prolonged spring. I always wonder how
we try ...
An optimization based decision support system for strategic and operational planning with in-process industries: case of pharmaceuticals industry in India
(2007-10-29)
We describe how a generic multi-period optimization-based decision support system (DSS) can be used for
strategic planning in process industries. The DSS is built on five fundamental elements—materials, facilities,
activities, ...
Living in Bermuda triangle
(2008-07-24)
I
n my last article I had mentioned about the Indian retailers are passing through a Bermuda Triangle. It looks like they would have to
learn to live in this triangle for a long time, if the recent dip in the market is ...
ICT adoption and productivity gains in Indian manufacturing
(2007-07-22)
Adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can affect the performance of firms in a variety of ways, including faster processing of information and products, the facilitation of changes in business practices ...
Mathematical modeling for demurrage reduction in coal transportation for an Indian thermal power plant
(Springer, 2004)
Competitive pressures on power plants have seen them attempting to reduce their
operating expenses for profitable operations. In India, the plants use wagons of the
Indian Railways to transport coal from the mines (in ...
Spectrum auctions in India: lessons from experience
(Telecommunication Policy 25(2001) 671-688, 2001)
Spectrum auctions have been used with significant success in many developed countries. From a regulatory and policy perspective, spectrum auctions ensure the efficient use of spectrum by allocating it to those entities ...
Viability of rural banking by the nationalized commercial banks in India
(Indian Economic Journal, Vol.47 (1), pp.24-41., 2000-03)
In this paper addresses the current debate on the viability of rural banking by the Nationalized Commercial Banks (NCBs) in India. The debate centers around two divergent views about the future role of the NCBs. One view ...
Hypothese on the effect of cadmium on glutathione content of red blood corpuscles
(2006-10-27)
Previous studies have shown that Glutathione, a
tripeptide found in blood, is involved in protecting
against toxins. Glutathione levels are known to drop in
response to cadmium. Using 15 twin pairs, we
modeled the ...
Children in a Kirana store: building as case for retail communication
(2003-10-20)
This paper looks at child-retail communication interaction at the Kirana store, the Indian version of the US ‘mom and pop’ retail outlet, in New Delhi. The methodologies for data collection were the non-participatory ...