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Conspicuous consumption and income inequality in an emerging economy: evidence from India
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2015)
The impact of income inequality on conspicuous consumption has been a topic of much discussion, but little empirical examination in the emerging market context. In this paper, using data from the India Human Development ...
The influence of marketing on consumption behavior at the bottom of the pyramid
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015)
Purpose
– This paper aims to explore the nature and degree to which marketing affects consumption behavior of bottom of the pyramid (BOP) population. The objective of the study is to examine, identify and explain aspects ...
Time series characterization of gaming workload for runtime power management
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 2015)
—Runtime power management using dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) has been extensively studied for video
processing applications. But there is only a little work on game power management although gaming ...
On posterior concentration in misspecified models
(International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2015)
We investigate the asymptotic behavior of Bayesian posterior distributions under independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.i.i.d.) misspecified models. More specifically, we study the concentration of the posterior ...
The influence of governance infrastructure and corporate governance on profit shifting
(Journal of International Business Studies, 2015)
In this article we develop a conceptual model to examine the influence of quality of country-level governance infrastructure and corporate governance effectiveness on profit shifting. We empirically test propositions derived ...
A combined age-and-stock-based policy for ordering blood units in hospital blood banks
(International Transactions in Operational Research, 2015)
This paper analyses the performance of an ordering policy for hospital blood banks (HBBs) that takes into account the information regarding the on-hand stock along with the remaining life of blood products. The blood items ...
Impact of Gunas and Karma Yoga on transformational leadership
(Journal of Human Values, 2015)
This study examined whether transformational leadership would be affected by the predominance of a particular guna (sattva, rajas and tamas) in a leader and his or her belief in Karma Yoga. An experiment was conducted using ...
A logarithmic goal programming approach to develop the utility function for a railway travel
(International Journal of Revenue Management, 2015)
Railway passengers are in a dilemma to choose the best train among several alternatives available in a particular route. A relative comparison of competing railways helps the passenger to make an informed choice before the ...
APML drives a culture of ownership and innovation: open-door policy makes employees feel part of the family
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2015)
Purpose – Discusses the key dimensions of organizational culture at Agarwal Packers and Movers Ltd (APML), India. Design/methodology/approach – Describes the role of human resource management (HRM) practices in building ...
Three debates in organizational learning: what every manager should know
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015)
Purpose
– The present study aims to address three major debates in organizational learning, review past literature and pinpoint practical implications for managers.
Design/methodology/approach
– This briefing is ...