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    • Lab-in-the-field experiments: perspectives from research on gender 

      Gangadharan L.; Jain T.; Maitra P.; Vecci J. (Springer, 2021)
      This paper highlights the contributions made by lab-in-the-field experiments, which are also known as artefactual, framed and extra-lab experiments. We present a curated sample of lab-in-the-field experiments and discuss ...

    • Lessons from experience: A new look at performance management systems 

      Rao T.V. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008)
      The concept of performance appraisal has changed over the years. Performance has been usually equated with annual appraisals which measure the entire year's effort of an employee in terms of numbers. This paper points out ...

    • Litigating Barbie: trade mark infringement, parody and free speech 

      Mohan, M. P. Ram; Gupta, Aditya (Elsevier, 2022-07-26)
      In the contemporary marketplace, trade marks are not mere monikers of origin. While often regarded as commercial symbols, trade marks sometimes become part of the commonplace vocabulary and are indelibly linked to expressing ...

    • The local environment matters: Evidence from digital healthcare services for patient engagement 

      Aljafari, Ruba; Soh, Franck; Setia, Pankaj; Agarwal, Ritu (Springer Nature, 2023-09-20)
      The creation and delivery of healthcare services are being transformed through patient-engaging digital services. However, their effects on hospital performance are unclear. We build on the theoretical foundations of ...

    • Long-term, real world experience of ventricular tachycardia and granulomatous cardiomyopathy 

      Bohora, Shomu; Mumtaz, Zeeshan; Phadke, Milind; Bhute, Vishnu; Bhatia, Varun; Vora, Amit; Naik, Ajay; Nabar, Ashish; Jankharia, Bhavin; Vaideeswar, Pradeep; Panicker, Gopi; Bhure, Ujwal; Lokhandwala, Yash (Elsevier, 2022)
      Background Granulomatous cardiomyopathy (GCM) is relatively uncommon in patients presenting with ventricular tachycardia (VT). Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis are the most common causes of GCM with VT. The aim of study was ...

    • Looking under the hood: A comparison of techno-economic assumptions across national and global integrated assessment models 

      Krey V.; Guo F.; Kolp P.; Zhou W.; Schaeffer R.; Awasthy A.; Bertram C.; de Boer H.-S.; Fragkos P.; Fujimori S.; He C.; Iyer G.; Keramidas K.; K鯾erle A.C.; Oshiro K.; Reis L.A.; Shoai-Tehrani B.; Vishwanathan S.; Capros P.; Drouet L.; Edmonds J.E.; Garg A.; Gernaat D.E.H.J.; Jiang K.; Kannavou M.; Kitous A.; Kriegler E.; Luderer G.; Mathur R.; Muratori M.; Sano F.; van Vuuren D.P. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)
      Integrated assessment models are extensively used in the analysis of climate change mitigation and are informing national decision makers as well as contribute to international scientific assessments. This paper conducts ...

    • Lucas-TVS limited: A journey towards manufacturing excellence 

      Sethuraman K.; Tirupati D. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2000)
      The case featured in this issue of Vikalpa discusses the journey embarked on by the top management of Lucas-TVS Limited in 1985 to make their firm a world-class manufacturing organization. The company's oldest plant at ...

    • Macroeconomic Analysis of the Union Budget 1998-99 

      Dholakia B.H. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998)
      There were several expectations as well as apprehensions about the maiden budget of the newly elected coalition government led by the BJP. This paper by Bakul Dholakia presents a critical appraisal of the macroeconomic ...

    • Macroeconomic assessment of India's development and mitigation pathways 

      Gupta D.; Ghersi F.; Vishwanathan S.S.; Garg A. (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2020)
      Although a rapidly growing economy, India faces many challenges, including in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Moreover, post-2020 climate actions outlined in India's Nationally Determined ...

    • Mainstreaming an unorganized industry: The case of Suguna poultry 

      Ramesh G. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010)
      The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework is quite rich with its concepts like sustainability, mainstreaming, stakeholders and their inclusiveness, citizenship, etc. The debate in CSR is increasingly about making ...

    • Management and financing of e-Government projects in India: Does financing strategy add value? 

      Ojha S.; Pandey I.M. (Elsevier Ltd, 2017)
      How do managers structure e-government projects and address challenges of risks, lack of technical expertise, and mitigation of strategic error for preventing loss of investments? Our aim was to compare the traditional ...

    • Manager as a trainer, a coach, and a mentor 

      Manikutty S. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005)
      This paper argues that for effective development of managers, training programmes are far from sufficient. The major development of managerial capabilities, in fact, takes place not so much as a result of training programmes ...

    • Managing career plateau: case of Aster Retail, UAE 

      Trivedi, Bhumi Mahesh; Varkkey, Biju (Emerald, 2020-11-15)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how Aster Retail (AR), UAE, handled career plateau challenge by adopting multiple strategies and earning employee commitment and motivation for business growth. Design/ ...

    • Mandatory IPO Grading: Does it Help Pricing Efficiency? 

      Jacob J.; Agarwalla S.K. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015)

    • Market Driven Manufacturing : A Requirements Analysis 

      Basu K.; Chandra P. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996)
      In this paper, Kunal Basu and Pankaj Chandra develop a framework for market driven manufacturing that identifies market conditions and success requirements for determining the necessary manufacturing focus. These are then ...

    • A market value analysis of buyer–supplier relationship building awards 

      Verma, Nishant Kumar; Jha, Ashish Kumar; Bose, Indranil; Ngai, Eric N. T. (IEEE, 2023-01-04)
      The purpose of this article is to study the signaling potential of “supplier awards” in creating shareholder value for the award-giving and the award-receiving firm. We use event study methodology with supplier awards as ...

    • Marketplace literacy as a pathway to a better world: evidence from field experiments in low-access subsistence marketplaces 

      Viswanathan, Madhubalan; Umashankar, Nita; Sreekumar, Arun; Goreczny, Ashley (SAGE Publications, 2021-02-10)
      Multinational companies increasingly focus on subsistence marketplaces, given their enormous market potential. Nevertheless, their potential is untapped because subsistence consumers face extreme constraints. The authors ...

    • Mass Migration from Rural India: A Restudy of Kunkeri Village in Konkan, Maharashtra, 1961�87�17 

      Vartak K.; Tumbe C.; Bhide A. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019)
      This article examines a particular village桲unkeri梚n Konkan, Maharashtra, characterized by persistent mass outmigration for over five decades, by combining a field study in 2017 with detailed ethnographic and statistical ...

    • Maternal health in Gujarat, India: A case study 

      Mavalankar D.V.; Vora K.S.; Ramani K.V.; Raman P.; Sharma B.; Upadhyaya M. (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
      Gujarat state of India has come a long way in improving the health indicators since independence, but progress in reducing maternal mortality has been slow and largely unmeasured or documented. This case study identified ...

    • Maternal health situation in India: A case study 

      Vora, Kranti S.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Ramani, K. V.; Upadhyaya, Mudita; Sharma, Bharati; Iyengar, Sharad; Gupta, Vikram; Iyengar, Kirti (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
      Since the beginning of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, India has accounted for at least a quarter of maternal deaths reported globally. India's goal is to lower maternal mortality to less than 100 per 100,000 livebirths ...