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    • Internal corporate governance and cash flow manipulation 

      Nagar, Neerav; Raithatha, Mehul (Emerald, 2022-10-14)
      Purpose The authors examine whether internal corporate governance mechanisms are effective in curbing cash flow manipulation through real activities, misclassification, and timing. Design/methodology/approach The ...

    • International marketing strategies in india: An application of mixed method investigation 

      Oburai P.; Baker M.J. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005)
      Internationalization drives and export orientation are prominent in the organizational strategies of a number of leading Indian firms and multinationals located in India. This is a significant indicator of the growing ...

    • Intervening on impostor phenomenon: prospective evaluation of a workshop for health science students using a mixed-method design 

      Chang, Shine; Lee, Hwa Young; Anderson, Cheryl; Lewis, Kava; Chakraverty, Devasmita; Yates, Melinda (BioMed Central Ltd., 2022-11-17)
      Background Unaddressed impostor feelings that impede developing interest in science and self-efficacy in conducting research have a dispiriting effect that perpetuates unsatisfactory diversity in the health science ...

    • Investments to reverse biodiversity loss are economically beneficial 

      Sumaila, U. Rashid; Rodriguez, Carlos Manuel; Schultz, Maria; Sharma, Ravi; Tyrrell, Tristan D.; Masundire, Hillary; Damodaran, A.; Bellot-Rojas, Mariana; Rosales, Rina Maria P.; Jung, Tae Yong; Hickey, Valerie; Solhaug, Tone; Vause, James; Ervin, Jamison; Smith, Sarah; Rayment, Matt (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2017)
      Reversing biodiversity loss by 2020 is the objective of the 193 countries that are party to the global Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In this context, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets 2020 were agreed upon by the ...

    • Is there a need for greater integration and shift in policy to tackle food waste? Insights from a review of European Union legislations 

      Eriksson M.; Giovannini S.; Ghosh R.K. (Springer Nature, 2020)
      Within the European Union, there is an increasing recognition about the negative environmental impacts of food waste making it a prominent policy issue. But there is no clarity whether policies aimed at food waste minimisation ...

    • Iterative patching and the asymmetric traveling salesman problem 

      Turkensteen M.; Ghosh D.; Goldengorin B.; Sierksma G. (2006)
      Although Branch-and-Bound (BnB) methods are among the most widely used techniques for solving hard problems, it is still a challenge to make these methods smarter. In this paper, we investigate iterative patching, a technique ...

    • 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)