• Averaging model analyses of teacher expectations of performance from students varying in motivation and ability 

  Singh, Ramadhar; Shobha, Sneh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1986-11-01)

  Although there have been numerous studies of the impact of teacher expectations on student performance, the manner in which expectations are formed has remained unexplored. The present research tested the hypothesis that ...

• Transformation of organizations through enhancing free energy of individuals, collectivity and the organization 

  Parikh, Indira J. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-08-01)

  Organization identity is shaped by multiple factors. This shaping leads to transformation of the organization. An organization transforms its own identity with the help of free energy. It can also mobilize captive or frozen ...

• A comparison of technical efficiency in the public and private sectors in India 

  Mohan, T. T. Ram (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-12-01)

  The paper examines the impact of lay-off and suggests that while individual impact is important in its own right, the research suggests that the effects of lay-offs go well-beyond the physical, material and psychological ...

• How does it matter to be owned by government? Rejuvenation of a government owned automobile company in India 

  Maheshwari, Sunil Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-11-01)

  Governments undertake two roles relating to business environment. First, they frame rules, procedures and policies to regulate the business environment. Second, they invest resources in PSEs for political, ideological, ...

• Policy barriers preventing access to emergency obstetric care in rural India 

  Mavalankar, D. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-11-01)

  India with its one billion people contributes to about 20% of all maternal deaths in the world. Even though infant mortality has declined in India maternal mortality has remained high at about 540 per 100,000 live births. ...

• Public private partnership in airport development- Governance and risk management implications from Cochin International Airport Ltd. 

  Varkkey, Biju; Raghuram, G. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)

  In India, airports were totally owned and managed by central government or the armed forces. The Airport Authority of India (AAI), a body functioning under the Ministry of Civil Aviation was responsible for managing the ...

• GATS and educational services: Issues for India's response in WTO negotiations 

  Deodhar, Satish Y. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)

  Under the auspices of WTO, negotiations on liberalization of trade in services are expected to begin soon. One agenda at the negotiating table will be trade in educational services. Trade in educational services is too ...

• Societal change, states and governance: Insights from history and other societies 

  Morris, Sebastian (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)

  The nature of governance has differed widely across societies, and what is more interesting, within any particular society depending upon the stage of development. Governance is better defined in functional rather than in ...

• The challenge of governance in India today 

  Morris, Sebastian (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)

  This paper attempts to delineate the possible role of governance oriented reform in India today. We raise conceptual and historical difficulties with the notion that sees governance failure as the cause of poor economic ...

• Relative effectiveness of signals in IPOs in Indian Capital Markets 

  Pandey, Ajay; Kumar, G. Arun (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-09-01)

  IPO by a firm calls for assessment of potential agency problems and associated costs by the outside investors. The potential conflict of interest problems between insiders and outsiders could be very high in countries with ...

• The expected stock returns of Malaysian firms: A panel data analysis 

  Pandey, I. M. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-09-01)

  We used panel data set of 1729 observations (247 Malaysian companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for 1993-2000) to identify variables that could explain expected returns of Malaysian stocks. Our results are ...

• A preliminary study of psychological aftereffects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by earthquake: The Ahmedabad experience 

  Pestonjee, D. M.; Pandey, Satish C. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-04-01)

  The present study is a preliminary study intended to investigate a various psychological symptoms related to post-traumatic stress caused by an earthquake of severe magnitude. The main objective of this study was to ...

• Privatisation: Issues and evidence 

  Mohan, T. T. Ram (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2000-09-01)

  Even as India s privatisation programme gathers steam, there is a perception, reflected in the pronouncements of ministers as well as in writings in the popular press, that the benefits of privatisation can be taken as ...

• Role of culture in institution building and sustenance: The case of IIMA 

  Kolavalli, Shashi (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1995-07-01)

  The paper argues that organizational culture plays a central role in building and sustaining institutions. The process of institution building and sustenance is analyzed using institutional economics and collective action ...

• Input- output tables for Rajasthan: Methodology and estimates 

  Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Dholakia, Bakul H. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1988-03-01)

  In the present paper, an attempt is made to construct Input-Output Tables for Rajasthan compatible and consistent with the national I-O tables for the year 1984-85 which formed the basis for the national 7th Five Year Plan. ...

• Monitoring the government policy environment 

  Dixit, M. R. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1986-03-01)

  Recent favourable and unfavourable changes in the government policies have prompted many corporations to review their corporate strategies. This has pointed to the need for monitoring the government policy environment ...

• Lighting candles: Impact of leadership actions on institution building 

  Ganesh, S. R.; Joshi, Padmanabh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1983-05-01)

  This paper uses the metaphor of lighting candles to describe the process of institution building. To illustrate this, it drawn upon the actions of a prolific institution builder like Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in order to distill ...

• Institution building for management education in India- IIMA experience 

  Raghavachari, M. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1979-10-01)

  This paper gives a short factual account of some of the IIMA Experience in institution building for management education. The format of presentation is in line with the conceptual framework of institution building process ...

• Some propositions about institution building 

  Pareek, Udai (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1977-09-01)

  Institution building has become a technical term being used for the process of helping institutions develop through transfer of knowledge, the term institution building can be used to denote the process of the growth and ...

• The industrial man of India 

  Sheth, N. R. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1977-06-01)

  In this paper, the author primarily deal with those industrial men who are more directly involved in industrial activity.

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