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    • Locus of control as a moderator of role stress-satisfaction relationship 

      Pestonjee, D. M.; Singh, U. B. (2010-03-13)
      Present investigation is an attempt to study the effect of locus of control on the relationship between various role stressors and satisfaction with many off-the-job and on-the-job situations. 101 executives and engineers ...

    • A logarithmic goal programming approach to develop the utility function for railway travel 

      Dutta, Goutam; Ghosh, Priyanko; Wanchoo, Arushi (2013-11-26)
      A railway passenger faces a dilemma of choosing 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 ...

    • Logarithmic relative egalitarian solution: an axiomatic characterization 

      Lahiri, Somdeb (2010-03-27)
      In this paper we propose and axiomatically characterize the Logarithemic Relative Egalitarian Solution for social choice problems.

    • The Logistics Sector in India: Overview and Challenges 

      Chandra, Pankaj; Jain, Nimit (2009-08-22)
      The logistics industry in India is evolving rapidly and it is the interplay of infrastructure, technology and new types of service providers that will define whether the industry is able to help its customers reduce their ...

    • Long term financing of infrastructure 

      Sinha, Sidharth (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
      Infrastructure projects, given their long life, require long term financing. The main sources of long term financings are insurance and pension funds who seek long term investments with low credit risk. However, in India ...

    • Lost size model with discrete transportation costs 

      Gupta, Omprakash K.; Rao, Poornachandra P. (2010-03-24)
      The classical Harris-Wilson inventory model does not explicitly account for the costs incurred in transporting goods from the supplier to the buyer. Either such costs are assumed to be fixed and considered part of the ...

    • Lower bound for cost deviation in the newsboy model 

      Khanra, Avijit; Bandyopadhyay, Tathagata (2013-11-26)
      Quality of decisions in inventory management problems depends on accuracy of param- eter estimates used for decision making. In many situations, error in decision making is unavoidable. In such cases, understanding ...

    • Lower bound on fleet-size in variable-schedule fleet-size problem 

      Ankolekar, Suresh; Patel, Nitin R. (2010-03-14)
      This paper discusses an approach to compute a lower bound on fleet-size in variable-schedule fleet-size problem. The lower bound is computed in two stages. In stage one, a fixed-schedule fleet-size problem is solved for a ...

    • Loyalty Programme Applications in Indian Service Industry 

      Sahoo, Debajani; Vyas, Preeta H. (2009-07-25)
      Retaining all customers would not be a good idea for any business. In contrast, allowing the profitable customers to leave would be an even worse idea. Consequently the real solution rests in knowing the value of each ...

    • Loyalty Programmes: Practices, Avenues and Challenges 

      Vyas, Preeta H.; Sinha, Piyush Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2008)
      Complexity of modern business requires managers to strive for innovative strategies to acquire and retain customers in any product market field. As acquiring new customers is getting costlier day by day, business organizations ...

    • Macro economic theory and policy: a perspective 

      Gupta, G. S. (2010-07-27)
      The paper provides a brief account of the scope and developments in macro economic theory and policy. In particular, it highlights the significant determinants of economic well-being and of the effectiveness of economic ...

    • Macroeconomic analysis fo the union budget 1997 - 98 

      Dholakia, Bakul H. (2010-04-03)
      The Union Budget for 1997-98 has been widely acclaimed as a historic budget. In view of the serious differences among different members of the coalition government on major economic issues ranging from the size of fiscal ...

    • Macroeconomic analysis of housing demand and housing investment in India 

      Dholakia, Bakul H. (2010-03-22)
      An attempt is made in this paper to examine various aspects of housing demand and housing investment in India. The main objectives of the study area: (i) to estimate the income and price elasticity of demand for housing ...

    • Macroeconomic analysis of the union budget 1996-97 

      Dholakia, Bakul H. (2010-04-05)
      The Union Budget for 1996-97 was the maiden budget of the recently formed United Front Government. Given the political context and the economic scenario, the formulation of this budget was a fairly difficult task. An attempt ...

    • Macroeconomic analysis of the union budget 1998-99 

      Dholakia, Bakul H. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-09-01)
      Union Budget 1998-99 was the maiden budget of the newly elected coalition government led by the BJP. There were apprehensions about the economic philosophy of the new government indicating the possibility of a reversal of ...

    • Macroeconomic analysis of union budget 1995-96 

      Dholakia, Bakul H. (2010-03-27)
      Union Budget for 1995-96 was the fifth consecutive budget presented by Dr. Manmohan Singh, the main architect of India s recent economy policy reforms. Formulation of this budget was, however, a more difficult task than ...

    • Macroeconomic Framework for Development in Gujarat 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2009-09-02)
      The paper begins by discussing need for developing a regional accounting framework and estimating relevant variables to formulate realistic growth targets and appropriate development strategy in the reform era for the ...

    • Macroeconomic performance and tax revenue the case of gujarat state 

      Dholakia, Archana; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2010-01-16)
      It is hypothesised that the tax revenues of a state economy would be sensitive to the macroeconomic performance of the state economy measured in terms of inflation and the growth of real income. The case of Gujarat state ...

    • Make in India: re-chanting the mantra with a difference 

      Deodhar, Satish Y. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Make in India is an old mantra. It was very much there during India‟s colonial period and the post-independence decades till 1991, and now it has been pronounced from the ramparts of Red Fort. The paper attempts to trace ...

    • Making way for foreign trade marks: the new trade mark law in India 

      Pathak, Akhileshwar (2010-04-06)
      Following the requirements of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT), India enacted the Trade Marks Act, 1999, replacing the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act of 1958. The new law has come into effect only ...