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    • ICT adoption and organizational change in public and private enterprises 

      Basant, Rakesh; Sharma, Shruti (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
      In this paper we explore whether there are differences in IT adoption, as well associated organizational change between private and state owned enterprises. We use two datasets from India to conduct this analysis- primary ...

    • Identification of best practices: a study of passenger car dealers in India 

      Mukherjee, Avinandan; Sastry, Trilochan (2009-12-16)
      Automobile manufacturers and car dealers entering fast growing, emerging markets often face several crucial decisions. A key question in this context is: what are the characteristics of an efficient dealer? In this paper, ...

    • Identification of project - a systems view 

      Pathak, H. N. (2010-03-22)
      This paper aims at integrating areas of formal planning system and decision-making with project identification of an entrepreneur, a development agency or corporation. The paper is divided into three parts: 1) Analysis of ...

    • Identification of Top Performing Economies 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Kumar, Akhilesh S. (2009-09-02)
      Using seven indicators of the economic performance of 187 countries, the paper identifies the top 50 performers during the decades of 1981-90 and 1991-2000. Five of these indicators are the trend rates of growth over a ...

    • Identifying defective valves in a blowout preventer valve network 

      Ghosh, Diptesh (2013-11-26)
      Blowouts are nancially damaging for drilling companies and are ecological hazards. Hence blowout prevention equipment is critical infrastructure for drilling companies. Blowout preventer valves are important components ...

    • Identities and Store Image Formation: A Study of Retail Consumer Store Choice Behaviour 

      Kaul, Subhashini (2009-08-21)
      This theoretical paper develops a series of models applying social identify theory to the retail content. The shopper is conceived of as an 'actor' whose self-image and related identities impact store image perceptions. ...

    • If Technology is like Word, Institutions are like Grammar: Institutional Context of Technological Innovations and Knowledge Systems at Grassroots 

      Gupta, Anil K. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)
      Many developing countries have taken interest in learning from the Honey Bee Network experience for replicating the model. In a UNESCO conference, the author was asked to identify the key steps that national governments ...

    • IIMA in healthcare management: abstract of publications (2000-2013) 

      Ramani, K. V. (2013-11-26)
      The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), was established in 1961 as an autonomous institution by the Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian industry. IIMA’s involvement ...

    • IIMA today- a case of depleted networth 

      Raghunathan, V. (2010-03-29)
      Institution building is only one phase of the institutional life cycle. After an institution is built, it must grow, and mature with a healthy long life. Thus, aspects of institution maintenance, and arresting of institution ...

    • IIMs Expansion - Myths, Realities and Policy Choices 

      Gupta, Ramesh (2010-07-22)
      This paper suggests a roadmap for IIM Ahmedabad to increase its intake substantially with available resources in its flagship 'Post Graduate Programme in Management' (PGP equivalent to MBA). Solutions for other IIMs should ...

    • IIMs Expansion - Myths, Realities and Policy Choices 

      Gupta, Ramesh (2009-08-08)
      This paper suggests a roadmap for IIM Ahmedabad to increase its intake substantially with available resources in its flagship ‘Post Graduate Program in Management’ (PGP equivalent to MBA). Solutions for other IIMs should ...

    • Impact of 360 Degree Feedback: A follow-up Study of four Organizations 

      Rao, T. V.; Chawla, Nandini (2009-07-29)
      A large number of organizations have been using 360 degree feedback in India as leadership development intervention. This paper is based on the feedback of 43 participants from four companies where the 360 Degree Feedback ...

    • Impact of affirmative action in higher education for the other backward classes in India 

      Basant, Rakesh; Sen, Gitanjali (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-07-18)
      This paper measures the impact of quota-based affirmative action in higher education (HE) in India for Other Backward Classes (OBC), implemented from 2008. Since the immediate impact would be felt by OBCs who were eligible ...

    • Impact of beneficiary participation in rural water supply and sanitation projects: evidence from a comparative study in India 

      Manikutty, S. (2010-04-05)
      This is comparative study of two rural water supply and sanitation projects in Kerala, similar in practically all aspects except that one project incorporated community participation in it and the other did not. The study ...

    • Impact of board and ceo characteristics on firms’ performance 

      Singla, Chitra (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-04)
      Corporate governance characteristics like board composition and leadership impact a firm’s performance. Researchers have attempted to explain the relationship using different theoretical perspectives like agency theory, ...

    • Impact of computerisation in Indian railways 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-07-27)
      Indian Railway was one of the first few government departments to introduce computers in the country. Computerisation on Indian Railways started in the late 60s with the induction of IBM 1401s in the nine zonal railways, ...

    • Impact of consumer social responsibility and brand social responsibility image on brand loyalty 

      Sinha, Piyush Kumar; Mishra, Hari Govind; Singh, Sarabjot (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
      The present paper focus on ITC notebook and try to understand consumer social responsibility for cause related brand and how their preference level changes with different firm donations, and how this activity leads to brand ...

    • Impact of continuous auditing on earnings quality and audit fees 

      Desai, Naman; Jacob, Joshy; Tripathy, Arindam (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-03)
      The use of continuous auditing (CA) has been promoted as a means to improve the governance mechanisms of companies. Prior experimental research also indicates that external auditors tend to rely more and spend relatively ...

    • Impact of covid-19 disruptions on the supply chain:insights from India 

      Shrey, Apurva; Dutt, Avi; Roy, Debjit (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-06-03)
      Supply Chains play very important role in driving the economy of the country. COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have disrupted the supply chains of various firms. It has been estimated that the total cost of supply ...

    • Impact of cropping pattern on agricultural production 

      Ranade, C. G. (2010-03-20)
      The objective of the paper is to examine the effect of cropping pattern along with other yield increasing inputs upon agricultural production. The paper first compares the cropping pattern index with fertilizer, irrigation ...