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Behaviour of integers: some peculiar properties
(2010-07-27)The intention of this paper is to highlight certain latent and interesting characteristics of natural numbers and their higher powers vis-a-vis the ultimate sum (single digit sum) of the digits in such integers and their ... -
The Behavioural Equivalence of Organizational Culture
(2011-05-26)Three decades of organizational cultural (OC) studies have seen change in both content and emphasis. This paper presents findings from an extensive review of literature on OC and highlights the relevance of OC with respect ... -
Benders decomposition for capacitated multi-period maximal covering location problem with server uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Primary Health Centers (PHCs), which are single doctor clinics and vital to health care in rural areas of developing countries, often remain inoperative due to shortage of doctors. When doctors become available, the health ... -
Betting against beta in the Indian market
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Recent empirical evidence from diff erent markets suggests that the security market line is flatter than posited by CAPM. This flatness implies that a portfolio long in low-beta assets and short in high-beta assets would ... -
Between Aastha and Zee: mystery of the missing market for a weather channel
(2019-06-03)Until a few decades ago, Doordarshan was the only channel which would broadcast TV programmes in black-&-white and that too for a few hours. It was a pure public good then, offered free of cost by the government. Today, ... -
Bibliographical study of management research studies on Gujarat economy
(2010-07-20)This paper is basically intended to bring out a summary of research findings on Gujarat Economy Carried out by the researchers of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The research papers included under the present ... -
Bilevel optimization: applications, models and solution approaches
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-05-17)Bilevel optimization is a difficult class of optimization problems, which contain an inner optimization problem as a constraint to an outer optimization problem. Such optimization problems are commonly referred to as ... -
Bio-gas plants: a challenge to rural entrepreneures
(2010-03-13)Much has been written on bio-gas plants as a solution to energy crisis and for overall benefits to the rural community. In the review of literature the strategy adopted by the government of India to encourage setting up ... -
Biodiversity and poverty vis-a-vis biotechnology and prosperity
(2010-03-22)The debate on intellectual property rights of third world farmers, pastoralists and artisans has almost always been guided by the fear that the industry in the developing countries (particularly drug industry) would be ... -
Biogas program in India and China: a comparative analysis of experiences
(2010-03-14)2his paper describes the historical processes and experiences in the biogas technology promotion programme in India and China. The comparative analysis of the experiences in India and China is an attempt to bring out the ... -
Biogas technology a case of Mahajida village
(2010-03-12)The household energy consumption accounts for nearly 50 percent of total energy consumption in the developing countries. It is primarily obtained from non-commercial sources such as firewood, animal waste, crop residues, ... -
Biogas technology: the Indian scenario
(2010-03-15)Energy in many forms is vital for nations, economic and social development. The importance of energy was brought into sharp focus since the 1970's oil shortage which escalated the prices of conventional energy. Since then ... -
Biotechnology: promises, concerns and options
(2010-04-05)Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents. It is based on enhanced understanding of the genetic structure of organisms at the level of ... -
Blending cultural values indigenous technology and environment: the experience of Bhutan
(2010-03-15)How did an extremely less developed, isolated mountain country succeed in keeping its 64 per cent of the area under forest? How did it succeed in avoiding any case of widespread deprivation and keep ecological balance in ... -
Blending universal with local ethic: accountability towards nature, perfect stranger and society
(2009-12-12)Conserving the nature which surrounds us requires dealing with out perception of natureiii. Often we do not realize that the attribution of human feelings in our discourse with non-human sentient beings mimics rules of out ... -
Blinded tests n 2 x 2 cross-over trial
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Blowing ten myths about agroforestry: restoring the productivity of marginal dry regions
(2010-03-27)The ten myths discussed in this paper are: 1) Privatization of common lands leads to sustainable agro-forestry based land use, 2) Poor people have shorter time frame and have lesser trees in and around their fields, 3) ... -
Blueprint for the Design of a Human Settlement in Ahmedabad City
(2012-09-27)Presents a blueprint for developing an integrated human settlement in Ahmedabad city in the stretch of land on the east side of the Sabarmati River ad measuring approximately 3000 acres where the pirana sewage farm is ... -
Bonus payments in the Indian formal sector: 2008-2014 trends from pay check India data: Netherlands, India
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Brand adoption by BOP retailers
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)Previous studies with regard to brand adoption by retailers have focussed on large retailers who are approached directly by the brands. There is a lack of studies on how BoP retailers adopt brands who sell to a very different ...