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Financial management in French - Thai joint ventures: an exploratory study
(2009-12-14)
This study, using a case study approach, focuses on the financial management practices and issues of two French-Thai joint ventures Danone (Thailand) Company and Prestia Lafarge (Thailand) Company. Danone is a consumer ...
Shareholder value creation: a strategic financial goal
(2009-12-12)
Recently some corporate managers in India have started emphasising the need of the shareholder value creation (SVC). A few of them have explicitly stated SVC as their most important goal. Companies such as the Hindustan ...
What Drives the Shareholer Value?
(2009-07-25)
In the strategy literature a lot of emphasis is placed on growth as a dominant business strategy. Is growth always desirable? The finance literature, on the other hand, focuses more on economic profitability and value. ...
Corporate Dividend Policy and Behaviour: The Malaysian Experience
(2009-09-02)
This study examines corporate dividend behaviour of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) companies. Our results show the influence of industry on payout ratios. Payout ratios also vary significantly across time. The ...
Impact of 360 Degree Feedback: A follow-up Study of four Organizations
(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 ...
A Preliminary Estimate of Immediate Cost of Chikungunya and Dengue to Gujarat, India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)
Background
In this working paper, a preliminary estimate of the immediate cost of chikungunya and dengue to the Indian state of Gujarat has been estimated by combining nine earlier studies on major cost factors such as ...
Implementing a Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health in Ahmedabad
(2009-08-03)
Governments in many developing countries acknowledge they are facing difficulties in their attempt to meet the basic health needs of their populations. They rely on contracting out to private (for-profit and not-for-profit) ...
Progress and challenges of health sector: a balance sheet
(2009-12-12)
Considerable progress has been made in improving the health status of the population over the last half-century. Despite this impressive progress, many challenges remain. The life expectancy is still 4 years below world ...
Groundwater Irrigation in India: Gains, Costs and Risks
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)
Groundwater has rapidly emerged to occupy a dominant place in India’s agriculture and food security in recent years. It has become the main source of growth in irrigated area over the past three decades, and now accounts ...
Issues in Infrastructure for Export of Marine Products from India
(2009-03-09)
Indian marine products are wanted internationally. There is potential for a higher market share in importing countries. Shrimp contributed 62% by value and 28% by volume of exports in 2002-03. The potential market for ...