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Does Competition in the Microfinance Industry Necessarily Mean Over-borrowing?
(2013-11-21)
In this paper we test the hypothesis of whether the presence of increasing number of
microfinance institutions leads to over-borrowing. Some recent theoretical literature
suggests that, in a joint liability setting, ...
Brand Effect and Price Discrimination in the Video Rental Industry
(2013-11-21)
What is the effect of competition on prices in a market where the product is offered
at different quality levels? Would the increase in competition reduce the price of
high quality good more than the low quality good? ...
Treating HIV/ AIDS patients in India with antiretroviral therapy: a management challenge
(2010-04-08)
India stands at a critical junction of HIV pandemic. Controlling spread of HIV is
critical. Ignoring this will lead millions of Indians in grip of this pandemic. Ever since
HIV/AIDS was acknowledged as a problem, the ...
Influencing human resource management practices in subsidiaries by parent companies: evidences from India
(2010-01-16)
Effective management of trans frontier operations of Multinational Companies (MNCs) requires integration of subsidiaries for global competitiveness and autonomy of subsidiaries for local responsiveness. With the increased ...
Dynamic demand analysis of India's domestic coffee market
(2010-03-28)
Coffee, although an important commodity in India's agricultural exports, has faced fluctuating
international prices and decreasing unit value realisation, especially in the post-reform period.
Hence, domestic market for ...
In a freer WTO trade regime, food industry must focus on quality management
(2010-04-06)
In the new WTO led freer trade environment, Indian food industry can compete globally
only if it is price and quality competitive. While many have addressed price
competitiveness, sensitising food industry on the importance ...
India’s Mandatory CSR, Process of Compliance and Channels of Spending
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Corporate charity is not new to India. This voluntary action of the companies, however, is now blended with a mandatory requirement. The paper lays out the provisions of the CSR norms as per the new Companies Act 2013, the ...
WTO agreements on SPS and TBT: implications for food quality issues
(2010-04-06)
Trade liberalization, hoped to be achieved through WTO Agreement on Agriculture
(AoA) is expected to lead to export promotion and import substitution opportunities
for Indian food sector. However, these opportunities ...
Trade cost, trade policy and trade volume: a study of Indian apple market
(2010-04-03)
Trade Cost form a significant part of moving goods from producer to consumer. These cost are particularly high in developing countries. As a representative country, we look at Indiazs apple trade. Although tariff on apple ...
What's keeping the apples way? addressing the market integration issue
(2010-04-03)
Apples have been grown in India for a century. At present apple production exceeds 1.4 million tonnes a year. Still, there are wide variations in the apple prices across the country. We test the price data for market ...