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Who Participates in Higher Education in India? Rethinking the Role of Affirmative Action
(2011-05-26)
This paper explores how socio-economic, especially socio-religious affiliations, and demographic characteristics of individuals influence participation in higher education (HE). It argues that appropriate measures of ...
Indian Takeover Regulation: Underreformed and Overmodified
(2011-05-26)
The takeover of substantial number of shares, voting rights, or control in a listed Indian company attracts the provision of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997. The regulations ...
The Question of Land and Infrastructure Development in India: Urgently Required Reforms for Fairness and Infrastructural Development
(2011-05-26)
Land in India is problematic largely because of archaic and perverse provisions in the practice and the law. The new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill does go some way to correct the anti-democratic and imperial provisions ...
FDI Outflows from India: An Examination of the Underlying Economics, Policies, and their Impacts
(2011-05-27)
This paper discusses the trends in India's outward FDI over the last decade and then attempts to identify the driving factors. The aim is to provide policy makers with insights regarding levers which would help in encouraging ...
Computing the Probability Mass Function of the Maximum Flow through a Reliable Network
(2011-05-26)
This paper proposes a fast state-space enumeration based algorithm called TOP-DOWN capable of computing the probability mass function of the maximum s-t flow through reliable networks. The algorithm computes the probability ...
Situational Analysis of Reporting and Recording of Maternal Deaths in Gandhinagar District, Gujarat State
(2011-05-26)
India accounts for 22 per cent (117,000) of all maternal deaths in the world and 62 per cent of all maternal deaths in South Asia. Death registration in India is patchy, and maternal deaths are underreported in the country. ...
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 ...
Point of Purchase Communication: Role of Information Search, Store Benefit, and Shopping Involvement
(2011-05-27)
Point of Purchase (PoP) is the place where a customer is about to buy the product. This is the crucial point where the exchange takes place. It offers a last chance to remind or attract customers. In spite of a considerable ...
How Can Indian Railways Service the Steel Sector Better?
(2011-05-26)
The focus of this paper is on how Indian Railways can service the steel sector better. The steel sector is a core sector, with railways playing a critical role in its logistics. The paper examines the changing industry ...
Evaluating Downside Risks in Reliable Networks
(2011-05-27)
Reliable networks are those in which network elements have a positive probability of failing. Conventional performance measures for such networks concern themselves either with expected network performance or with the ...