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What determines performance gap index of healthcare in Gujarat?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Health performance of Gujarat viewed in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI) portrays it as a medium performer in the country. However, the index of health component for Gujarat is found to be positively contributing ...
Hub-based network analysis and change in the US air transport system (ATS)
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The US has been a pioneer w.r.t. the modern hub-and-spoke (HS) system which found near unequivocal support among aviation scholars over the last few decades. The author takes a more critical approach with regards to the ...
From well-heeled to tip-toed, shoe-shine to shoe-lace: valuing product differentiation in men’s formal footwear
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)
Gone are the days when the only branded footwear Indians knew was Bata. After years of economic liberalization, one finds many firms; local, national, and international jostling for consumer attention by producing various ...
Cause related marketing - an Indian overview
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The Indian market has witnessed all types of organizations ranging from national to multinational to regional as well as local adopting cause related marketing (CRM) practice since the late nineties. They started partnering ...
An efficient heuristic for the multi-product satiating newsboy problem
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Preference of satiation of a target performance over maximization of expected performance in uncertain situations is well-documented in the economics literature. However, the newsboy problem with satiation (of a pro t ...
Issues in PPPs in ports in India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
PPP mode of investment in Indian ports has made a significant headway and is preferred for investments today. The 12 major ports and about 200 minor ports along the 7,500 km coastline of the country have together traded ...
ICT adoption and organizational change in public and private enterprises
(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 ...
Strengthening corporate governance in India - a review of legislative and regulatory initiatives in 2013
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The passing of the long awaited Companies Act in 2013 is probably the single most important development in India's history of corporate legislation, next only to the monumental Companies Act 1956 which it replaces. While ...
Substitute and complementary effects of social support on the dimensions of empowerment
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The study examines the interactions among the effect of social support provided to an individual by three groups, viz., family, colleagues, and superior, on each dimension of psychological empowerment. On the basis of ...
Dominance of affective over cognitive customer satisfaction in satisfaction-loyalty relationship in service encounters
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The paper reports on a study which aims to understand the role of cognitive and affective components of customer satisfaction in service encounters. The paper is structured to explore a brief synthesis of the extant ...