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A Note on Estimationg Variance of Finite Population Distribution Function
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Estimating finite population distribution function is an important problem to the survey samplers since it summarizes almost all the relevant information of interest about the finite population. Moreover due to its ...
Network Structure, Capacity Growth and Route Hierarchies: The case of China’s Air Traffic System (ATS) revisited
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
This paper examines air traffic patterns among China’s scheduled airlines in January 2006 and January 2011, using Official Airline Guide data on carrier schedules. The author classifies Chinese carriers into one of 4 ...
A Bayesian analysis of racial di erences in treatment among breast-cancer patients
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
It is a well known fact that race and ethnicity specific variations exist in the treatment and survival of cancer patients. Studies based on breast cancer patients admitted to community hospitals in U.S depicted that there ...
A New Formulation and Benders' Decomposition for Multi-period facility Location Problem with Server Uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Facility location problems reported in the literature generally assume the problem parameter values (like cost, budget, etc.) to be known with complete certainty, even if they change over time (as in multi-period versions). ...
How Costly is the Deliberate Disinflation in India? Estimating the Sacrifice Ratio
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Methods followed in earlier studies for estimating the sacrifice ratio or the real cost of deliberate disinflation have focused only on aggregate supply side ignoring aggregate demand. The present study considers the ...
Strategic Judgment under Pervasive Uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Strategic decision making under uncertainty has been typified as an uncertainty mitigation activity. However, this hypothesis breaks down under conditions of very high uncertainty as it demands judgment on the part of ...
Specialist Services in the Indian Rural Public Health System for Maternal and Child Healthcare – A Study of Four States
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
The present study attempts to examine the role of specialist services in rural public health system of India in the areas of maternal and child healthcare. The study uses primary data collected through a survey of doctors ...
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Ordinance 2014: A Process Perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
This paper captures the policy processes leading to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Ordinance, 2014. It maps the role and the influence of the ...
Decoding Response Uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Response uncertainty defined as not knowing how to respond to a known event has been identified as the major uncertainty faced by decision makers, especially where organizational action is unavoidable. However, a granular ...
Strategic Responses to Deregulation: An Institutional Theory Perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Firms adopt distinct strategic orientation in response to change in environment. Deregulation is a drastic change in firm’s environment. This paper attempts to explain strategic orientation exhibited by firms in response ...