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Indian antecedents to modern economic thought
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-15)
The history of economic thought begins with salutations to Greek writings of Aristotle and Plato. While the fourth century BCE Greek writings may have been the fount of modern economic thought that emerged in Europe starting ...
GATS and educational services: Issues for India's response in WTO negotiations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)
Under the auspices of WTO, negotiations on liberalization of trade in services are expected to begin soon. One agenda at the negotiating table will be trade in educational services. Trade in educational services is too ...
Make in India: re-chanting the mantra with a difference
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Make in India is an old mantra. It was very much there during India‟s colonial period and the post-independence decades till 1991, and now it has been pronounced from the ramparts of Red Fort. The paper attempts to trace ...
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 ...
Grapevine or Informed Selection: significance of quality attributes in India’s emerging wine market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-03-30)
Indian wine market is in a nascent state as compared to its counterparts in Europe, America and Asia. However, with rapid growth in GDP and consequent changes in lifestyle, the absolute size of the market is growing rapidly. ...
Between Aastha and Zee: mystery of the missing market for a weather channel
(2019-06-03)
Until a few decades ago, Doordarshan was the only channel which would broadcast TV programmes in black-&-white and that too for a few hours. It was a pure public good then, offered free of cost by the government. Today, ...
Player Pricing and Valuation of Cricketing Attributes: Exploring the IPL Twenty-Twenty Vision
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)
In April 2008, BCCI initiated Indian Premier League, a cricket tournament of Twenty-Twenty overs to be played among eight domestic teams. Team owners bid for the services of cricketers for a total of US$ 42 million. Not ...
Degree of Instant Competition: Estimation of Market Power in India’s Instant Coffee Market
(2009-08-21)
The new competition policy of the Government of India seeks to promote competition to protect consumer interests and increase market efficiency. In fact, the degree of price transmission between farmers and final consumers ...
Does ghee sold by any brand smell as sweet? : quality attributes and hedonic price analysis of ghee
(2010-04-06)
In the post-WTO scenario processed food industry is witnessing intra-industry
trade, i.e., trade in similar products. It also means that there will be intense
competition between foreign and Indian companies in the ...
WTO agreements and Indian agriculture: retrospection and prospects
(2010-03-28)
By the end of 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) will complete its five years of existence. At that time, re-negotiation on Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) will also begin. It is time to take a retrospective look at what ...