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The role of complementarity and partner brand price level in new product introduction strategy using bundle offers: A study on the quality perception of bundle components
(2014)
New products are often bundled with strong brands as an introduction strategy. This study helps to understand the scenarios which will be most beneficial to both the products in the bundle. The enhancement effect and ...
Multi-product newsboy problem with satiation objective
(Indian Institute of Managment, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Meeting the pro t target is often preferred over maximizing expected pro t in uncertain business environments. Research into the newsboy problem with satiation objective started quite early. However, the progress has been ...
Medical Negligence and Compensation in India: How Much is Just and Effective?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
There is no denying the fact that human life is precious and in cases of medical negligence, the judges find it extremely difficult to decide on the quantum of compensation as the quantum is highly subjective in nature, ...
Air pollution in Indian cities: short term mortality impacts and interactions with temperature
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Background: Indian cities are among the most polluted globally, yet assessments of short term mortality impacts due to pollution have been limited. Furthermore, studies examining temperature – pollution interactions on ...
Examining the influence of service quality on customer satisfaction and patronage intentions in convenience store industry
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
This paper explores perceptions of service quality in the convenience store (c-store) industry. The study applies the extant SERVQUAL models (Parasuraman, Berry, and Zeithmal, 1988; Dabholkar, Thorpe, and Rentz, 1996) in ...
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 ...
Assessing impact of mandatory CSR on food industry
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)
India is the only country in the world which has now made CSR spending mandatory. Food industry is not an exception to this requirement. In a developing country like India, food industry has a larger social purpose, for ...
Data science for decision making in developing economies: A travesty of business investments
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)
Based on a recent survey of Analytics Adoption in Indian business organization, the author makes a claim that for most organizations grappling with the problem of incomplete and unorganized data, the tools of data science ...
Emergency medical service system design under service level constraints for heterogeneous patients
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)
We study the problem of locating Emergency Medical Service (EMS) facilities in the presence of service level constraints for patients with acuity levels ranging from resuscitation to non-urgent. Each patient arriving at ...
Issues in water rights, institutional design and pricing that need resolution
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)
In this paper the core issues that need resolution before water development especially by the private sector, and efficient usage can happen are very briefly outlined. These are Water rights have to be defined more ...