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Does Competition in the Microfinance Industry Necessarily Mean Over-borrowing?
(2013-11-21)
In this paper we test the hypothesis of whether the presence of increasing number of
microfinance institutions leads to over-borrowing. Some recent theoretical literature
suggests that, in a joint liability setting, ...
Brand Effect and Price Discrimination in the Video Rental Industry
(2013-11-21)
What is the effect of competition on prices in a market where the product is offered
at different quality levels? Would the increase in competition reduce the price of
high quality good more than the low quality good? ...
Ethics in Organizations: The Case of Tata Steel
(2009-09-03)
The concern for ethical decision-making among the regulators, social groups and managers has substantially increased since failure of some of the prominent business organizations like Shell and Enron owing to strong social ...
How does it matter to be owned by government? Rejuvenation of a government owned automobile company in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-11-01)
Governments undertake two roles relating to business environment. First, they frame rules, procedures and policies to regulate the business environment. Second, they invest resources in PSEs for political, ideological, ...
Human Resource Practices and Commitment of Senior Officials in Health System: Reflections from a Progressive State in a Developing Economy
(2009-07-25)
It is widely recognised that the commitment and competencies of people working in the health sector has significant bearing on sector performance and its reform process. The current paper attempts to analyse the commitment ...
Human resource issues and its implications for health sector reforms
(2009-09-02)
Given the growing complexities and challenges the health sector faces, reforms in this sector are inevitable. Often health sector reforms aimed to address many of these deficiencies and ensuring effectiveness and efficiency ...
Treating HIV/ AIDS patients in India with antiretroviral therapy: a management challenge
(2010-04-08)
India stands at a critical junction of HIV pandemic. Controlling spread of HIV is
critical. Ignoring this will lead millions of Indians in grip of this pandemic. Ever since
HIV/AIDS was acknowledged as a problem, the ...
Influencing human resource management practices in subsidiaries by parent companies: evidences from India
(2010-01-16)
Effective management of trans frontier operations of Multinational Companies (MNCs) requires integration of subsidiaries for global competitiveness and autonomy of subsidiaries for local responsiveness. With the increased ...
Dynamic demand analysis of India's domestic coffee market
(2010-03-28)
Coffee, although an important commodity in India's agricultural exports, has faced fluctuating
international prices and decreasing unit value realisation, especially in the post-reform period.
Hence, domestic market for ...
In a freer WTO trade regime, food industry must focus on quality management
(2010-04-06)
In the new WTO led freer trade environment, Indian food industry can compete globally
only if it is price and quality competitive. While many have addressed price
competitiveness, sensitising food industry on the importance ...