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Crisis responses of competing versus noncompeting organizations
(2010-03-12)
The purpose of the paper is to identify responses of organizations undergoing crisis when they are subjected to either much competition or little competition.
Economics of sustained rapid growth in India's fertiliser consumption
(2010-03-12)
This paper presents a framework to discuss economics of sustained rapid growth in Inida's fertiliser consumption. Major considerations suggested by the framework are then discussed against the backdrop of the past growth ...
Rural banks for rural development - the Indian experiment
(2010-03-12)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the background and the salient features of the scheme for establishing the RRBs and to evaluate their performance in the short period of their existence. The paper also presents the ...
Fertiliser consumption after 1974-75: a critical review
(2010-03-12)
After a sharp decline in 1974-75, consumption of fertilizer increased substantially in the subsequent years. In fact, the growth in absolute terms registered during 1976-77 (and also likely to register in 1977-78) is larger ...
Interstate variation in female labour force participation rates in India - an analysis of the 1971 census data
(2010-03-12)
This paper made an attempt to isolate the influence of structural differences in female population on the FPR in different states and theiry measure the extent of the actual regional variations in the female labour ...
Psychology of inequality
(2010-03-12)
The major focus of discussion in this paper will be reviewing the studies on these specific areas namely, (a) physical setting, (b) religion, race and caste (c) Disability and (d) sex.
Options for the fifth sector: a discussion of the workers' sector proposal
(2010-03-13)
In Lok Sabha a proposal to create a "Fifth Sector" by investing the funds accumulated under the compulsory deposit scheme (CDS). In the proposed fifth sector the government hopes to create a genuine workers sector in line ...
On wait - and - see stochastic linear programs: an application and an algorithm
(2010-03-12)
This paper develope a computational algorithm for estimating the mean objective function value of a stochastic linear programming problem of the passive or wait-and-see type. The algorithm is applied to a problem connected ...
Formal vis-a-vis informal credit supply sources in tribal areas: a case of Dharampur taluka
(2010-03-13)
This paper first discusses the main features and operations of both the sources of credit supply in Dharampur. It then presents a framework that conceptualizes the substitution process from the standpoint of the inhabitants ...
Optimization of vehicle schedules for a road transport corporation
(2010-03-14)
This paper discusses construction of a model to minimize fleet-size required to operate a time-table subject to a maintenance constraint. The constraint requires that vehicles be provided maintenance at least once every ...