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Policy barriers preventing access to emergency obstetric care in rural India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-11-01)
India with its one billion people contributes to about 20% of all maternal deaths in the world. Even though infant mortality has declined in India maternal mortality has remained high at about 540 per 100,000 live births. ...
Transformation of organizations through enhancing free energy of individuals, collectivity and the organization
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-08-01)
Organization identity is shaped by multiple factors. This shaping leads to transformation of the organization. An organization transforms its own identity with the help of free energy. It can also mobilize captive or frozen ...
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 ...
Privatisation in China: softly, softly does it
(2009-12-12)
This paper examines China s record of privatisation to see whether it accords with popular perceptions. The record shows that China has been proceeded cautiously in its privatisation efforts. It has privatised that is, ...
A Bayesian Analysis of the Change Point Problem for Directional Data using SIR
(2009-07-25)
In this paper we discuss a simple fully Bayesian analysis of the change point
problem for the directional data in the parametric framework with circular
normal distribution as the underlying distribution. We discuss ...
Relationship between risk and return: an empirical test of the capital asset pricing model for Malaysian
(2009-12-12)
This paper uses weekly return data for the period January 1990 through December 1996 for a sample of 224 stocks listed on the main board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to estimate the Capital Asset Pricing Model, CAPM. ...
Field trial of Vastrapur cartons
(2009-12-12)
We present in this paper the results of road transport trial of newly developed tomato packaging named Vastrapur Carton. Farm fresh tomatoes were taken from Khanderaopura village to Rajkot a distance of 250 km. Two trials ...
Temperature distribution in a Tomato carton
(2009-12-12)
In this write-up, we present an analysis of temperature distribution in tomato carton using finite difference approximation. When freshly harvested tomatoes are placed in a rectangular heap, in a surrounding of 35 degree ...
Comparison of Vastrapur cartons with conventional wood carton based on laboratory tests
(2009-12-12)
Three different CFB cartons were designed. Prototypes were tested for compression, vibration and drop. The results are presented and discussed.
Linking Vertical and Horizontal Markets for Innovations at Grassroots: Sustainability Imperative
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)
The supply chain management is at the core of globalising world. Today the large corporations are able to source materials from all around the world and sell it in the most interior parts of the developing and developed ...