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Rainwater harvesting, alternative to the water supply in Indian urban areas: the case of Ahmedabad in Gujarat
(2010-03-31)Water scarcity is a characteristic of north-western states of India, such as Gujarat. Over time, the continuous increase of the population as well as the financial, administrative and technical deficiencies of the new ... -
Towards a framework for a comprehensive theory of enterpreneurship
(2010-03-31)In last three decades researchers with diverse disciplinary backgrounds have addressed the phenomenon of entrepreneurship leading to the emergence of multiple and seemingly unrelated theories about the subject. Apparently, ... -
Ethical issues in prospecting biodiversity
(2010-03-31)Biodiversity Treaty has recognized in an unequivocal manner the need for developing an accountable and equitable system for building relationship with people who conserve biodiversity and associated knowledge systems. ... -
Cooperative rural banking: Anad shows the growth - Oriented path
(2010-03-31)This paper is about how Anand Farmers Service Cooperative Bank could be successful under the same macro rural credit policies that governed most rural financial institutions. This bank is innovative in both the spirit of ... -
Consumption externalities and product quality: the market for military hardware
(2010-03-31)This paper considers arms race between to rival nations and arms trade between these buyer countries and a number of producers. All the parties are completely informed, and the sellers manufacture differentiated products. ... -
Revitalizing the State: 5. slimming the state for effectiveness
(2010-03-31)Beginning with the eighties there has been a growing perception, in developed and developing countries alike, that the modern state has extended itself beyond its governance capacity. In many countries the state is perceived ... -
Mastershares: market prices divorced from fundamentals
(2010-03-31)The shares of a closed-end Mutual Fund may be regarded as derived securities because their value depends entirely on the prices of securities that comprise the fund portfolio. Therefore, the Net Asset Value (NAV) of ... -
Watering system for potted plants
(2010-03-31)This paper deals with design of a watering system for a large number of potted plants that form part of a landscape. Installation of the system was motivated by a desire to save labour, time and water. The system now in ... -
Investment behaviour in Indian agriculture: a theoretical and empirical investigation
(2010-03-31)Investment behaviour is an important economic relation that has been difficult to determine in the context of developing economies. Yet, it is clearly recognized that investment is critical for sustained growth in the ... -
Regulatory framework for mutual funds
(2010-03-31)The financial services industry in the Indian economy is undergoing a sea change. One major change that has taken place in the last few years is the establishment of a large number of mutual funds. It is widely recognized ... -
Dividend behavior in Malaysia
(2010-03-31)The paper estimates the dividend behaviour model for Malaysia using the annual time series data for the period 1983 to 1992, and the cross-section data for the 23 selected firms representing various sectors of the economy. ... -
Review of the Indonesian telecom policy changes
(2010-03-31)Indonesia experienced economic growth rates 5.5 to 7.0 per cent per year since the late eighties and early nineties, resulting in greater demand for telecom services. But, like many other developing countries, Indonesia ... -
Law, liberalisation and globalisation in India: just a game of chance?
(2010-03-31)This paper is a part of a larger research on the working of business law in India in the changing context of globalisation and liberalisation. The macro theme requires details of the changes in law, economy and business ... -
Mid-point domination and a solution to choice problems on non-convex domains
(2010-03-31)In this paper we axiomatically characterize a solution to choice problems on non-convex domains, which satisfies mid-point domination and other intuitively reasonable properties. -
Equilibrium pricing of special bearer bonds
(2010-03-31)Special Bearer Bonds provide immunity to investors in respect of black money invested in them. This paper derives equilibrium prices of these bonds in a continuous time framework using the mixed Wiener-Poisson process. ... -
Job satisfaction and moral in medium scale organizations
(2010-03-31)A developing country like India cannot afford to neglect the problem of the people who contribute to its economic growth. Men work to satisfy their needs, and the extent of need satisfaction or need frustration is reflected ... -
Multiple products, multiple constraints, single period inventory problem: a hierarchical solution procedure
(2010-03-31)This paper presents the formulation and a hierarchical solution procedure of multiple products, multiple constraints, single period inventory problem. The hierarchical procedure decomposes the problem into a number of ... -
Why not push for 9% growth?
(2010-03-31)More than political constraints, an adherence to orthodoxy on the part of policy makers may have been responsible for the economy operating at well below the growth rate that it is capable of achieving. Part of the problem ... -
Analysis of congestion in wholesale vegetable and fruit market of ahmedabad
(2010-03-31)Regulated Wholesale Markets in cities are the first destination of vegetables and fruits meant for fresh retailing. Congestion, crowding and litter are the striking features of these markets. Although the produce spends ... -
A heuristic procedure for one dimensional bin packing problem with additional constraints
(2010-03-31)We proposed a heuristic algorithm to solve the one-dimensional bin-packing problem with additional constraints. The proposed algorithm has been applied to solve a practical vehicle-allocation problem. The experimental ...