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Indian auto component industry - learning to export and grow
(2010-03-28)This paper reviews the developments in the Indian auto component industry in the context of new economic policies. It analyses the technical capabilities and export experiences of the industry. It presents the findings of ... -
Sources of India's economic growth
(2010-03-28)An attempt has been made in this study to estimate the sources of economic growth of Indian economy during the period 1960-61 to 1993-94. The study presents the estimates of the contribution made by various factors such ... -
Interaction Between Firms and Technology Institutions in India: Reflections on a Multi Industry Study
(2010-03-28)This paper presents the overall findings of a study of industry technology institution interaction in seven industrial sectors in India; auto parts, machine tools, foundry, pharmaceuticals, polymers, textiles and software. ... -
Redundancy of additional alternatives and solutions to bargaining problems
(2010-03-28)In this paper we propose a new axiom called the redundancy of additional alternatives axiom, which is satisfied by the proportional solution. A weaker version of the same axiom is satisfied by the Kalai-Smorodinsky (3) ... -
Macroeconomic analysis of union budget 1995-96
(2010-03-27)Union Budget for 1995-96 was the fifth consecutive budget presented by Dr. Manmohan Singh, the main architect of India s recent economy policy reforms. Formulation of this budget was, however, a more difficult task than ... -
Simple proof providing an axiomatic characterization of the kalai-smorodinsky solution
(2010-03-27)In this paper we provide a simple proof for the axiomatic characterization of the Kalai-Smorodinsky Solution. -
Ordinal comparisons in choice problems: a diagrammatic exposition
(2010-03-27)The basic problem in choice theory is to choose a point from a set of available points. A large literature has grown where the central issue is the choice of a vector from a compact, convex and comprehensive (terms to be ... -
Why collective action: case of joint forest management in Gujarat, India
(2010-03-27)This paper empirically tests the factors which affect the collective action. The study is based upon the primary data collected from 33 villages in South Gujarat. -
Resource mobilisation strategies for financing of transport infrastructure and services
(2010-03-27)Transport infrastructure development in India has been slow and unsatisfactory due to the excessive dependence on budgetary support from the State and due to the dominance of state controlled enterprises. Future investment ... -
Seed industry in India: an analysis of status
(2010-03-27)Seed industry in India has been making great strides since independence. The government through policy initiatives helped the development and growth of the nascent industry. As a result quality seed production which was ... -
Synthetic daily rainfall data generation
(2010-03-27)Long sequences of daily rainfall are often needed for simulation. These (when available) are cumbersome to input. Also in many cases historical data are to short to include all possible patterns. Hence the need for synthetic ... -
Effective management styles: an Indian study
(2010-03-27)Management style is defined to be the distinctive way the management of an organization carries out its various functions, in this exploratory study, ten archetypal styles of top management are described, operationally ... -
An evaluation of farmers price expectation process
(2010-03-27)Most dynamic models involve expectation of one or more variables. Existence of several expectation hypothesis, none of them being prominent for all situations, makes it difficult to choose an expectation process while ... -
Middle management motivation: a state of choked potential
(2010-03-27)Middle managers are expected to play a critical role in translating organisational policies and strategies into practice and action. They have an important role in providing information/input to strategy formulation, and ... -
Economic benefits of public housing - a case study of Ahmedabad City
(2010-03-27)Empirical investigation of the economic benefits of public housing in India has largely remained a relatively unexplored field of research. The present study tires to make a small contribution towards filling this crucial ... -
Corporate investment for 1979: a forecast
(2010-03-27)Investment in 1979. Corporate investment is taken to include gross capital expenditures of all companies including joint sector companies. Government companies alone are excluded. This study also provides a picture of ... -
Enterprise level factors influencing productivity in PSEs
(2010-03-27)The paper presents results of the fourth part of the study on Productivity in PSEs. The aim is to identify enterprise level factors which significantly affect productivity in PSEs. The factors relate to the aggregate ... -
Concentration of economic power & restrictive trade practices: role of MRTP Act
(2010-03-27)This Paper reviews the historical background of public policy towards monopolies and restrictive trade practices, the development leading to enactment of MRTP Act in India and the impact which this Act has had on the ... -
Financial goals and company performance a study of companies in India
(2010-03-27)The objectives of the study were (a) to find out the financial goals structure and the relative significance of the financial goals pursued by companies in India and (b) to examine if a company's financial performance was ... -
Threat bargaining games with a variable population
(2010-03-27)In this paper we establish links between desirable properties satisfied by familiar solutions to bargaining games with a variable population and the Nash equilibrium concept for threat bargaining games.