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Bargaining with a variable population for games with a reference point
(2010-03-25)We consider axiomatic models of bargaining defined over a domain of problems containing different numbers of agents, define a concept called restricted monotonicity with respect of changes in the number of agents, and show ... -
Growth strategy for tiny and rural industries sector need for marketing orientation
(2010-03-25)The paper proposes a three-dimensional conceptual framework for understanding the pedagogical methods. It discusses the characteristics of behaviour simulation and the relevant concepts of learning for these. Various ... -
Some natural resource management aspects of commercial cultivation of hybrid eucalyptus in Gujarat: India
(2010-03-25)The paper has presented the results of financial analysis of a 160 acres eucalyptus farm in Ahmedabad District. The soil on the farm is sandy loam type and the water is brackish. The fixed capital investments in the business ... -
The Nagarsheth of Ahmedabad: The history of an urban institution in a Gujarat City
(2010-03-25)The paper claims that nagarshethship in Ahmedabad was an innovation in urban institution. challenge Pressing the popularly held view that the institution began with Emperor Jahangir conferring this title on a principal ... -
Structures and systems: the issue of cultural interface in indian organization
(2010-03-25)This paper explores the concept of structures, systems, and culture. It then examines the concept of interface and it gets influenced by the cultural processes. Indian oragniztions are squarely caught with the individual-authority ... -
Two characterizations of the independence of irrelevant alternatives assumption
(2010-03-25)In this paper we propose alternative characterizations of the Independence of irrelevant alternatives assumption, as conceived in bargaining theory. We provide two distinct characterizations, which allows us to view both ... -
Mediating influence of top management styles on the relaitonship between external environment and Organisational structure: tests of some hypotheses
(2010-03-25)Three styles of top management, labelled entrepreneurial, professional, and conservative, were empirically derived from cluster analysis of policies and practices data from a sample of companies. Eleven hypotheses were ... -
The guru shishya relationship: some implications for educational institutions
(2010-03-25)In this paper we trace the historical basis of the Gurushishya relationship and explore its implications for modern education. Our hypothesis is that this relationship is rooted in a religious and spiritual basis and that ... -
Inflation accounting in India: a case study of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(2010-03-25)In the last decade, a considerable amount of research has been done justifying the need to introduce inflation accounting in reporting the financial results of a business unit. In this paper, I have reviewed the recent ... -
European economic community review of literature reactions in India: Part I: 1960-80
(2010-03-25)The first paper analysed the basic motives underlying the formation of the EC as reflected in the writings of Jean Monnet - " The Father of the Common market.' The paper discussed the gigantic changes of great historical ... -
Bases of work motivation in development societies: a framework for performance management
(2010-03-25)In this essay authors endeavored to analyse and understand variables that adversely affect level of motivation and performance of people within work organizations in developing societies. The authors analyse and identify ... -
Implementation of large computer-communication projects in a developing country: a case study
(2010-03-25)The implementation of geographically dispersed computer-communication projects involving large financial outlays is a complex task, more so in a developing country context. This paper is focused around a case study which ... -
The non manipulability of the utilitarian solution
(2010-03-25)In this paper we model threat bargaining problems as fixed threat bargaining games (with the threat point at the origin) and show that the utilitarian solution to threat bargaining problems is not manipulable. -
Monotonicity of solutions with respect to the claims point
(2010-03-25)In this paper we establish that a family of well-known normed compromise solutions for two-person claims problems respond appropriately to changes in the claims point. At the time of writing this paper, it was brought to ... -
Creative approaches in advertising in India in the early nineties what criteria
(2010-03-25)The paper developed while exploring the anomaly that the best adjusted creatives are not necessarily the best performers, despite uniformity in other marketing inputs. It examines (1) current trends in creative approaches, ... -
Estimation errors and time varying betas in event studies a new approach
(2010-03-25)The event study is one of the most powerful techniques for studying market efficiency. Over a period of time, researchers have made several modifications to the original methodology of Fama, Fisher, Jensen and Roll (1969). ... -
Accounting for changing prices - Recent development
(2010-03-25)With the rejection of ED-18 on July 6, 1977, the longest running epic of the financial world "Inflation Accounting" has come to a standstill where U.K. accounting profession is living with "An Interim Recommendation" and ... -
Growth of tractors in India: past and future
(2010-03-25)A casual, discrete, dynamic mathematical model to describe the growth of tractors in India has been proposed. It is able to describe the past pattern of growth quite closely, and yields results that are much better than ... -
Max-min solution for variable threat games
(2010-03-25)In this paper we obtain general inequality properties that max-min strategic solutions to Variable Threat Games satisfy under a set of very plausible assumptions. -
The egalitarian equivalent solution to bargaining problems in economic environments
(2010-03-25)In this paper we set up an analytical framework to study bargaining (or object division) problems in economic environments, propose some new solutions and study the egalitarian equivalent bargaining solution. This analysis ...