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Efficient market Hypothesis: understanding and acceptance in India
(2010-03-22)In Spite of Some empirical evidence in favour of the capital market efficiency in weak form and mildly in favour of semi-strong form, the ca[pital markets participants allege that the market is excessively speculative and ... -
Target debt maintenance under alternative net present value specifications and implications for investment and finance decisions
(2010-03-22)Two alternative specifications of weighted average cost of capital are prevalent in finance literature. Though both the specifications result in consistent accept/reject or ranking decisions the net present value arrived ... -
Corporate power and social responsibility: lessons from the west
(2010-03-22)Corporate social responsibility is fast becoming a fashionable phrase among businessmen, managers, management academics, economists, politicians, and the public at large. Before these diverse groups plunge into serious ... -
Study of attitudes towards women officers in banks
(2010-03-22)An increasing number of Indian women are joining managerial ranks, yet very few studies have been carried out to empirically assess people's attitudes towards women managers. This paper reports results of a study of attitudes ... -
Economic analysis of food - energy sector: implications for subsistence behaviour and credit policy
(2010-03-22)This paper presents economic analysis of food-energy relationship with implications for subsistence farmers; behaviour and credit policy. The analysis of the model formulated by Timmer is discussed. A model is formulated ... -
Valuation model for indeterminate convertibles
(2010-03-22)Many issues of convertible debentures in India in recent years provide for a mandatory conversion of the debentures into an unspecified number of shares at an unspecified time; the conversion ratio (i.e., the number of ... -
Market valuation model under differential taxes inflation recurring investments and flotation costs
(2010-03-22)The extent literature on valuation identifies several important variables affecting the value of a firm. These include, corporate and personal taxes, reinvestments, leverage, dividend policy, and inflation. But, most of ... -
GANTT chart colouring
(2010-03-22)This paper presents three rules for colouring of a Grant Chart that displays the machine and job schedules of a job shop. These rules have been used on the job schedules of a real job shop and the performance of the proposed ... -
Biodiversity and poverty vis-a-vis biotechnology and prosperity
(2010-03-22)The debate on intellectual property rights of third world farmers, pastoralists and artisans has almost always been guided by the fear that the industry in the developing countries (particularly drug industry) would be ... -
Macroeconomic analysis of housing demand and housing investment in India
(2010-03-22)An attempt is made in this paper to examine various aspects of housing demand and housing investment in India. The main objectives of the study area: (i) to estimate the income and price elasticity of demand for housing ... -
Trade union paraxis - 2 (towards a sociology of trade unions): macropraxis of alienation politico-legal framework of industrial relations
(2010-03-22)A deeper understanding of the context of the macropraxis of alienation would be facilitated if there is an awareness of the modalities of the politicolegal framework of industrial relations in the Indian socio-economic ... -
Quantity discount pricing model: an exact formulation and analysis
(2010-03-22)In this paper we formulate and analyze the quantity discount pricing problem without the approximation that was earlier used by Monahan and Lee and Rosenblatt. Our exact analysis throws light on some important conceptual ... -
Financial goals: survey of experiences in India
(2010-03-22)The Study aimed to test the existence of multiple financial goals and to find the relative significance of the financial goals pursued by companies in India. A questionnaire was sent to companies listed in the Investorsz ... -
Job stress of a creative manager
(2010-03-22)The 'inverted-U' relationship between stress and performance is well-known. It is reasonable to assume a similar relationship between stress and creativity. However, very little is known about the reverse relationship; the ... -
Development of food-processing industries
(2010-03-22)The paper has analysed development and financial, with special reference to working capital management, performance of the selected food-processing industries. It prioritizes these industries for their development based ... -
Testing for and estimation of models subject to multicollinearity
(2010-03-22)The regression method for analyzing changes in variables over the time and cross-section has become very popular in the present day world. The method is undoubtedly very powerful but it is based on several assumptions and ... -
Formulation of district credit plans by commercial banks: some observations
(2010-03-22)The paper briefly reviews the process of preparation of the district credit plans and the deficiencies of these plans from the view point of their implementation. To provide more insights into the problems in implementing ... -
Performance appraisal of human resource development function in Indian organisations: a preliminary survey
(2010-03-22)The HRD function has gained a lot of momentum in the last decade. An earlier survey conducted in 1984 indicated that a number of HRD sub-system were being initiated in Indian industry. A detailed questionnaire was developed ... -
Identification of project - a systems view
(2010-03-22)This paper aims at integrating areas of formal planning system and decision-making with project identification of an entrepreneur, a development agency or corporation. The paper is divided into three parts: 1) Analysis of ... -
Development administraiton as social marketing
(2010-03-22)Development Administration has come on its own as an area of practice and study. It is differentiated from conventional administration by its emphasis on social and economic change. In the field of management, the concept ...