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Mathematical models for urban water supply and waste disposal systems
(2010-03-14)Most urban areas are facing an ever increasing demand for fresh water due to population and industrial growth. This peper proposes ans integrated approach for optimal design of urban water supply and waste disposal systems. ... -
Comparison of substitutive chemicals recommended by manufacturers and agricultural institutions for cotton pest control
(2010-03-14)Indian farmers can obtain information on pesticides from the manufacturers, agricultural institutions and the formulators. Literature form the first two sources was compared with a view to know the cost to farmers and ... -
A note on non neutrality of capital subsidy under IRR criterion
(2010-03-14)Financial Institutions in India use IRR as a criterion for project evaluation. However they do not include the capital subsidy under the backward area development scheme in the computation of IRR. This note brings out the ... -
Impact of export fluctuations on income: a cross country analysis
(2010-03-14)The degree of export fluctuations and its impact on income have been subject to a number of investigations. A major bone of contention has been whether developing countries experience a greater degree of fluctuation in ... -
A cross-cultural study of teaching effectiveness of the case method versus the lecture method of teaching in lecture-oriented environments: some preliminary findings
(2010-03-14)This paper presents some preliminary results of an ongoing study in two West German Universities and the University of the Philippines which examines the comparative effectiveness of the case vs. lecture method of teaching. ... -
Research in organisation behaviour in India 1970-1979: A critique
(2010-03-14)The present paper reviews the research literature Organization Behavior in India between 1970 and 1979. It identifies three dominant themes in the literature, viz. Person themes; Process themes and Action themes. Over 50 ... -
Unionizing Indian agricultural workers: problems and prospects
(2010-03-14)The paper is concerned with the problems and prospects of organizing agricultural workers. The motivation to unionize is analysed in terms of low income, insecurity of employment and social disparity faced by landless ... -
HRD: old wine in a new bottle?
(2010-03-14)HRD is a new concept that has evolved in the last decade. HRD in USA is identified with training and development and it is only in the recent years other components of human resources development are being included under ... -
Choice of elective courses in IIMA: an application of factor analysis
(2010-03-14)The report is based on a study made to find the factors influencing the choice of elective courses by the second year students of IIMA. The statistical technique of Factor Analysis has been used to identify the factors. -
Language translations in advertising and marketing research: need for recognizing measurement differences
(2010-03-14)This paper reports the findings of an empirical study, designed to test the following four hypotheses: H1 : When consumers rate the same advertisement on two language versions of the same work (adjective), the mean ratings ... -
Serial position curve for integration of informaiton about jobs
(2010-03-14)Prospective job seekers judged attractiveness of jobs described y sequences of adjectives. Job descriptions were prepared from a 24 design with serial position as factors and positive and negative pieces of information as ... -
Expected performance in Human/Computer applications as a function of user proficiency and system power
(2010-03-14)Managers and students of management in India predicted performance in human/computer systems from information about the user's proficiency with computers and the power of the system. User proficiency was defined as the ... -
Prediction of exam performance by children: evidence for utilization of four pieces of information
(2010-03-14)Kindergarten through fourth grade children (n=120) predicted exam performance of stimulus students from information about their current motivation and ability. Each kind of information came from two independent sources and ... -
National cost of television in India in 2000 A.D.: socio-economic and political implications and issues
(2010-03-14)The rapid expansion of TV coverage has opened up possibilities of this medium to be used as a developmental communication tool. The analysis in this paper has indicated that only 12 percent of the population residing in ... -
Emergence of pioneering-innovative entrepreneurship: a psychological model
(2010-03-14)A review of literature of entrepreneurship reveals that most researchers adopt a uni-dimensional approach to explain the phenomenon. This approach, however, has failed to offer consistent explanati of the phenomenon, ... -
Orientation towards work and school: cultural context and intervention strategies
(2010-03-14)Cultural factors influence person's orientation towards work and school. Four categories distinguishing pre-industrial from industrial cultures are: 1. Permanence of roles (affiliation versus inclusion, collaboration versus ... -
Consumer research and public policy: the case of sugar crisis of 1980
(2010-03-14)Based on Consumer Study of Ahmedabad households, conducted immediately after the sugar crisis of 1980, the paper presents the changes that consumer consumption, buying and stocking patterns went through because of the high ... -
Life performance motivation ability opportunity: individual differences in predictive models
(2010-03-14)Previous research showed that prediction of life performance from information about motivation and ability follows the multiplying rule. The present experiment added a third supposedly multiplying factor, external opportunity, ... -
Energy and development options: the case of India
(2010-03-14)The paper critically analyzes the historical processes of the evolution of energy policy in India and its relationship with development strategies. The paper is divided into three time periods related to global energy ... -
Management of international technology transfer
(2010-03-14)The significant liberalization of the Indian government's policies towards foreign collaboration and industry in general has led to an upsurge in the annual number of tie-ups between Indian and foreign firms in industrially ...