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Marketing, yes, creative marketing of special bearer bonds
(2010-03-14)The paper examines the marketing tasks involved in case full potential of the special bearer bonds which is being introduced by the Government of India to mop up undeclared money that is accumulated in the economy. The ... -
Agricultural extension programme: towards a future direction
(2010-03-14)The paper reviews the genesis of educational policies and contents in relation to agricultural extension and research in India. It examines the relevance of the present educational pattern to the needs of the country and ... -
Business history in Japan
(2010-03-14)This paper contains the observations of the author, who has just returned after attending an international conference on Business History in Tokyo, on the progress of teaching and research of business history in Japan. He ... -
Extent of multi disciplinary research in agriculture
(2010-03-14)A methodology to determine the extent of multi-disciplinary research has been described. The extent of multi-disciplinary research in agriculture is measured by noting the percentage of research articles covering one or ... -
Mobilising rural savings
(2010-03-14)This paper attempts at examining the ways in which various factors affecting savings influence different aspects of a savings decision. The three aspects of a decision to save were identified as the ability to save, the ... -
Demand-supply management of forest based cellulosic raw materials for the paper industry in India
(2010-03-14)The study focuses on bamboo and hardwoods which are the most important cellulosic raw materials for the paper and paperboards industry in India. There are perceptions of acute scarcities of these goods caused by rapid ... -
Creating demand systems in drought prone regions: random thoughts and personal field notes from a group action - research project - journal II
(2010-03-14)Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad had initiated an action-research project in three districts with similar ecological and social stress but dissimilar administrative system. A group of faculty members from Centre ... -
Ecology market forces and design of resource delivery systems: socio-ecological perspective
(2010-03-14)Neglect of Ecological (i.e. edaphic, climatic and natural resource endowments besides man-biotic interactions) variables in organizational theory literature in west is understandable due to near complete subsumption of ... -
Causal linkages among dimensions of perceived organizational environment
(2010-03-14)The paper highlights the importance of environmental perceptions of management for a strategic conti theory of organizational functioning. Based on data from 75 Indian organizations, the paper examines the temporal stability ... -
An information integration theory analysis of attractiveness of bus systems
(2010-03-14)Actual bus riders received information about frequency of service, fare, and comfort aspects of some bus systems and indicated how much they would like to travel in those buses. Information integration theory, which deals ... -
Analysis of (S, s) inventory system with decaying items
(2010-03-14)This article obtains the stationary distribution of the inventory level of an (S, s) inventory model with decaying items. The demand to this inventory system is governed by a general renewal process. Items decay at a ... -
Policies for growth in fertilizer consumption the next stage
(2010-03-14)Annual consumption of fertilizers has increased from less than 100,000 metric tons of nutrients in the early 1950s to 8.2 million metric tons (mmts) by 1984/85. The Seventh Five Year Plan aims at raising it to 14 mmts by ... -
Economic importance of biogas in integrated rural energy system
(2010-03-14)This paper discusses the impact of dung availability and economic importance of biogas plants in Integrated Rural Energy System (IRES). Fixed Cost, maintenance cost, feed-stock cost and manpower costs of community biogas ... -
Study of the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet in Indian railways
(2010-03-14)This paper studies the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet of the Indian Railways. The constant growth of the non-suburban passenger traffic outstrips the additions provided to the ... -
Schools and students across cultures
(2010-03-14)This study attempts to explore the personality differences of the students who are studying in denominational and non-denominational institutions. The personality variables which are measured are dogmatism and security-insecurity. ... -
On regionalizing a national inter-industry table
(2010-03-14)Interstate disparity in the industrial output has been increasing in India in spite of our planned efforts to reduce the same. Out policies in this regard were based on the growth theories emphasising the role of factor ... -
Dividend rate and variation in share prices: an exploration into their inter-relationship
(2010-03-14)Return and risk are the two acknowledged characteristics affecting investment decision of investors in securities market. The literature on the relationship between these two characteristics provides ample evidence about ... -
Diagnosis, prescription and action: the behavioural scientist in organisation
(2010-03-14)The present paper deals with a critical appreciation of the role of the behavioral scientist in analysis organizational problems. A three-step model is elaborately discussed. It includes diagnosis, prescription and action. ... -
Goal programming model for selection of integrated rural energy system
(2010-03-14)This paper presents a goal programming model for selection of Integrated Rural Energy System (IRES). The decisions involve (i) selection of a mix of energy generating systems and (ii) allocation of energy from these to ... -
Prediction of son's performance in easy through difficult exams by Indian parents
(2010-03-14)Prediction of exam performance from information about motivation and ability of students by Indian subjects always supported an adding-type rule. As this rule implies that motivation is equally effective with persons of ...