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Lighting up lives through cooking gas and transforming society
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)The study, reported in the form of a case, narrates the story of a major attempt at social transformation through a simple mechanism of providing cooking gas (LPG) to the marginalized in society. Targeting about 100 million ... -
Risk-sensitive Basel regulations and firms' access to credit: direct and indirect effects
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)This paper examines the impact of risk-sensitive Basel regulations on access to debt and cost of debt for firms with varying characteristics around the world, and investigates how firms cope through reliance on alternative ... -
Study of retail electricity consumers’ response and perception regarding electricity consumption
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)The price of retail electricity is restricted by regulations and have not increased at a same pace with the ever-growing demand of electricity. However, there exists a considerable amount of consumer surplus that can be ... -
Impact of price path on disposition bias
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Recent studies, in experimental markets, have illustrated the incremental influence of price path on investor decisions. We empirically demonstrate that the nature of price path significantly impacts the degree of disposition ... -
Impact of the proposed GST on the consumer price index in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Fears that the movement to GST would add to inflation have been unfounded. In this study we ex-ante estimate the impact the movement to GST would have on inflation and show that it would be very marginal at best. The ... -
E-commerce in oligopsonistic and relational markets: An empirical investigation of transaction costs in agricultural e-markets in India from farmers’ perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-06-15)Some important benefits of electronic marketplaces, especially in agriculture, include improved coordination, better and transparent price discovery, and reduced transaction costs. Agricultural markets in India have often ... -
Lender moral hazard in state-owned banks: evidence from an emerging economy
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-07-04)We examine the credit risk-choices of the public sector banks (PSBs) in India with a novel dataset that is able to trace the borrowers to their banks. We determine the likelihood of the ownership type of the lender bank ... -
Grapevine or Informed Selection: significance of quality attributes in India’s emerging wine market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-03-30)Indian wine market is in a nascent state as compared to its counterparts in Europe, America and Asia. However, with rapid growth in GDP and consequent changes in lifestyle, the absolute size of the market is growing rapidly. ... -
Does entrepreneurial logic impact funding evaluation of startups?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-02-21)From a neoclassical economics perspective, entrepreneurship involves rational decision-making and entrepreneurs engage in rational, goal-driven behavior. However, such a view is put to test in current, dynamic business ... -
Leadership and management of public sector undertakings in an emerging economy
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-31)Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) contribute significantly to the growth and economic development of any country. This study explores the key managerial challenges faced by the leaders and managers of public sector ... -
Is the past still holding us back? a study on intergenerational education mobility in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-03)This paper deals with intergenerational education mobility in India. We make use of IHDS-II (2011-12) and prepare a representative dataset that goes beyond co-resident pairs of son-father by utilizing a unique feature of ... -
Indian antecedents to modern economic thought
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-15)The history of economic thought begins with salutations to Greek writings of Aristotle and Plato. While the fourth century BCE Greek writings may have been the fount of modern economic thought that emerged in Europe starting ... -
Marketplace options in an emerging economy local food marketing system: Producers' choices, choice determinants and requirements
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-12)One of the important objectives of reforms in Indian agricultural marketing was to stimulate competition in the local food marketing system dominated by the state-regulated APMC marketplaces. This study was taken up to ... -
Averaging model analyses of teacher expectations of performance from students varying in motivation and ability
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1986-11-01)Although there have been numerous studies of the impact of teacher expectations on student performance, the manner in which expectations are formed has remained unexplored. The present research tested the hypothesis that ... -
Transformation of organizations through enhancing free energy of individuals, collectivity and the organization
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-08-01)Organization identity is shaped by multiple factors. This shaping leads to transformation of the organization. An organization transforms its own identity with the help of free energy. It can also mobilize captive or frozen ... -
A comparison of technical efficiency in the public and private sectors in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-12-01)The paper examines the impact of lay-off and suggests that while individual impact is important in its own right, the research suggests that the effects of lay-offs go well-beyond the physical, material and psychological ... -
How does it matter to be owned by government? Rejuvenation of a government owned automobile company in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-11-01)Governments undertake two roles relating to business environment. First, they frame rules, procedures and policies to regulate the business environment. Second, they invest resources in PSEs for political, ideological, ... -
Policy barriers preventing access to emergency obstetric care in rural India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-11-01)India with its one billion people contributes to about 20% of all maternal deaths in the world. Even though infant mortality has declined in India maternal mortality has remained high at about 540 per 100,000 live births. ... -
Public private partnership in airport development- Governance and risk management implications from Cochin International Airport Ltd.
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)In India, airports were totally owned and managed by central government or the armed forces. The Airport Authority of India (AAI), a body functioning under the Ministry of Civil Aviation was responsible for managing the ... -
GATS and educational services: Issues for India's response in WTO negotiations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)Under the auspices of WTO, negotiations on liberalization of trade in services are expected to begin soon. One agenda at the negotiating table will be trade in educational services. Trade in educational services is too ...