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Societal change, states and governance: Insights from history and other societies
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)The nature of governance has differed widely across societies, and what is more interesting, within any particular society depending upon the stage of development. Governance is better defined in functional rather than in ... -
The challenge of governance in India today
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)This paper attempts to delineate the possible role of governance oriented reform in India today. We raise conceptual and historical difficulties with the notion that sees governance failure as the cause of poor economic ... -
Relative effectiveness of signals in IPOs in Indian Capital Markets
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-09-01)IPO by a firm calls for assessment of potential agency problems and associated costs by the outside investors. The potential conflict of interest problems between insiders and outsiders could be very high in countries with ... -
The expected stock returns of Malaysian firms: A panel data analysis
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-09-01)We used panel data set of 1729 observations (247 Malaysian companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for 1993-2000) to identify variables that could explain expected returns of Malaysian stocks. Our results are ... -
A preliminary study of psychological aftereffects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by earthquake: The Ahmedabad experience
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-04-01)The present study is a preliminary study intended to investigate a various psychological symptoms related to post-traumatic stress caused by an earthquake of severe magnitude. The main objective of this study was to ... -
Privatisation: Issues and evidence
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2000-09-01)Even as India s privatisation programme gathers steam, there is a perception, reflected in the pronouncements of ministers as well as in writings in the popular press, that the benefits of privatisation can be taken as ... -
Role of culture in institution building and sustenance: The case of IIMA
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1995-07-01)The paper argues that organizational culture plays a central role in building and sustaining institutions. The process of institution building and sustenance is analyzed using institutional economics and collective action ... -
Input- output tables for Rajasthan: Methodology and estimates
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1988-03-01)In the present paper, an attempt is made to construct Input-Output Tables for Rajasthan compatible and consistent with the national I-O tables for the year 1984-85 which formed the basis for the national 7th Five Year Plan. ... -
Monitoring the government policy environment
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1986-03-01)Recent favourable and unfavourable changes in the government policies have prompted many corporations to review their corporate strategies. This has pointed to the need for monitoring the government policy environment ... -
Lighting candles: Impact of leadership actions on institution building
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1983-05-01)This paper uses the metaphor of lighting candles to describe the process of institution building. To illustrate this, it drawn upon the actions of a prolific institution builder like Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in order to distill ... -
Institution building for management education in India- IIMA experience
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1979-10-01)This paper gives a short factual account of some of the IIMA Experience in institution building for management education. The format of presentation is in line with the conceptual framework of institution building process ... -
Some propositions about institution building
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1977-09-01)Institution building has become a technical term being used for the process of helping institutions develop through transfer of knowledge, the term institution building can be used to denote the process of the growth and ... -
The industrial man of India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1977-06-01)In this paper, the author primarily deal with those industrial men who are more directly involved in industrial activity. -
Integrated rural development through farmers' organizations
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Reshaped fifth five year plan: Responses to changed environment
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1977-02-01)This paper highlights the salient features of the revised fifth plan and contrasts them with those of the draft fifth plan. It also evaluates the revised exercises as a response to changed environment. -
An empirical examination of the characteristics of the integration- responsiveness pressures
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-08-01)In this study, we propose five factors to examine in detail the characteristics of the integration-responsiveness pressures. These are depth, dimensionality, direction, distinctiveness and dynamic. Using data from MNC ... -
Analysis of claims and reimbursements made under mediclaim policy of the General Insurance Corporation of India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-08-01)The analysis suggests that the number of policies and premiums collected have grown at significant rates, more than 30 per cent during 1998-99 and 50 per cent during the year 1999-00. The growth had implications for the ... -
Experiences of various forms of commercial partnerships in Indian Railways
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-07-01)This paper brings out issues of governance between the Ministry of Railways and various service delivering commercial entities under the Ministry. Some of this is accentuated by both the ministerial and administrative ... -
Strategic opportunities in managing IPRs: Biodiversity, drug industry and emerging options
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)In this paper, I first discuss the key concept of IPR and its relevance for our conditions. I particularly refer to the opportunities that exist globally with specific reference to patent expiration, biodiversity based ... -
Ethics of extraction: Biodiversity and indigenous knowledge
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)Extraction of local knowledge of people has gone on for a very long time without any reciprocity or accountability towards the knowledge providers. The paper looks at several kinds of accountability of researchers such as ...