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Data correcting: a methodology for obtaining near-optimal solutions
(2010-01-16)In this paper we concern ourselves with the problem of finding near optimal solutions to function that are not amenable to solution by analytic means. This means that given a function and a parameter ? away from the optimal ... -
Response to increasing competition by business organizations in India: voluntary retirement schemes and their outcome
(2010-01-16)Companies in India have responded to the challenges of globalization in various ways. One of the strategies to survive in the market was to reduce the cost by reduction in the number of employees with the help of Voluntary ... -
Managing complex networks in emerging markets: the story of amul
(2010-01-16)Firms that desire to do business in large emerging markets need to develop a new paradigm for looking at opportunities in these markets. The success of many such firms has depended on how well have they formed or managed ... -
Problems of fair division and the egalitarian solution: a reconsideration
(2010-01-16)The present paper attempts to provide simple proofs of two theorems in the literature of axiomatic bargaining with a variable population. Both theorems deal with axiomatic characterizations of the egalitarian solution due ... -
Business incubation development in India
(2010-01-16)The paper provides the experience of setting up first incubator for grassroots innovations in the form of GIAN (Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network) and make a case for replicating this model elsewhere in the ... -
Axiomatic characterization of indirect utility and lexicographic extensions
(2010-01-16)The general problem we are interested in this paper is of the following variety: We are given a finite universal set and a linear ordering on it. What is the minimal axiomatic characterization of particular extension of ... -
Cost of conservation of agrobiodiversity
(2010-01-16)The cost of conservation of germplasm stored in gene banks i.e., ex-situ collections has been studied in other parts of the world to estimate direct and indirect contributions by various actors involved in conservation. ... -
Empowering conservators of biodiversity and associated knowledge systems: an intellectual property based framework
(2010-01-16)Biotechnological and other value adding options provide an opportunity for valorising the biodiversity and associated knowledge systems. In the absence of this value addition, the erosion of biodiversity as well as traditional ... -
Mispricing of volatility in the indian index options market
(2010-01-16)This paper examines the relationship between index futures and index options prices in India. By using futures prices, we eliminate the effect of short sale restrictions in the cash market that impede arbitrage between the ... -
Organizational decline and turnaround management: empirical study of a government owned automobile company
(2010-01-16)Performance of an organization is an outcome of its series of action choices in response to the changes in business environment or independently. Such choices are influenced by the leadership characteristics, organizational ... -
Downsizing: some aspects of communication & social impact
(2010-01-16)This study, being essentially empirical in nature, is based on primary data relating to Indian organizations. The primary data has been collected through a sample survey based on a questionnaire focusing on the following ... -
Optimization-based decision support system for strategic and operational planning in process industries
(2010-01-16)We describe how a generic multi-period optimization-based decision support system (DSS) can be used for strategic and operational planning in process industries. Built on five fundamental elements - materials, facilities, ... -
Obtaining near-optimal solutions for the binary knapsack problem
(2010-01-16)In this paper we consider the well-known binary knapsack problem. We propose a method of embedding heuristicsi in a branch and bound framework to optain solutions with profits within a pre-specified quality parameter within ... -
Neighborhood search heuristicsfor the uncapacitated facility location problem
(2010-01-16)The uncapacitated facility location problem is one of choosing sites among a set of candidates in which facilities can be located, so that the demands of a given set of clients are satisfied at minimum costs. Applications ... -
Women in management challenge and opportunities
(2010-01-16)Women's roles and so also men's roles exist in the context of a society and culture, which allocates and defines roles for both. Society and culture provide myths and epics depicting the journey of a hero as he unfolds his ... -
Capital structure and the firm characteristics: evidence from an emerging market
(2010-01-16)We examine the determinants of capital structure of Malaysian companies utilizing data from 1984 to 1999. We classify data into four sub-periods that correspond to different stages of Malaysian capital market. Debt is ... -
Regulatory implications of monopolies in the securities industry
(2010-01-16)Since the mid-1990s, investors and regulators have benefited from a high degree of competition in the Indian securities industry. Even more than all the policy changes that have taken place, it is technology and competition ... -
Structural qualitative method of forecasting
(2010-01-16)The growth rate model of forecasting used so far by business organisations in developing countries can no longer generate satisfactory results owing to maturing markets. Lack of availability of sufficiently long time series ... -
Hospital efficiency: an empirical analysis of district and grant-in-aid hospitals in Gujarat
(2010-01-16)This study focuses on analysing the hospital efficiency of district level government hospitals and grant-in-aid hospitals in Gujarat. The study makes an attempt to provide an overview of the general status of the health ... -
Proof is in improved reading: same language subtitling on television in India
(2010-01-16)One - third of India's 7+ Population is literate, one - third non - literate, and one - third very partially literate. In declarations of literacy rates, the 285 million very partially literate people are counted as literate ...