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Financial management in French - Thai joint ventures: an exploratory study
(2009-12-14)This study, using a case study approach, focuses on the financial management practices and issues of two French-Thai joint ventures Danone (Thailand) Company and Prestia Lafarge (Thailand) Company. Danone is a consumer ... -
Revisiting the conceptualisation and classification of distribution service outputs
(2009-12-14)Distribution service outputs structurally play a pivotal role in retail and channel management. This paper critically assesses the nature of Bucklin s classic formulation, which is concerned with numerically expressible ... -
Retail investor- a lost species
(2009-12-14)Everybody in India seems to be looking for the retail investor to come back to the market. He is badly needed because he is the major (rather only) source of providing risk capital. Portfolio managers (including FFIs) only ... -
Some solutions for abstract games: axiomatic characterisations
(2009-12-14)In this paper we consider binary relations which are reflexive and complete. Such binary relations are referred to in the literature as abstract games. Given an abstract game a (game) solution is a function which associates ... -
Survey of mathematical programming applications in integrated steel plants
(2009-12-14)Mathematical programming techniques were used in the steel industry as early as 1958, and many applications of optimization in steel production have been reported since then. In this survey, we summarize published applications ... -
Axiomatic analysis of choosing the second best
(2009-12-14)The dominant theme in decision theory has been the one where an agent chooses what is perceived to be the best outcome out of a (finite) set of outcomes. This has been the model that economic theory has traditionally ... -
Building technological capabilities in a liberalising developing economy: firm strategies and public policy
(2009-12-14)As a consequence of economic reforms, the Indian manufacturing sector faces a variety of technology related challenges. It not only has to quickly develop world-class manufacturing capabilities, but also gear up to develop ... -
Estimates of back - up needed in box cooker in different regions using simulation
(2009-12-14)In this paper estimates of backup needed in eleven locations have been presented. Estimates were made using a duly validated mathematical model of box cooker and climatic conditions of each location. -
Orlovsky solution for acyclic comparison functions
(2009-12-14)n this paper we characterise the Orlovsky solution and what we refer to as the family of threshold solutions. Our family of threshold solutions are somewhat larger than the family of solutions which select only those ... -
Achieve zero customer dissatisfaction for corporate immortality
(2009-12-14)The paper goes beyond the term of marketing and other specific functions, and identifies ZCD approach as the route to ensure corporate immortality. The paper draws on experiences of a number of companies to support the arguments. -
Empirical assessment of coherence in information technology firms
(2009-12-14)Coherence is the ability to discover new potentially profitable combinations of various types of knowledge assets where complementarity is the basis for relevant combinations. Assets are considered complementary if ... -
Profile and performance of some Farm Input Industries
(2009-12-14)Modernisation of agriculture requires different farm inputs industries like seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, implements and machinery, feed for livestocks and electricity. This is because new technologies in agriculture are ... -
Scheduling partially ordered activities under resource constraints on parallel machines
(2009-12-14)A four-step strategy is proposed for scheduling a set of partially ordered resource-constrained activities on a given number of identical parallel machines. For regular measures, the generated schedule is optimal. In the ... -
Women and leadership roles
(2009-12-14)Indian Women and Indian society as a whole has moved from well-entrenched gender-centric roles, (where Man was considered the leader and provider and Woman the idealised deity, but submissive and subservient in day to day ... -
Towards a unified market for trading gilts in India
(2009-12-14)This paper argues for a reconsideration of most elements of this design. Government securities are a unique asset class to which all Indians should have non discriminatory access. Segregated markets are unacceptable. Nor ... -
Conclave on family business strategising the future
(2009-12-14)The Paper "Conclave on Family Business Strategising the Future" explores the family owned organization where many success stories have been written of fathers, sons and brothers. Today these organizations are at the ... -
Symbols, themes and liking: a study of advertisements
(2009-12-14)Advertisers use various strategies to make an advertisement effective. The use of symbols and themes is one of these strategies. This is a qualitative study aiming to understand whether the presence of some symbols and ... -
Incentive outlay rations in fast moving consumer goods sector in India
(2009-12-14)This study examines the nature of schemes offered in the FMCG(fast moving consumer goods) category, to find out ratio of incentive and outlay (which the consumer is expected to make to avail sales promotion offers), explore ... -
Database structure for a class of multi-period mathematical programming models
(2009-12-14)We introduce how a generic multi-period optimization based decision support system (DSS) can be used for strategic and operational planning in a company with five fundamental elements, namely Materials, Facilities, Activities, ... -
Quality aspects of tomato arriving for auction at APMC Ahmedabad
(2009-12-14)Tomatoes transported from long distances were procured from Sardar Patel Market, Ahmedabad. Fruits were inspected visually for mechanical damage. Experiments were conducted to study the effect of storage on weight loss, ...