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    • Reducing a multi stage vector optimization problem to a single stage vector optimization problem 

      Lahiri, Somdeb (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
      In this paper we study the problem of universally reducing a multistage vector optimization problem to a one-stage vector optimization problem. This paper draws heavily and modifies on results obtained in Aixerman and ...

    • Design of greenhouse irrigation system at Bhujodi 

      Sharan, Girja; Pilare, Vasant R. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
      Kutch is extremely arid, hot and short in agricultural quality ground water. Greenhouse is expected to reduce water requirement in such conditions. It is for this reason that this approach is being followed. In the write-up ...

    • Mergers and acquisitions in Thailand: Case studies of two Thai companies 

      Pandey, I. M.; Kyaw, Nyo Nyo Aung (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
      Countries in both developed and developing regions are placing more importance on the role of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in the growth of companies, and thereby to the economic development of their countries. M&A ...

    • Is the Taiwan stock market efficient 

      Gupta, Jyoti P.; Pandey, I. M.; Chao-Fu, Chen (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
      The main objective of the Taiwan Government in reforming the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) has been to establish Taiwan as an Asia-Pacific financial centre. The liberalisation and internationalisation of TSE is expected to ...

    • Paradigm of sustainable development programme in India 

      Mathur, D. P.; Moulik, T. K. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
      There has been a great deal of concern all the world over about sustainable development. However, unlike the developed industrialized countries with high standard of living, the sustainability debate in countries like India ...

    • Brand specific associations and consumer involvement in the evaluation of brand extensions 

      Ganapathy, Shobha; Koshy, Abraham; Banerjee, Bibek (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
      Research in the area of brand extensions has focused on the themes of simple affect transfer and category based affect transfer to explain attitude towards the extension. Subsequent research stresses the importance of ...

    • Financial crisis in East Africa: A macroeconomic perspective 

      Dholakia, Bakul H. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
      The second half of 1997 witnessed a major financial crisis in several East Asian countries characterized by massive depreciation of their currencies and crash in the stock markets. The crisis occurred despite fairly ...

    • Technology strategy of Indian firms: Searching for the role of complementary assets and technology supply chains 

      Basant, Rakesh; Chandra, Pankaj (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-11-01)
      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 ...

    • Need and challenges of management education in primary health care system in India 

      Mavalankar, Dileep V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-11-01)
      Primary Health Care System in India is very large and covers almost all the parts of the country. It has more than 20,000 PHCs and 140,000 Sub-centres spread in more than 400 districts. This system consumes large amount ...

    • Axiomatic characterization of budget constrained Pareto efficient social choice for fair division problems 

      Lahiri, Somdeb (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-11-01)
      In this paper, we axiomatically characterize the social choice correspondence, which picks for each economy, the set of equal income budget constrained Pareto efficient allocations. We are able to characterize this social ...

    • Behaviour of excess stock return around earnings announcement day: A test of the efficiency of Kuala Lumpur stock exchange 

      Sanda, Ahmadu Umaru; Jili, Ang; Gupta, G. S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-11-01)
      This study is concerned with analyzing stock returns around periods of earnings announcements. Three hundred and sixty-four earnings announcement dates (events) were obtained from the annual earnings announcements of 91 ...

    • Environment control of greenhouse at Bhujodi 

      Sharan, Girja; Pilare, Vasant R. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-11-01)
      This write-up contains air temperature data and preliminary analysis of cooling requirement for greenhouse at Bhujodi. Examination of the temperature data showed that night time temperatures remain high enough most of the ...

    • Corporate takeovers in Malaysia: Discriminant analysis for bidder and target firms 

      Ali, Ruhani; Gupta, G. S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-11-01)
      The paper looks into 144 non-financial firms in Malaysia for period 1980-1993, which includes bidders, targets, control bidders and control targets. A set of five economic/financial variables has been identified to ...

    • Primary health care under the panchayati raj: Perceptions of officials from Gujarat 

      Mavalankar, Dileep; Patel, Vinubhai M. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-10-01)
      The 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution has raised hoped for improving many services in rural areas by handling them over to Panchayat. Gujarat was one of the first states to implement the Panchayati Raj system ...

    • Issues in accounting standards setting processes in India 

      Agrawal, Rajesh; Raghunathan, V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-10-01)
      The paper critically examines the accounting standards setting process in India and compares the Indian process with the processes prevailing elsewhere in the world. The paper concludes that the Indian standards setting ...

    • "McKinsey" versus "movement" change management: Kurukshetra of the 21st century? 

      Khandwalla, Pradip N. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-10-01)
      The paper contrasts two paradigms of management change that may increasingly compete for management allegiance: the professionalist, a analytical, bottomline oriented McKinsey mode and the participatory, collectivist, ...

    • Structural design for greenhouse at Bhujodi 

      Sharan, Girja; Pilare, Vasant R. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-10-01)
      This write up contains design computations for selection of structural members for a greenhouse to be installed at Bhujodi. Straight wall gable roof form was selected. Wind load estimates made for wind angle 0 degree and ...

    • A concept of constrained egalitarianism in fair division problems 

      Lahiri, Somdeb (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-10-01)
      This paper is really a modification of a paper by Diamantaras and Thomson (1990). In that paper, the no-envy concept due to Foley (1967) was refined to accommodate some kind of a radial) no-envy comparison, inspired by ...

    • Role stress and job satisfaction amongst doctors 

      Pestonjee, D. M. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-09-01)
      The present study was undertaken with the intention of examining the nature of role stress and job satisfaction among doctors, and to explore the relationship between these variables. A group of 35 junior doctors working ...

    • Macroeconomic analysis of the union budget 1998-99 

      Dholakia, Bakul H. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-09-01)
      Union Budget 1998-99 was the maiden budget of the newly elected coalition government led by the BJP. There were apprehensions about the economic philosophy of the new government indicating the possibility of a reversal of ...