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Relevance of resource based view themes for capability evolution
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)RBV implicitly assumes omnipotent nature for certain firms. These are the firms that can create rent generating capabilities anytime and therefore forever. While theoretically, it seems plausible, empirically it may remain ... -
How Costly is the Deliberate Disinflation in India? Estimating the Sacrifice Ratio
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Methods followed in earlier studies for estimating the sacrifice ratio or the real cost of deliberate disinflation have focused only on aggregate supply side ignoring aggregate demand. The present study considers the ... -
A new formulation and benders' decomposition for multi-period facility location problem with server uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Facility location problems reported in the literature generally assume the problem parameter values (like cost, budget, etc.) to be known with complete certainty, even if they change over time (as in multi-period versions). ... -
Exploring antecedents of technology usage and stress
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The ubiquitous and pervasive use of ICT (Information communication technology) has transformed the contemporary workplace. ICT has enabled blurring of geographical boundaries leading to freedom from being restricted to the ... -
Innovation in business group firms: influence of network diversity
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Extant research on influence of ownership structure on innovation suggests a positive relationship between business group affiliation and innovation. While it is true that firms affiliated to business groups seem to benefit ... -
Linking team leaders’ human & social capital to their team members’ career advancement
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)This paper looks at a conceptual model depicting the impact of high performing Team Leaders (TL) on their team members‟ career advancement. Certain inherent factors present in high performing TLs are not usually linked to ... -
Organisational mechanisms for national knowledge network and outcomes in the Institutes of Higher Education & Research: moderating role of needs & ecosystem
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)We have looked at the relationship between organisational processes/ mechanisms for development, adoption and implementation of national knowledge network in the institutes of higher education and research and the ... -
Lessons of reforms of the telecom sector
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The telecommunications sector has emerged as one of the key sectors that have put the Indian economy on a revival path. Proactive policies such as opening up the sector to private players and competition, unbundling the ... -
Strategic Judgment under Pervasive Uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Strategic decision making under uncertainty has been typified as an uncertainty mitigation activity. However, this hypothesis breaks down under conditions of very high uncertainty as it demands judgment on the part of ... -
Selective perceptions and group brainstorming: an investigation of auditors’ fraud risk assessment
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Individuals in an organizational context are routinely faced with complex problems that are not well defined and that challenge their cognitive capacities. To deal with such complex issues, decision-makers construct ... -
Decoding Response Uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Response uncertainty defined as not knowing how to respond to a known event has been identified as the major uncertainty faced by decision makers, especially where organizational action is unavoidable. However, a granular ... -
A model for internet governance and implications for India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The rising role of Internet in economic growth and social aspects has brought the significance of Internet Governance to the forefront. New paradigms of Internet Governance recognize the contribution and role of governments, ... -
Internationalization of firms from emerging economies: an organizational learning framework
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Increasing globalization of economy has provided fresh impetus to internationalization efforts of firms from both developed and emerging economies. Extant research in this area has been carried out with the perspective of ... -
Strategic Responses to Deregulation: An Institutional Theory Perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Firms adopt distinct strategic orientation in response to change in environment. Deregulation is a drastic change in firm’s environment. This paper attempts to explain strategic orientation exhibited by firms in response ... -
The effects of fraud risk factors and client characteristics on audit procedures
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)There has been very little prior research examining how the prescriptions of SAS No. 99 map into the auditors’ fraud risk assessment process. SAS No. 99 asks the auditors to consider two major types of fraud (fraudulent ... -
Specialist Services in the Indian Rural Public Health System for Maternal and Child Healthcare – A Study of Four States
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The present study attempts to examine the role of specialist services in rural public health system of India in the areas of maternal and child healthcare. The study uses primary data collected through a survey of doctors ... -
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Ordinance 2014: A Process Perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)This paper captures the policy processes leading to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Ordinance, 2014. It maps the role and the influence of the ... -
Organization design for knowledge transfer in alliances
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)With increasing globalization, competitive landscape has undergone tremendous change. To cope up with turbulent environmental demands, firms are entering into alliances to bridge capability gap. However, movement from skill ... -
Preparation for the world of work: secondary and higher secondary education in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Secondary education is, perhaps, the most important part of an individual‟s education as it is during these years that a student decides what she is going to take up for further education and how she is going to earn her ... -
Make in India: re-chanting the mantra with a difference
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Make in India is an old mantra. It was very much there during India‟s colonial period and the post-independence decades till 1991, and now it has been pronounced from the ramparts of Red Fort. The paper attempts to trace ...