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Farmer producer organizations as farmer collectives: a case study from India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Small and marginal farmers in India have been vulnerable to risks in agricultural production. Several organizational prototypes are emerging to integrate them into the value chain with the objectives of enhancing incomes ... -
Indian administrative service (IAS) and crony capitalism: a review paper
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)According to international statistics, India is reckoned to be among the most corrupt countries of the world. One of the ways in which corruption can occur at the point of public service delivery is through payment of ... -
Derivatives pricing using QuantLib: an introduction
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Given the complexity of over-the-counter derivatives and structured products, al- most all of derivatives pricing today is based on numerical methods. While large fi- nancial institutions typically have their own team of ... -
Market overreaction to poor long-run performance? a case of repurchase firms in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)We find significant positive abnormal returns around the announcement of both tender and open market repurchases in India. This suggests that the equity markets in India regard repurchase announcements as positive information ... -
ROC Curve Analysis for Randomly Selected Patients
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and the area under the curve (AUC) are widely used in medical studies to examine the effectiveness of markers in diagnosing diseases. In most of the existing literature for ... -
Economic Globalization: Boon or Bane for African Health?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The effect of globalization, especially economic liberalization, on socioeconomic development has long been debated in development economics. There is a view that globalization is not beneficial to the underdeveloped and ... -
Predicted Increases in Heat related Mortality under Climate Change in Urban India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Mapping mortality impacts of the projected climate in urban areas of developing countries will play a crucial role in instituting planned adaptation measures to protect public health. We provide a comprehensive assessment ... -
Evaluating the Purchase Process of Household Appliances Accounting for Consumers’ Attitudes towards Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Consumption Behavior
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Globally depleting fuel resources like coal, oil and gas has triggered discussions in various forums in India emphasizing the significance of renewable energy sources like solar, hydro, wind and bio gas for future sustenance ... -
India’s Mandatory CSR, Process of Compliance and Channels of Spending
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Corporate charity is not new to India. This voluntary action of the companies, however, is now blended with a mandatory requirement. The paper lays out the provisions of the CSR norms as per the new Companies Act 2013, the ... -
Intellectual Property Protection in India and Implications for Health Innovation: Emerging Perspectives
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)With the advent of TRIPS, the IP regimes have changed in most WTO member countries. India also came up with its own version of TRIPS compatible IP regime which has been hailed by some as a „model‟ regime for developing ... -
A study of technological capability among product based telecom start-ups in India: Role of knowledge, learning and bricolage
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Present work explores the development of new products among telecom start-ups in India. This paper weaves together threads of literature including innovation, bricolage, learning and knowledge acquisition and technological ... -
Role of clusters and certification in the internationalization of offshoring service providers from emerging markets: a study of Indian IT firms
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)We adopt a resource-based view to investigate the drivers of internationalization of emerging market offshoring service providers (OSPs). Using data from Indian IT firms between 1992 and 2002, we investigate the effect of ... -
Strategic paths and performance of born globals: a study of Indian IT firms
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Extant literature suggests that post entry internationalization strategies and performance implications of born globals is an under-researched area. In this paper, we examine the internationalization strategies of born ... -
Regional Sources of Growth Acceleration in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)Gujarat, West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu were the major contributors to growth acceleration in India after 1991-92. Although regional disparity may increase temporarily, causality test provides ... -
Extended producer responsibility as an instrument for electronic waste management: a critical analysis of India’s e-waste rules
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Extended producer responsibility (EPR) has been a widely used policy approach, in developed and developing countries alike, to manage the growing problem of electronic waste (e-waste). EPR assigns the responsibility of the ... -
Price movements of the competing airlines in the Indian market: an empirical study (A)
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)In this paper, we analyze the price movements of the Indian domestic airline industry. In the first part, we conduct a detailed econometric analysis of five selected domestic routes. In the second part, we study the weekend ... -
Attitudes towards risk of forest dependent communities evidence from Andhra Pradesh
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)This study is an attempt to generate empirical evidence on attitude towards risk of forest dependent communities (FDCs). The FDCs covered in the study include two different geographical regions from the Indian state of ... -
Balancing U-shaped assembly lines with resource dependent task times: a simulated annealing approach
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)The advent of Just-in-Time (JIT) and Group Technology philosophies has popularized U-shaped assembly lines, which help overcome many of the disadvantages, like line inflexibility, job monotony, large inventories, etc., ... -
"Impatience" of forest dependent communities evidence from Andhra Pradesh
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)This study is an attempt to generate empirical evidence on the time discount rate or “impatience” of forest dependent communities (FDCs). The FDCs covered in the study include two different geographical regions from the ... -
Modeling situational factors in variety seeking behaviour: an extension of the lightning bolt model
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)Variety seeking behavior and its corollary, purchase reinforcement have been looked at from diverse viewpoints in marketing literature. One specific viewpoint has involved looking at the effects of variety seeking behavior ...