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Strengthening corporate governance in India a review of legislative and regulatory initiatives in 2013-14
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)The passing of the long awaited Companies Act in 2013 is probably the single most important development in India’s history of corporate legislation, next only to the monumental Companies Act 1956 which it replaces. While ... -
An efficient heuristic for the multi-product satiating newsboy problem
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Preference of satiation of a target performance over maximization of expected performance in uncertain situations is well-documented in the economics literature. However, the newsboy problem with satiation (of a pro t ... -
Database structure for a multi stage stochastic optimization based decision support system for asset – liability management of a life insurance company
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)We introduce a stochastic optimization based decision support system (DSS) for asset-liability management of a life insurance firm using a multi-stage, stochastic optimization model. The DSS is based on a multi-stage ... -
What determines performance gap index of healthcare in Gujarat?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Health performance of Gujarat viewed in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI) portrays it as a medium performer in the country. However, the index of health component for Gujarat is found to be positively contributing ... -
Hub-based network analysis and change in the US air transport system (ATS)
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)The US has been a pioneer w.r.t. the modern hub-and-spoke (HS) system which found near unequivocal support among aviation scholars over the last few decades. The author takes a more critical approach with regards to the ... -
Endowment effects in bundles
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)Behavioral experiments conducted so far to establish existence of endowment effect as propounded by prospect theorists typically endow subjects with a single good. In this paper we depart from this setting by giving subjects ... -
The potential of mobile coupons: current status and future promises
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Coupons continue to be one of the most favourite promotional tools for the marketers to influence, incentivize, and encourages customers towards trying the product. Mobile-coupon (m-coupon), an extension of the traditional ... -
Priority service system optimization under service level constraints
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)We consider a service system that serves one class of customers, which is willing to pay a premium for a faster delivery, with priority over the other class, which is more price sensitive but is willing to wait longer. The ... -
Multi-product newsboy problem with satiation objective
(Indian Institute of Managment, Ahmedabad, 2014)Meeting the pro t target is often preferred over maximizing expected pro t in uncertain business environments. Research into the newsboy problem with satiation objective started quite early. However, the progress has been ... -
Urban – rural income differential in major states: contribution of structural factors
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)In this paper, we have attempted to estimate the urban – rural income differential (URID) for 15 major states based on readily available data on GSDP by sectors, population and employment by sectors and urban – rural ... -
Business dispute resolution: taking arbitration clause seriously
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Dispute resolution through arbitration is the chosen method for businesses, however, it has often been experienced that due to a poorly drafted arbitration clause in the main contract or in a separate contract, there is ... -
Location identification for rapid evacuation from a disaster site: a case study from KAPS
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Robust plans need to be developed for rapidly evacuating victims from a nuclear disaster site. Although nuclear plants are constructed with multiple redundant safety features, the chances of a leak can never be zero. In ... -
Heuristics for the multi-product satiating newsboy problem
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)Due to the preference of satiation (of the profit target) over maximization (of expected profit) in uncertain situations, the newsboy problem with the satiation objective is an important practical problem. In the multi-product ... -
Strengthening corporate governance in India - a review of legislative and regulatory initiatives in 2013
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)The passing of the long awaited Companies Act in 2013 is probably the single most important development in India's history of corporate legislation, next only to the monumental Companies Act 1956 which it replaces. While ... -
The role of complementarity and partner brand price level in new product introduction strategy using bundle offers: A study on the quality perception of bundle components
(2014)New products are often bundled with strong brands as an introduction strategy. This study helps to understand the scenarios which will be most beneficial to both the products in the bundle. The enhancement effect and ... -
Issues in PPPs in ports in India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)PPP mode of investment in Indian ports has made a significant headway and is preferred for investments today. The 12 major ports and about 200 minor ports along the 7,500 km coastline of the country have together traded ... -
Bridging the creativity – innovation divide: an investigation of R&D professionals’ experiences from India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)The present study presents a qualitative study of the process through which creative ideas are converted into new products. Based on a grounded-theoretic investigation of 52 interviews conducted with scientists working in ... -
ICT adoption and organizational change in public and private enterprises
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)In this paper we explore whether there are differences in IT adoption, as well associated organizational change between private and state owned enterprises. We use two datasets from India to conduct this analysis- primary ... -
Problems and challenges in transferring and adapting knowhow management to India
Indian organizations are in the process of transition. This process of transition is both at the organizational as well as societal level. As long as the Indian units of work were small and entrepreneurial in nature the ... -
Portfolio allocation with heavy-tailed returns
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2005)In this paper we propose two new methods of portfolio allocation which are applicable for all return distributions. It i found that the new methods perform appreciably in terms of growth of wealth as well as protecting ...