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Framework for structuring public private partnerships in railways
(2013-11-26)Structuring Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in railways is a challenge, given its specific technology base, and obligation as a public and affordable mode of transportation. The sector provides strong incentives for ... -
Sensitivity analysis of the newsboy model
(2013-11-26)Sensitivity analysis is an integral part of inventory optimization models due to uncertainty associated with estimates of model parameters. Though the newsboy problem is one of the most researched inventory problems, ... -
Numeracy and financial literacy of forest dependent communities evidence from Andhra Pradesh
(2013-11-26)This study is an attempt to measure the numeracy and financial literacy of forest dependent communities (FDCs) in India using data from the two economically different forest communities in the state of Andhra Pradesh. ... -
Exploring openness in information technology (IT) innovation projects
(2013-11-26)Open innovation paradigm considers that, in order to advance technologies and markets, firms can and should leverage internal and external knowledge, ideas, expertise, and paths to market. Open innovation being an emerging ... -
Degree of openness and project performance: a multi-country empirical assessment of information technology (IT) innovation projects
(2013-11-26)Open innovation is a paradigm that is based on the concept of availability of abundant knowledge outside the boundaries of organizations. This study identified the influence of degree of openness, strength of appropriability ... -
Planning the activities of doctors in a teaching hospital
(2013-11-26)Doctors in a teaching hospital perform a variety of teaching, research, seminar, and in-patient care activities in addition to managing outpatient volumes. In this paper, we study the weekly activities of a doctor in a ... -
Academic research productivity: what may be “reining” in the Indian B-school?
(2013-11-26)The article points at some historic reasons for poor productivity in research, including unproductive competition among institutions due to a false sense of self sufficiency, lack of adequate research infrastructure at ... -
Identifying defective valves in a blowout preventer valve network
(2013-11-26)Blowouts are nancially damaging for drilling companies and are ecological hazards. Hence blowout prevention equipment is critical infrastructure for drilling companies. Blowout preventer valves are important components ... -
Alliance capability, governance mechanisms and stakeholder management in complex settings
(2013-11-26)In today’s business environment, inter-firm alliances of simultaneous cooperation and competition (IASCC) have become very important for enhancement of internal resources as well as market shares of firms. Evidence ... -
Access to higher education in India: an exploration of its antecedents
(2013-11-26)Deficits in participation of marginalized groups in Higher Education (HE) have attracted significant policy and research attention. Recent studies have explored the role of socioreligious affiliation and other factors ... -
Processes, strategies, and performance aspects of open innovation in information technology sector - insights from experts
(2013-11-26)Open innovation paradigm considers that in order to advance technologies and markets, firms can and should leverage internal and external knowledge, ideas, expertise, and paths to market. This is in contrast to the ... -
Inter-sectoral terms of trade and aggregate supply response in Gujarat and Indian agriculture
(2013-11-26)In this paper we empirically investigate the role of inter-sectoral terms of trade in determining the growth performance of agriculture in Gujarat and All India during the period 1960-2011. Terms of trade reflects price ... -
Broadening the concept of sustainability and measuring its impact on firm’s performance
(2013-11-26)There is an enhanced awareness among the firms regarding the impact of their marketing and business activities on the environment and society largely due to consumer education, the role of activists and aftermath of some ... -
Market-Driving Behaviors: A Framework for Developing Theory and Practice
(2013-11-26)Whereas marketing scholars have explored firms’ market-driven behaviors, relatively limited attention has focused on firms’ market-driving behaviors. Early writings on the subject suggest that market-driving behaviors ... -
A customer oriented approach to identifying competitive advantage
(2013-11-26)A firm’s ‘competitive advantage’ is considered to arise from certain ‘factors internal to the firm as postulated by the resource based view’ or from ‘external sources and industry structure.’ However, it remains unclear ... -
Time resolution of the St. Petersburg paradox: a rebuttal
(2013-11-26)eters (2011) claims to provide a resolution of the three century old St Petersburg paradox by using time averages and thereby avoiding the use of utility theory completely. Peters also claims to have found an error in ... -
A Lin-Kernighan heurisitic for single row facility layout
(2013-11-25)The single row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is the problem of arranging facilities with given lengths on a line, while minimizing the weighted sum of the distances between all pairs of facilities. The problem is known ... -
The way out of the current macroeconomic mess: a note
(2013-11-25)The current situation of a large CAD, low growth, and plunging rupee is a result the combination of early withdrawal from the fiscal stimulus and the RBI’s monetary conservatism. There is possibly a way out if credit can ... -
Positive and Normative Aspects of Food Policy and the Market in Indian Agriculture-An Empirical Analysis of Government Policy Interventions in Food Management
(2013-11-25)This paper begins by outlining the views of economists on food management and contemporary food policy issues in the backdrop of largely unchanging dynamics of slow growth of the farm sector in India. First we deal with ... -
Theory of Planned Behaviour Approach to Understand the Purchasing Behaviour for Environmentally Sustainable Products
(2013-11-25)This study examines the purchasing behaviour for environmentally sustainable products using the framework of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. It investigates the determinants of the purchase intention for environmentally ...