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Impact of the Introduction of Call Auction on price discovery: Evidence from the Indian Stock Market Using High-Frequency Data
(2010)Call markets are claimed to aggregate information and facilitate price discovery where continuous markets may fail. Its advantage, however, comes at the cost of imme- diacy. Possibly due to faulty design or due to \thick ... -
Corporate Governance: Confidentiality and Role of Media in Changing Times
(2013-11-22)There is a certain tension between the primary objective of the media to tell as much as possible to the public and the objective of the companies to retain confidentiality. In this tussle, legal and ethical issues are ... -
Entry of Profit-Motivated Microfinance Institutions and Borrower Welfare
(2013-11-22)In this paper, we model welfare implications of entry of commercial micro nance institutions (MFIs). We initially characterize equilibrium with a sole fund-constrained benevolent credit institution followed by equilibrium ... -
Education and Employment among Muslims in India: An Analysis of Patterns and Trends
(2013-11-22)After the submission of the Sachar Committee Report, several studies have undertaken data-based analysis of the socioeconomic and educational conditions of Muslims in India. Many researchers, policy makers and, in ... -
Population Heuristics for the Corridor Allocation Problem
(2013-11-22)The corridor allocation problem is one of assigning a given set of facilities in two rows along a straight corridor so as to minimize a weighted sum of the distances between every pair of facilities. This problem has ... -
Evolution of Model Concession Agreement for National Highways in India
(2013-11-22)Economic liberalisation in 1990s necessitated development of a world class road network to trigger the economic growth trajectory for India. The concept of involving private sector was mooted as the investment required ... -
Economic Growth in Gujarat in Relation to the Nation and Other States in Recent Times - A Statistical Analysis
(2013-11-21)Growth rates of regions (states) have generally followed the national level growth rates over time with small lags or leads. We find much coherence between the aggregate performance of regions over time and that of the ... -
Does Competition in the Microfinance Industry Necessarily Mean Over-borrowing?
(2013-11-21)In this paper we test the hypothesis of whether the presence of increasing number of microfinance institutions leads to over-borrowing. Some recent theoretical literature suggests that, in a joint liability setting, ... -
Realigning Business Strategy for PWD (People with Disabilities) Customers: A Less-explored Territory in Diversity Inclusion
(2013-11-21)A disability refers to a physical, sensory or mental limitation that interferes with a person's ability to move, see, hear or learn. Business initiatives taken up by organizations for diversity inclusion of people with ... -
Brand Effect and Price Discrimination in the Video Rental Industry
(2013-11-21)What is the effect of competition on prices in a market where the product is offered at different quality levels? Would the increase in competition reduce the price of high quality good more than the low quality good? ... -
Health policy processes in Gujarat: A case study of the Policy for Independent Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery
(2013-11-21)Background: The policy processes of the policy on ‘Nurse practitioners in midwifery’ (NPM) are described. The policy aims to educate and create a new cadre of competent midwives in the government hospitals as an alternate ... -
Dismantling Fertilizer Subsidies in India: Some Issues and Concerns for Farm Sector Growth
(2013-11-21)While fertilizer subsidy has probably been one of the most hotly debated issues in the country over the past two decades but debate reached a new height following a recommendation by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory ... -
Structuring the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project A Lost Opportunity
(2013-11-21)A new large railway project offers opportunity for structuring in a manner that best value can be delivered towards transportation. This is more so in the context of an existing large integrated railway system (Indian ... -
Tabu search for the single row facility layout problem using exhaustive 2-opt and insertion neighborhoods
(2013-11-20)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 ... -
International Competitive Strategy Choices: Comparing Firms in China and India
(2013-11-20)The international business literature has yet to adequately explore international competitive strategy choices made by firms in developing countries. This study aims to address this gap by investigating the types of ... -
Foreign R&D Centres in India: An Analysis of their Size, Structure and Implications
(2013-11-20)The study measures the contribution of MNCs to the generation of innovations from India. The focus is on innovations that are carried out in foreign R&D Centres. After having mapped out the size of this sector, the study ... -
How has the Indian Corporate Sector Responded to Two Decades of Economic Reforms in India? An Exploration of Patterns and Trends
(2013-11-20)In the context of various policy initiatives made during the last two decades to reform the Indian economy in general and corporate sector in particular, the present paper attempts to assess how the firms have responded ... -
On the Blowout Preventer Testing Problem: An approach to checking for leakage in BOP networks
(2013-11-20)Blowout Preventers (BOPs) and choke manifolds are key pieces of drilling rig equipment o prevent the uncontrolled release of potentially hazardous formation uids to surface. The blowout prevention testing problem is ... -
Parental Education as a Criterion for Affirmative Action in Higher Education:A Preliminary Analysis
(2013-11-19)Affirmative action, especially in the form of reservation policies, to address the issues of inclusion and equity has been in place in India for a long time. Through these policies higher participation of the marginalized ... -
Industry-TI partnership in India - select TI case studies and implications
(2012-11-24)This paper briefly presents the findings of a study of industrial technology development in India undertaken during the period 1993-95 (i.e. shortly after the launch of the New Economic Policy) and then discusses case ...