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Revelation principle for general principal: agents problems with incomplete information
(2010-03-15)In this paper we propose a model of a general principal - agents problem (with many agents) in which players choose actions and signals as pert of their strategy. Subsequently we show that any principal - agents problem ... -
Review of human resource management (HRM) in relation to reproductive and child health programme in India: issues and challenges
(2009-12-12)The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) programme of action recommended reproductive health approach to reorient the family planning and other health programmes in the world. The reproductive ... -
Review of Malaysian telecom sector: assessment of policy changes
(2010-03-28)The Malaysian economy has been growing rapidly, with concomitant demand for telecom services. With a view to reducing the role of the government in economy and introducing efficiency, the government planned to corporatize ... -
Review of marketing / business analytics infrastructure in select india- based organizations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-03-01)The paper provides details of a detailed survey carried out in five Indian organizations operating in different industries – oil and gas, food products, stock trading, hospitality and industrial chemical. Diversity of ... -
Review of post-graduate research in agriculture (1973-1984): Are we building appropriate skills for tomorrow?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1990-01-01)Post Graduate Research has been an important source of generating technological breakthrough in social as well as natural sciences. The skills for solving problem of 21st century have to be created now. We have reviewed ... -
Review of Thai telecom sector
(2010-04-17)The Thai economy has been registering high economic growth rates since late eighties. The average growth rate has been around 10 percent per annum. Consequently, the business opportunities have increased, creating a demand ... -
Review of the Indonesian telecom policy changes
(2010-03-31)Indonesia experienced economic growth rates 5.5 to 7.0 per cent per year since the late eighties and early nineties, resulting in greater demand for telecom services. But, like many other developing countries, Indonesia ... -
Review of the policy changes, in the Indian telecom sector: implications for decision makers
(2010-03-26)In response to the business needs of faster, cheaper, and more varied modes of communication, the telecommunication sector in many countries has been undergoing rapid technological and structural changes over the past few ... -
Review of the safe motherhood programme in India in the context of reproductive health: achievements, issues and challenges
(2009-12-12)Following the Safe Motherhood Conference in Nairobi in 1987, there has been a renewed focus on the problem of maternal mortality and safe motherhood. Global advocacy led to the starting of new initiatives on safe motherhood ... -
A Review of the Tabu Search Literature on Traveling Salesman Problems
(2009-07-28)he Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is one of the most widely studied problems in ombinatorial optimization. It has long been known to be NP-hard and hence research on developing algorithms for the TSP has focused on ... -
A Review of Theoretical Perspectives Applied to Sales Promotion and a New Perspective based on Mental Accounting Theory
(2009-09-05)The paper reviews theoretical perspective applied to the study of consumer response to promotions. These include adaptation level theory, assimilation contrast theory, attribution theory, prospect theory, transaction utility ... -
Revisiting appraisal politics from assessors' perspective
(2010-07-26)Past research on performance appraisal focusing on assessorzs ability to assess accurately has not made much progress because practitioners have not adopted most of the recommendations. One of the arguments has been that ... -
Revisiting the concept and classification of distribution service outputs
(2010-07-27)Distribution service outputs structurally play a pivotal role in retail and channel management. This paper critically assesses the nature of Bucklinzs classic formulation, which is concerned with numerically expressible ... -
Revisiting the conceptualisation and classification of distribution service outputs
(2009-12-14)Distribution service outputs structurally play a pivotal role in retail and channel management. This paper critically assesses the nature of Bucklin s classic formulation, which is concerned with numerically expressible ... -
Revitalizing the state 4. reinventing the democratic state
(2010-07-26)Although democracy evolved in the West, in this century it has been adopted by scores of developing societies, with several relapses to despotism and recoveries from it. The most common form of democracy is liberal democracy, ... -
Revitalizing the state: 1. models of the modern state
(2010-07-26)In this paper the complexity of the modern state is examined with reference to the pressures under which it operates, and the mechanisms it employs of differentiation and integration. The reasons for the very large increase ... -
Revitalizing the State: 2. resharing the bureaucracy
(2010-07-26)In Virtually any king of modern state, there is a huge role for the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is intended to be a rational system of administration. But it is prone to many bureaupathologies, and increasing size tends ... -
Revitalizing the State: 3. fragmenting the state for innovation
(2010-07-26)Organizational research indicates that large organizations involved in many different activities can counteract the diseconomies of size and complexity, tendency to bureaucratization, and to increasing resistance to ... -
Revitalizing the State: 5. slimming the state for effectiveness
(2010-03-31)Beginning with the eighties there has been a growing perception, in developed and developing countries alike, that the modern state has extended itself beyond its governance capacity. In many countries the state is perceived ...