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Development of Utility Function for Life Insurance Buyers in the Indian Market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2008)Insurance as a financial instrument has been used for a long time. The dramatic increase in competition within the insurance sector (in terms of providers coupled with awareness for the need for insurance) has resulted in ... -
Development of utility function for vehicle insurance: Comparison of logarithmic goal programming method and conjoint analysis method
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-02-25)The increase in competition among the vehicle insurance sectors has increased the number of policy options available in the market. This study focuses on the development of a utility function for these policies that will ... -
Development orientation of charity case of Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala rural development project
(2010-03-13)This is the study of a Rural Development Project initiated by the Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Temple. As a project of the temple it has certain unique features and advantages in implementation. The design and implementation ... -
Development programmes for the poor: do strategies make a difference?
(2010-03-13)The seventies have witnessed a number of development programmes whose objectives was to benefit the weaker sections of the society. Their accomplishments in relation to this objective have been varied. While many factors ... -
Dew yield from passive condensers in a coastal arid area - Kutch
(2010-07-27)Dewfall occurs over a season of nine months in coastal arid district of Kutch. Quantity too is appreciable. A research program has been started to develop efficient passive condensers to harvest dew and use it as a ... -
Diagnosis, prescription and action: the behavioural scientist in organisation
(2010-03-14)The present paper deals with a critical appreciation of the role of the behavioral scientist in analysis organizational problems. A three-step model is elaborately discussed. It includes diagnosis, prescription and action. ... -
A Diagnostic Study of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
(2009-09-01)The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), an autonomous body under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, was commissioned on 26th May, 1989. The port was originally planned to decongest the Mumbai port and serve as a hub port for ... -
Dialectic between globalization and localization: economic restructuring women and strategies of cultural reproduction
(2010-04-08)The economic arrangement of all social systems is now in the midst of a fundamental restructuring, necessitated by the crisis of varieties of command economies and bureaucratic regulation of production, distribution and ... -
Differential game in advertising
(2010-03-21)A general dynamic oligopolistic price-advertising model is formulated and open-loop nash solutions are derived. a detailed discussion of long run equilibrum solution is given. conditions for globle stability are discussed. -
Diffusion of improved chulha technology: strategies and policies
(2010-03-15)The National Project on Improved Chulhas has been taken up by the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources with a view to reducing deforestation and meeting the cooking energy crisis particularly in the rural areas. ... -
Dilemmas of renewable energy: the case of the solar cooker programme in gujarat, India
(2010-03-29)This article presents a set of measures for evaluating a social development programme such as the non-conventional energy programme. The specific case discussed and evaluated here is that of the solar cooker programme. ... -
Direct tax proposals in the union budget 1997/98: a preliminary analysis from a corporate finance perspective
(2010-04-01)The Union Budget 1997/98 has significant implications for corporate investment, financing and dividend decisions. While the lowering of corporate tax rates places a premium on efficiency and profitability, lowering of ... -
Directing programme evaluation towards the Field Worker: an Experiment in adult Education.
(2012-09-27)Although there is now a more widosproad attempt to carry out systematic, evolution studies of development programmes and project by external agencies, the user of these studies continue to be the elite management group of ... -
Directions for Reforms in the Health Sector: Reflections from a State in a Developing Country
(2009-09-04)Meeting the health care needs of population goes beyond mere budget allocations. The organisation of programmes and commitment of people working in the health sector has significant bearing on sector performance and its ... -
Disciplinary enquiries in industry: the law, the process and decision-making
(2010-03-20)The paper examines the legal issues involved in the conduct of disciplinary inquiries in industry and outlines the process in conducting such inquiries. The paper highlights the shift of emphasis from "holding a proper ... -
Disciplining orders under the national financial reporting authority framework: stepping into a strict liability regime
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023-06-05)The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) was established to fill a gap in the oversight of auditors by independent regulatory bodies. Prior to the establishment of the NFRA, only the Institute of Chartered ... -
Discovering people potential: organizational constraints and facilitators
(2010-04-05)The paper highlights the importance of discovering people potential for organizations. It argues that constant search for people potential in teams and as individuals has to be an important item on organizational agenda, ... -
Discriminant analysis between sick and healthy units
(2010-03-18)The study is concerned with the application of Multiple Discriminant Analysis in order to identify the different variables which explain the phenomenon of sickness of industrial units, their relative contribution in ... -
Discrimination agains female workers: an exploratory note
(2010-03-12)The objective of this paper is to present a brief review of the literature pertaining to the problem of discrimination. It also provides some data on the implementation of Equal Remuneration Act in Gujarat. Finally, an ... -
Discriminative aggregation operators for multi criteria decision making
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-02)A general aggregation formalism for multi criteria decision making (MCDM) applications is presented that allows us to represent the existing aggregation operators as well as generate the new ones. Using this formalism, we ...