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E-commerce in oligopsonistic and relational markets: An empirical investigation of transaction costs in agricultural e-markets in India from farmers’ perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-06-15)Some important benefits of electronic marketplaces, especially in agriculture, include improved coordination, better and transparent price discovery, and reduced transaction costs. Agricultural markets in India have often ... -
E-commerce selling in an emerging economy context
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-03)Different studies have specified different definitions of Ecommerce. However most of these definitions concur and summarize that Ecommerce is constituted by buying and selling online. This study focusses on the Selling ... -
E-Retailing and the Consumer Protection Bill, 2015: Drawing from the European Union Consumer Directives
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)E-retailing has exponentially grown in the past decade. Alongside, consumer grievances have also started surfacing. The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 addresses this by giving the right to the consumer to cancel a consumer ... -
Earnings management in the construction industry
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-03)We find that the existing accounting standards, which mandate the firms in the Construction Industry to follow the Percentage of Completion Method in order to recognize revenue, aid the management in managing earnings. We ... -
Earnings management strategies during financial distress
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-02-11)We examine whether financial distress and its severity have a role to play in managers’ decisions with respect to the choice of earnings management strategies. Our results suggests that firms in initial stages of distress ... -
Earth Tube Heat Exchangers for Environmental Control of Farm Buildings in Semi-arid Northwest India
(2009-08-03)A large part of Gujarat in the North-west region of India is semi-arid. The lands are less suited for agriculture. Animal husbandry is therefore common. Productivity of cattle is however also low due to problems of ... -
East And West, The Twain Shall Meet: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Higher Education
(2011-05-26)Both India and the U.S. were once colonies of Great Britain, the world''s first but short-lived global power. And both India and the U.S. ultimately threw off the imperialist yoke. Despite independence, both democracies ... -
Eat, Drink and be Healthy: A Paradigm Shift for Linking Food and Beverages Industry with People’s Knowledge and Institutions
(2013-11-26)The food and beverages industry has not yet established strong and vibrant linkages with the local communities to develop value added products and share the benefits. The paper lists seven models for building such linkages. ... -
Eco institutional perspective on maintaining diversity
(2010-03-24)The paper is organized in three parts. In part one, I discuss the phenomena of ecological diversity and its bearing on our learning, living and exchange systems. In part two, I provide examples of the interactions through ... -
Ecology market forces and design of resource delivery systems: socio-ecological perspective
(2010-03-14)Neglect of Ecological (i.e. edaphic, climatic and natural resource endowments besides man-biotic interactions) variables in organizational theory literature in west is understandable due to near complete subsumption of ... -
Econometric approach to evolve viable cattle development financing schemes
(2010-03-14)This paper attempts to a) arrive at estimates of marketed surplus of milk, b) to simplify the computational methods for pooling cross section and time series data, and c) to determine the terms of repayment of loans ... -
Econometric modelling of the Indian cotton sector: disaggregate analysis
(2010-07-26)Keeping in view the magnitude, importance, interlinkages among the variables and the high involvement of a large number of decision makers and the government intervention in Indian cotton sector, this study aims at ... -
Econometric modelling of the Indian cotton sector: regional perspective
(2009-12-12)In this study, an econometric model has been developed for understanding and quantifying the magnitude of influence of major variables of this industry with the regional perspective of cotton production. This model explains ... -
Econometric modelling of the Indian cotton textile industry
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Econometric simulation of the Indian silk industry
(2010-07-27)This study aims at understanding and quantifying the relationship between the important variables of the sub-sectors of the Indian silk industry through an econometric simulation model, and using the model for forecasting ... -
Economic analysis of food - energy sector: implications for subsistence behaviour and credit policy
(2010-03-22)This paper presents economic analysis of food-energy relationship with implications for subsistence farmers; behaviour and credit policy. The analysis of the model formulated by Timmer is discussed. A model is formulated ... -
Economic analysis of industrial agroforestry: popular (Poulus Deltoides) in Uttar Pradesh (India)
(2009-12-12)To meet raw material requirements. Wimco.the biggest match industry in India, has been promoting popular based agroforestry thorough agroforestry projects approved by National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development ... -
Economic and policy issues in the livestock service delivery to the poor
(2010-01-18)Livestock are important to millions of poor households across the world not only as a source of income but also as a major source of protein and supplementary nutrition, draft power, fertilizer, fuel and a store of wealth. ... -
Economic benefits of public housing - a case study of Ahmedabad City
(2010-03-27)Empirical investigation of the economic benefits of public housing in India has largely remained a relatively unexplored field of research. The present study tires to make a small contribution towards filling this crucial ... -
Economic geography and networks: role of local and non-local ties in cluster evolution
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)The organization of geographic clusters plays an increasingly significant role due to the presence of network ties that exist within the location and beyond. This has proven to be particularly true for knowledge-intensive ...