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Industrial technological development and technology institution-firm interaction: reflections on a multi-industry study in India
(2010-03-31)Since Independence the government of India has given considerable importance to the development of a strong and autonomous scientific and technological base. In fact India has an enviable S&T infrastructure by developing ... -
Industrialisation strategy of Gujarat: performance and an agenda for future
(2010-03-24)This paper outlines the salient features of the industrialization strategy that Gujarat appears to have followed since its inception. The results which this strategy has produced are also discussed. The paper goes on to ... -
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 ... -
Inference on Categorical Survey Response:A Predictive Approach
(2009-08-22)We consider the estimation of finite population proportions of categorical survey responses obtained by probability sampling. The customary design-based estimator does not make use of the auxiliary data available for all ... -
Inflation accounting in India: a case study of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(2010-03-25)In the last decade, a considerable amount of research has been done justifying the need to introduce inflation accounting in reporting the financial results of a business unit. In this paper, I have reviewed the recent ... -
Inflation accounting: perspective and prospects
(2010-03-13)During the last two decades, there have been several proposals on how financial statements should be adjusted to show the effects of Inflation. The earlier suggestions were to adjust the financial statements using a general ... -
Inflation and project evaluation: a case study of the effect of price changes on rate of return
(2010-03-13)Inflation is one important economic variable which is playing an ever-expanding role in the decision making process of business, industry and government. The evaluation of capital expenditure projects are based on estimation ... -
Inflation and tax reforms: a study in individual taxation
(2010-03-14)Inflation affects real income tax liabilities in two ways. First, it erodes the real values of fixed deductions. Second, it moves a tax payer in a high tax bracket. Due to high rate of progressivity in taxes at lower end ... -
Inflation hedge in India: stocks or bullion
(2010-03-13)At a time of runaway inflation, when nothing seems to contain the pace of its gallop, it might be pertinent to look around for an investment which may shield the value of the investor's money against the devaluing onslaught ... -
Inflationary effects of monetary policies in newly industrialized economies with cross-sectoral labor and capital immobility
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)This paper studies the effects of monetary policies in newly industrialized economies characterized by extremely low level of labor and capital mobility between urban and rural sectors. Policies are executed in the urban ... -
Influence of board diversity and characteristics on CEO compensation: contingent effects of concentrated ownership
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The crisis in the financial and the banking sectors in 2008-2009 brought back into focus the issue of CEO and top management compensation. The unconscionably high compensations, unjustified even remotely by performance, ... -
Influence of industry structure on firm performance and conduct in a managerial theory of the firm
(2010-03-14)In this paper a general model of industrial organizations is developed along the lines of the managerial theories of the firm. The utility function of management and shareholders - the two important stakeholders of ... -
Influencing human resource management practices in subsidiaries by parent companies: evidences from India
(2010-01-16)Effective management of trans frontier operations of Multinational Companies (MNCs) requires integration of subsidiaries for global competitiveness and autonomy of subsidiaries for local responsiveness. With the increased ... -
Influencing social behaviour: segment specification and formulation of ad strategy
(2010-03-20)The study illustrates the use of means-end chain analysis in sharpening of segment for advertising to influence social behaviour. MECCAs model has been used to develop the ad strategy. -
Information in the Term Structure – The Indian Evidence (I): Modeling the Term Structure and Information at the Short End for Future Inflation
(2009-08-08)This study is first in part of an on-going work on assessing the information content of the term structure in India for future inflation, future short rates and real interest rates. In this paper, first the Indian term ... -
Information in the Term Structure – The Indian Evidence (I): Modeling the Term Structure and Information at the Short End for Future Inflation
(2009-08-08)This study is first in part of an on-going work on assessing the information content of the term structure in India for future inflation, future short rates and real interest rates. In this paper, first the Indian term ... -
An information integration theory analysis of attractiveness of bus systems
(2010-03-14)Actual bus riders received information about frequency of service, fare, and comfort aspects of some bus systems and indicated how much they would like to travel in those buses. Information integration theory, which deals ... -
Information reliability and prediction of performance: role of initial opinion in multiplying model
(2010-03-14)All the models of information integration predict that the greater the reliability of an information, the greater its effectiveness. However, they disagree with the relationship between reliability of information of one ... -
Information System for Brand-Variety Performance and Decisions: Study and Application for Cotton in India
(2011-05-26)Information on brand-variety performance is critical for small farmers in India since every year they need to make crucial decisions on which brand-variety seeds to plant. The livelihoods from small farms and returns on ...