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An introduction to the aluminum industry and survey of or applications in an integrated aluminum plant
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-01)Worldwide, the manufacturing industry is now aiming for competitive advantage and increased profits. To remain competitive, a manufacturing company needs to use tools that provide it with a distinctive competitive edge. ... -
Intuitionistic fuzzy model of discrete choice
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016)The discrete choice models yield a decision-maker (DM)’s choices on the basis of the criteria values. In practice, however, the choices depend on the degree of enjoyment that an evaluating agent derives from a criterion, ... -
An investigation into utility of electrical back-up in box cooker
(2010-03-27)Systematic efforts to promote the use of box solar cookers began in 1979 in Gujarat, along with similar efforts in other parts of the country. During this 15 year period only about 34,000 units have been sold in Gujarat. ... -
Investigation of decision criteria for investment in risky assets
(2010-03-19)This paper examines the empirical validity of stochastic dominance rules and the mean-variance framework by analysing data generated through an experiment on individual investment decisions under uncertainty. The analyses ... -
An Investigation of Incongruency and Distraction Hypotheses: The Context of Dubbed TV Commercials
(2009-07-28)When one looks at the Television commercials scene in India, one easily sees three distinct patterns of communication. One is the nation-wide campaigns that are language neutral, meaning, they are purely music based. The ... -
Investment allowance vs general tax reduction evaluation of policy option
(2010-03-14)he paper evaluates the general tax reduction in lieu of investment allowance. The general tax reduction affects the tax rates and has universal impact, while investment allowance helps lower the tax base and thus, affects ... -
Investment behaviour in Indian agriculture: a theoretical and empirical investigation
(2010-03-31)Investment behaviour is an important economic relation that has been difficult to determine in the context of developing economies. Yet, it is clearly recognized that investment is critical for sustained growth in the ... -
Investment opportunities and Gordon's stock valuation model - a note
(2010-03-14)The traditional stock valuation model incorporating growth opportunities, fails to recognise the investment opportunities constraint. As a result the conventional model fails to provide an optimum reinvestment ratio and ... -
Investment pattern and decision making: the role of working women
(2010-01-18)An attempt is made to study how far working women enjoy freedom to take investment related decisions on their own and the pattern of investments in the male dominated investment world in India. The questions related to ... -
Investor protection and cash flow misclassification
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Research Question/Issue: We analyze whether cash flow misclassification is likely to be higher in the countries with weak investor protection. We also test whether managers use different strategies to misclassify cash ... -
Involving Private Healthcare Providers to Reduce Maternal Mortality in India: A Simulation Study to Understand Implications on Provider Incentives
(2009-08-13)Gujarat State has implemented the “Chiranjeevi Yojana” to improve access to institutional delivery with an objective to reduce maternal mortality and at the same time providing financial protection to poor families. The ... -
Is 2% the Solution? Experimental Evidence on the New CSR Rule in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The Indian government became the first regulator in the world to mandate a minimum CSR spending on certain specified social welfare activities. Prior research in psychology indicates that individuals tend to focus heavily ... -
Is conspicuous consumption of business leaders justified and morally defensible?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-03)In this paper, we first discuss the concept of conspicuous consumption of the business leaders. Next, we argue that the conspicuous consumption of corporate leaders can be justified from economics, marketing, and philosophical ... -
Is India Ready for Online Dispute Resolution?
(2009-08-21)The Indian judicial system is marred by delays. Businesses suffer because disputes are not resolved in a reasonable time. Even with the use of methods of alternative dispute resolution a fair number of high value disputes ... -
Is India's federal debt sustainable? Revisiting an old debate
(2010-04-03)That India faces a yfiscal crisisz has been a recurrent refrain of the literature on Indiazs economic reforms. Indeed a central objective of the reforms process, one that has proved elusive so far, is the reduction in the ... -
Is longer, faster, stronger, smarter life also the happier? Reflections on slower, sustainable and more inclusive life experience
(2010-07-20)Worldwide concern with advances in life extension and enhancement technologies has brought together scientists, corporate managers and ethicists together in the world Forum on Tomorrow’s People, Oxford University to debate ... -
Is marketing a science: Debate revisited
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-04)In pursuance of determining the scientific status of marketing, this article first determines what constitutes science. Thereafter, the article conducts a formal analysis of various schools of thought of science. Specifically, ... -
Is the BSE sensitive index better than the National Index?
(2010-03-29)Stock prices indices are used extensively by investors, brokers and portfolio managers as a general indicator of the stock market conditions. They are also used extensively in finance theory notably in operationalizing the ... -
Is the just systems also fairer? traversing the domain of knowledge, institutions, culture and ethics
(2010-07-20)In this case he deals with the issue of Prior Informed Consent and the ethics underlying the knowledge exchange between formal and informal system. The criteria for assessing the adverse consequence from knowledge providers ... -
Is the past still holding us back? a study on intergenerational education mobility in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-03)This paper deals with intergenerational education mobility in India. We make use of IHDS-II (2011-12) and prepare a representative dataset that goes beyond co-resident pairs of son-father by utilizing a unique feature of ...