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Measurement of attitudes
(2010-03-15)People have likes and dislikes and have them in varying degrees. But why study and measure them? Attitudes are action tendencies and as such they can facilitate or hinder action at all levels: individual, group, community, ... -
Measurement of capital input and estimation of time series production functions in Indian manufacturing
(2010-03-13)This study makes an attempt to examine the impact of errors in the specification and measurement of capital input on the estimates of time series production functions in Indian manufacturing. -
Measures of efficiency for family planning evaluation
(2010-04-17)During the past ten years evaluation and management specialists have separately developed procedures for assessing program performance. -
Measuring and managing institutional environment of institutes of professional education
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)Questionnaire surveys of perceptions of institutional environment have been found to be a good diagnostic tool to facilitate self-renewal, leading to effective management of institutions of Higher education. Normally, such ... -
Measuring consumer preferences for sales promotion schemes through conjoint design in FMCG sector
(2010-04-03)This paper first attempts a brief synthesis of the existing literature on consumer respect to sales promotion and use of conjoint design in the study of consumer preferences. Based on insights developed through literature ... -
Measuring Institutional Relatedness
(2011-05-26)Firms in most emerging economies are engaged in seemingly unrelated activities. This is particularly observed in the case of business groups which dominate the landscape of these economies. Initially, diversification in ... -
Measuring performance of small farmers' development agency
(2010-07-20)The purpose of this paper is to evolve certain methods of analysis and indicators for measuring the performance of the Small Farmers' Development Agency and apply these to the type of data which is normally collected by ... -
Measuring Retail Service Quality: Examining Applicability of International Research Perspectives in India
(2009-09-02)Service quality measures developed internationally are often accepted as adequate in India. This study evaluates the Retail Service Quality Scale (RSQS) developed in the U.S. and considered valid across a variety of formats ... -
Measuring the perceived impact of internet on individuals in rural india
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-12)Internet has greatly influenced the way individuals socialize, create and exploit economic opportunities and knowledge resources. However, previous studies on assessment of impact have largely been empirical and limited ... -
Mechanical properties of wood carton used for long distance transport of tomatoes
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-09-01)Tomatoes are produced and consumed year round. Wood carton is the dominant mode of packaging for produce coming to APMC Market, Ahmedabad from out-of-state. It has been known for long however that wood carton suffers from ... -
Mechanics of planning: need for formal replanning
(2010-03-13)Recent discussions on the rolling plan have brought to the fore issues relating to the mechanics of planning in this country. During the last 25 years the Indian planners have acquired a high degree of sophistication in ... -
Media selection models directions for future research
(2010-03-21)The work done in media selection both in India and abroad is reviewed. Two approaches that can be adopted immediately for media selection so as to maximise response are discussed and the results of empirical work using the ... -
Mediating effects in the relationship between 360-degree feedback and employee performance
(2010-07-26)360-degree feedback has been linked to several positive outcomes like improved performance, better interpersonal communication, smoother work relationships, etc. The paper empirically examines the mediating effects in the ... -
Mediating influence of top management styles on the relaitonship between external environment and Organisational structure: tests of some hypotheses
(2010-03-25)Three styles of top management, labelled entrepreneurial, professional, and conservative, were empirically derived from cluster analysis of policies and practices data from a sample of companies. Eleven hypotheses were ... -
Medical Negligence and Compensation in India: How Much is Just and Effective?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)There is no denying the fact that human life is precious and in cases of medical negligence, the judges find it extremely difficult to decide on the quantum of compensation as the quantum is highly subjective in nature, ... -
Medical negligence and compensation inn India: how much is just and effective?
(IIM Ahmedabad, 2014-03-27)There is no denying the fact that human life is precious and in cases of medical negligence, the judges find it extremely difficult to decide on the quantum of compensation as the quantum is highly subjective in nature, ... -
Medium to long term impacts of falling energy prices and welfare changes in agriculture sector
(2010-03-20)Since the first energy price shock of 1973 a number of studies have reported the impacts of rising energy prices on agriculture sector. However, in the recent years real energy prices are falling in the international market. ... -
Mega projects implementation: Issues for top management
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-08-01)Project implementation is a complex job. The entire field of project management can be broadly classified into three phases: I) project planning, II) project implementation, and III) project operation. certain amount of ... -
Mega projects in India Environmental and Land Acquisition Issues in the Road Sector
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)Mega projects (primarily infrastructure) receive a sizable investment (~10%) of the gross fixed capital formation in India. Environmental clearances and land acquisitions have been the two major reasons for delays in the ... -
A Memory-Aided Broadcast Mechanism for Enabling a Rural Community Radio on an Ad-Hoc Peer-To-Peer Mobile Network
(2013-11-25)This paper investigates deploying a village level community-radio application on top of a MANET comprising completely of basic mobile phones. We envision a system, where any user in the network is equally empowered to ...