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Merger control for IRPs: Do acquisitions of distressed firms warrant competition scrutiny?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-05-08)In July 2019, the Competition Law Review Committee Report had recommended that Insolvency Resolution Plans (IRP) which result in combinations should be green-channelled. This would mean that IRP combinations would be ... -
Mergers and acquisitions in Thailand: Case studies of two Thai companies
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)Countries in both developed and developing regions are placing more importance on the role of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in the growth of companies, and thereby to the economic development of their countries. M&A ... -
Meta Processes for Organizational Excellence in Developing Societies
(2012-10-17)As societies in transition, involved in modernization, nation building, socio-economic transformation, and increasing globalization of their economies, developing societies must evolve forms of organizational excellence ... -
Meta-analysis for online retail performance
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-05)With continuous rise of business value and importance of online retail business (e-commerce), academic research has not been far behind to understand this recent market phenomenon. This has led to numerous studies exploring ... -
Metamorphosis of Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Holistic Paradigm from Two Tales
(2009-08-07)Some entrepreneurial ventures grow into large organizations within a relatively short duration. These startups rapidly increase their scale and scope to turn into matured organizations. Though the literature is replete ... -
A method for retail product selection using data mining
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)Product assortment planning is considered as one of the important problems in the retail business. Traditional approaches to product selection in the assortment are largely based on individual product popularity or margins. ... -
Methods for the Study of Downsizing: A Review
(2009-08-21)There has been a world-wide increase in the incidences of downsizing practice across economies and across organizations. This has been considered as the basis for coping with increasing competition. The present paper looks ... -
Metric rationalization of bargaining solutions
(2010-03-28)In this paper we represent bargaining solutions by means of a metric which is defined on games, whereby the solutions are precisely those payoffs which are closest to being unanimously highest. -
Metric rationalization of bargaining solutions and respect for unanimity
(2010-03-28)In this paper we represent bargaining solutions by means of a metric which is defined on games, whereby the solutions are precisely those payoffs which are closest to being unanimously highest. Subsequently we study the ... -
Metric rationalization of bargaining solutions and respect for unanimity
(2010-03-28)In this paper we represent bargaining solutions by means of a metric which is defined on games, whereby the solutions are precisely those payoffs which are closest to being unanimously highest. Subsequently we study the ... -
Micro level planning methodology for primary health care services
(2010-03-24)This paper describes a micro-level planning methodology for primary health care service which has been developed and tested in India. As compared to current top-down target-based planning, the methodology uses village level ... -
Microfinance and the State: Exploring areas and structures of collaboration
(2009-09-02)This paper examines the role of state in reaching out financial services to the poor in India. The current players in reaching these services include the formal banks and co-operatives. In addition, there are several ... -
Mid-point domination and a solution to choice problems on non-convex domains
(2010-03-31)In this paper we axiomatically characterize a solution to choice problems on non-convex domains, which satisfies mid-point domination and other intuitively reasonable properties. -
Middle management motivation: a state of choked potential
(2010-03-27)Middle managers are expected to play a critical role in translating organisational policies and strategies into practice and action. They have an important role in providing information/input to strategy formulation, and ... -
Midwifery education within the integrated nursing and midwifery programmes in India
(Indian Institute of Managment, Ahmedabad, 2014)Staff nurses (nurse-midwives) in India are expected to provide normal birth services in health facilities under the maternal health strategy of the National Rural Health Mission. Under the integrated nursing and midwifery ... -
Migration: a case of Gujarat
(2010-03-21)Despite massive investments in rural development programmes during the last ten years, the problem of unemployment has assumed alarming proportions causing migration of the rural population. Although there are several ... -
Minimizing Customer Waiting Costs for Rental Vehicle Providers using Threshold Reservation Policies
(2013-11-23)Vehicle rental providers o er di erentiated services to reserve and walk-in customers. In this research, we study one such service di erentiation strategy, a vehicle threshold policy, which is to hold vehicles for reserve ... -
A minimum buyback requirement in open market repurchases: impact on the signalling role
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-04-02)The paper investigates the impact of the imposition of a minimum buyback requirement on open market repurchases in India. We find that the regulatory change has led to a significant increase in the abnormal stock returns ...