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Perspective on farmer-market interface-results of a revisit to selected villages from West Bengal, Gujarat and Maharashtra
(2009-12-12)Markets do not operate in vacuum. They need an institutional structure for them to function competitively and efficiently. This revisit study based on intensive study of eight villages six from West Bengal and one each ... -
A Perspective on Fisheries Sector Interventions for Livelihood Promotion
(2011-05-26)The distinctive features of fisheries resources, fishers and their geographic contexts, on the one hand, and broad stylized features of the existing lacklustre performance of this sector, on the other, call for specialized ... -
Perspective on land use planning for eastern India
(2009-12-12)Of all the natural resources endowed upon mankind, soil cover on the mother earth has been one of the most important basic resources which plays a strategic role in determining the living standards of human beings. Given ... -
Perspectives on management training of women managers in Africa
(2010-07-20)This paper is based on a series of workshops and seminars held in Africa on issues of management training for women managers and trainers. Like many third world countries many nations of Africa have focused on economic ... -
Perspectives on some of the common categories of exclusion and inclusion
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Pesticides industry: an analysis of imports, production and consumption
(2010-03-13)The statistical analysis of import of pesticides in terms of quantity revealed a slow growth rate. However, the growth rates of their value were high due to increased per unit cost of the imported quantity. The imported ... -
Phases of divergent thinking
(2010-03-13)Twenty-one subjects were given the divergent thinking task of listing green, funny, and liquid objects and asked to think aloud. Their protocols were analysed and five phases and 23 sub-phases of divergent thinking were ... -
Philippines telecommunications sector: an assessment of policy changes
(2010-04-17)The Philippines government has undertaken a major reform programme since the early nineties to accelerate the growth in the economy. It is also attempting to upgrade the telecom services and infrastructure. The government ... -
Physician and the family welfare concept
(2010-03-14)This working paper owes its origin to a paper presented by the author at the first Regional Conference on the theme of Population Problem and Family Planning Effort, held at Ahmedabad in November 1980. The genesis of the ... -
PI motive: a base for development
(2010-03-13)The paper presents the relevance, conceptual foundations, and operational measure of an important otive of professionals, and one that may be critical for socio-economic transformation. It is labelled the pioneering-innovating ... -
The PI style of management
(2010-03-13)The pioneering innovation (PI) mode of management was identified from corporate policies data supplied by the top management of 75 Indian organizations. The paper presents the determinants and organizational consequences ... -
Planning and implementation of health, family planning & nutritional services - certain problems and issues
(2010-03-14)This paper discusses the major problems of planning and implementation that confront the development of comprehensive health services in India. The problems are categorized into four major groups, viz., those pertaining ... -
Planning and management for excellence and efficiency in higher education
(2010-03-21)Higher education has multiple goals of character building for social development, skill building for national development and teacher competency building for education development. Higher education today faces many ... -
Planning for rural roads in India
(2010-03-12)This paper summarises our experience in developing an interactive decision-support system for planning rural roads in one district in India. The aim of this research was to explore the potentialbenefits to be obtained from ... -
Planning the activities of doctors in a teaching hospital
(2013-11-26)Doctors in a teaching hospital perform a variety of teaching, research, seminar, and in-patient care activities in addition to managing outpatient volumes. In this paper, we study the weekly activities of a doctor in a ... -
Player Pricing and Valuation of Cricketing Attributes: Exploring the IPL Twenty-Twenty Vision
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)In April 2008, BCCI initiated Indian Premier League, a cricket tournament of Twenty-Twenty overs to be played among eight domestic teams. Team owners bid for the services of cricketers for a total of US$ 42 million. Not ... -
PLC: State of the art review
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1984-11-01)Two decates of discussion has still to clear the fog surrounding the validity of the PLC concept. This paper review available evidence, and attempts to identity some of the issues that PLC researchers need to address. ... -
Point of Purchase Communication: Role of Information Search, Store Benefit, and Shopping Involvement
(2011-05-27)Point of Purchase (PoP) is the place where a customer is about to buy the product. This is the crucial point where the exchange takes place. It offers a last chance to remind or attract customers. In spite of a considerable ... -
Police and the rule of law: recent developments in India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)For a country like India, which is committed to the rule of law, the role of police is undergoing changes very rapidly. It is primarily due to the fact that the country has transformed from a police state to welfare state ... -
Police performance, image and a desired future
(2010-04-06)Designed as a follow-up of an earlier study, the present investigation aimed at identifying Strengths, Weaknesses and a Desirable Future as perceived by the Senior Police Officers. The study revalidates the previous ...