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Post-production system: Himachal apples
(2010-03-24)A dynamic continuous mathematical model for post-production system of Himachal apples has been ade. The model includes all operations from harvesting to arrival in the wholesale market at Delhi. Beta density function appears ... -
Potential impacts of agroforestry systems on rural communities and regions in india: Methodological and general issues
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-02-01)Agronomic research has shown that, under several edaphic and climatic environment, judicious simultaneous and/or sequential combinations of seasonal crops and trees could lead to greater efficiency in resources use due to ... -
The potential of mobile coupons: current status and future promises
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Coupons continue to be one of the most favourite promotional tools for the marketers to influence, incentivize, and encourages customers towards trying the product. Mobile-coupon (m-coupon), an extension of the traditional ... -
Poverty inequality and development in dual economics with urban informal sectors
(2010-03-13)In this paper a general model of dualistic economies with urban informal sectors is proposed. The model is able to encompass a wide variety of distortions and institutional features which may affect such economies. Within ... -
Power distance beliefs and attributions for group performance
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A practical note on predictive analytics usage in marketing applications
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-05-05)Most Predictive Analytics discussions focus on methods that can be used for better quality prediction in a particular context. Realizing that the possibility of perfect prediction is a near impossibility, practitioners ... -
Practice of environmental scanning in large private corporations in India
(2010-03-12)This paper presents the findings of a study aimed at understand the environmental scanning practices in large private sector corporations in India. The findings of the study are as follows: a)Developments in the input, ... -
Practice stories
(2010-03-13)This is a continuation of Technical Report No. 77. There are 5 sets of practice stories. Scoring system is described at the end of each set. Reliability coefficients have to be computed on the basis these stories and the ... -
The Pre-Kautilyan period: crucible of proto economic ideas and practices
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-10-03)A number of studies have been conducted in the recent past throwing light on Kautilya’s contribution to economic policy. In his treatise Arthashastra, Kautilya informs that his contribution was based on received knowledge ... -
Pre-packs in the Indian insolvency regime
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-08-03)Pre-packaging allows a distressed company to negotiate a plan with its creditors and a purchaser before entering formal insolvency proceedings. By allowing the terms of a plan to be negotiated before formal proceedings, ... -
Predicted Increases in Heat related Mortality under Climate Change in Urban India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Mapping mortality impacts of the projected climate in urban areas of developing countries will play a crucial role in instituting planned adaptation measures to protect public health. We provide a comprehensive assessment ... -
Predicting helpfulness of online customer reviews
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)Helpfulness of online reviews plays an important role in customer purchase decision making process. However, the review helpfulness prediction problem is considered to be quite challenging and hard. This paper aims to ... -
Predicting new product success: role of product-category related variables
(2010-03-20)Can one identify the major characteristics of the product class that facilitate or hinder the initial success of new products? Answer to this question should be of considerable interest to marketing managements in India ... -
Prediction of exam performance by children: evidence for utilization of four pieces of information
(2010-03-14)Kindergarten through fourth grade children (n=120) predicted exam performance of stimulus students from information about their current motivation and ability. Each kind of information came from two independent sources and ... -
Prediction of job performance by Indian managers: four tests of the two - stage averaging - multiplying model
(2010-03-18)Prediction of job performance from information about motivation and ability of subordinates was studied. Experiment 1 made the first test by manipulating reliability of information with managers (n=22) and professors (n=22). ... -
Prediction of performance from motivation and ability: an appraisal of the cultural difference hypothesis
(2010-03-21)How do people integrate information about motivation and ability of a person when they predict his performance? As the dynamic motivation factor acts as an amplifier of the static capacity factor, a multiplying rule can ... -
Prediction of son's performance in easy through difficult exams by Indian parents
(2010-03-14)Prediction of exam performance from information about motivation and ability of students by Indian subjects always supported an adding-type rule. As this rule implies that motivation is equally effective with persons of ... -
Preferred organizations: Perceptions of prospective managers
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-06-01)Formal management education in india has come a long way since its inception in the early sixties. Starting with the setting up of the indian institute of management in calcutta in 1961 today there are more than sixty ... -
Preliminary analysis of claims data to understand relationship between disease patterns and quality of care and its implications for health insurance in India
(2009-07-25)This paper provides preliminary analysis of claims data of Mediclaim insurance scheme to understand the relationship between disease pattern and the quality of health care. We use length of stay (LOS) and average length ... -
A Preliminary Estimate of Immediate Cost of Chikungunya and Dengue to Gujarat, India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)Background In this working paper, a preliminary estimate of the immediate cost of chikungunya and dengue to the Indian state of Gujarat has been estimated by combining nine earlier studies on major cost factors such as ...