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Risk Mitigation in Indian Film Industry: A Concept Note
(2009-09-01)The motion pictures business in India has certain unique aspects which pose challenges in front of those whose fortunes are linked with the industry. The shelf life of a movie is short whereas the cost of producing and ... -
Risk sensitivity in bargaining and a monotone to nash's bargaining problem
(2010-07-27)In this paper we show that for a new solution to Nash's bargaining problem, proposed by Lahiri (1988) ("Monotonicity with Respect to the Disagreement Point and a New Solution to Nash's Bargaining Problem", IIM, Ahmedabad, ... -
Risk, Ambiguity – Gains, Losses
(2009-07-25)We use a multiple price list (MPL) method to elicit attitudes to risky and ambiguous prospects. In particular we wish to investigate if there are differences in agent behaviour under uncertainty over gain amounts vis a vis ... -
Risk-sensitive Basel regulations and firms' access to credit: direct and indirect effects
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)This paper examines the impact of risk-sensitive Basel regulations on access to debt and cost of debt for firms with varying characteristics around the world, and investigates how firms cope through reliance on alternative ... -
Roadmap for Educational Innovation in Institutions of Higher Learning: Towards Inter-University Centre for Innovation
(2013-11-26)It is ironic that while searching for models that promote excellence, we have not made the outstanding teachers and researchers the hub of future reforms. The fact that in any field of social investigation or higher ... -
Roadmap for logistics excellence: need to break the unholy equilibrium
(2010-01-16)This white paper attempts to provide a roadmap for India to move towards logistics excellence. Apart from raising issues that are currently relevant, it also draws from the issues that were raised in the previous three ... -
Robust design but indifferent manner of use: family bio-gas plants in Gujarat
(2010-04-06)Potential for family size biogas plants is estimated to be about 12 lakh in Gujarat. Nearly 2 lakh units have been actually installed by 1993. Deenbandhu model appears to be the most popular. In this paper we present an ... -
ROC Curve Analysis for Randomly Selected Patients
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and the area under the curve (AUC) are widely used in medical studies to examine the effectiveness of markers in diagnosing diseases. In most of the existing literature for ... -
Role and conduct of monetary policy
(2010-03-19)The paper contains the text of the lecture delivered by the author at a seminar organized by the Department of Economics, M.S.University, Baroda under its UGC Special Assistance Programme duri December 20-21, 1986. It ... -
Role conflict, tension and job satisfaction: a study of medical representatives
(2010-03-13)The present study was designed to empirically examine the following questions: (1) What are the most significant determinants of the concepts of role conflict, role clarity, quality of supervision, job tension and job ... -
Role of action research in building self - sustaining systems
(2010-03-12)The concept of action research has been clarified through the vairous studies undertaken in the field of social relations and education. Action research has been defined in terms of the relationship of research with field ... -
Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods in Development of Society: `Lok Adalat ’ in India
(2009-09-02)Peace is the sine qua non for development. Disputes and conflicts dissipate valuable time, effort and money of the society. It is of utmost importance that there should not be any conflict in the society. But, in a realistic ... -
Role of clusters and certification in the internationalization of offshoring service providers from emerging markets: a study of Indian IT firms
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)We adopt a resource-based view to investigate the drivers of internationalization of emerging market offshoring service providers (OSPs). Using data from Indian IT firms between 1992 and 2002, we investigate the effect of ... -
The role of complementarity and partner brand price level in new product introduction strategy using bundle offers: A study on the quality perception of bundle components
(2014)New products are often bundled with strong brands as an introduction strategy. This study helps to understand the scenarios which will be most beneficial to both the products in the bundle. The enhancement effect and ... -
Role of culture in celebrity endorsement: Brand endorsement by celebrities in Indian context
(2013-11-27)Celebrity endorsement is a big market in India and continues to grow bigger. However, inspite of prevalent use of celebrities for endorsement, not all celebrity endorsements have been successful. The list of unsuccessful ... -
Role of culture in institution building and sustenance: The case of IIMA
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1995-07-01)The paper argues that organizational culture plays a central role in building and sustaining institutions. The process of institution building and sustenance is analyzed using institutional economics and collective action ... -
Role of Educational and R&D Institutions in City Clusters: An Exploratory Study of Bangalore and Pune Regions in India
(2009-07-24)his paper explores the role played by academic institutions in Bangalore and Pune cities of India. It shows that there exists a large variety of linkages between industry and academia in the two Indian cities; a hierarchy ... -
Role of futures trading in facilitating commodity exports
(2010-03-22)In India, since its beginning in 1921 futures trading has been subjected to frequent intervention by the government in terms of allowing, banning and restricting its operations. As the debate on their utility for the economy ... -
The role of government regulation in incubating social enterprises
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)Social Enterprise is young, emerging, and a high potential domain attracting thousands of social entrepreneurs in India. Social enterprises, with their dual focus on financial sustainability and social impact, face a set ... -
The role of insolvency tests: implications for Indian insolvency law
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-04-01)Insolvency determination is central to the formal insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings of a debtor entity. In determining whether a company is solvent or insolvent, two tests are generally used by the bankruptcy courts ...