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Semiotic analysis
(2010-01-18)The present study is an application of the principles of semiotic analysis to the content and the expression of the advertisement of Horlicks produced in 1994. The study derived a framework for semiotic analysis, which ... -
Sensemaking and institutionalization in armed conflict: Applying concepts to practice
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-03-18)The aim of this paper was to capture the sensemaking process employed by soldiers to cope with the challenges presented to them by the environment in which they are operating. The research identified the various individual ... -
Sensitivity Analysis for the Single Row Facility Layout Problem
(2013-11-25)The single row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is an important combinatorial optimization problem where a given set of facilities have to be arranged in a single row so as to minimize the weighted sum of the distances ... -
Sensitivity analysis of the newsboy model
(2013-11-26)Sensitivity analysis is an integral part of inventory optimization models due to uncertainty associated with estimates of model parameters. Though the newsboy problem is one of the most researched inventory problems, ... -
A sequential strategic search model for identifying internationalisation opportunities for Indian business
(2010-03-14)This paper is presented in two parts. In Part I, the term "internationalization" is explained, Indian efforts and experiences during the decade of '70s are examined, and the basic issues are identified. Of the several ... -
Serial position curve for integration of informaiton about jobs
(2010-03-14)Prospective job seekers judged attractiveness of jobs described y sequences of adjectives. Job descriptions were prepared from a 24 design with serial position as factors and positive and negative pieces of information as ... -
Setting up an irrigation cooperative: a feasibility study
(2010-03-23)The objective of the study was to examine the feasibility of setting up an irrigation cooperative in Hadgood village in Kheda district of Gujarat. A sample of 80 households, chosen at rando, was studied and households ... -
Shaping the amorphous: organisational form for a national railway system
(2010-03-13)Organisational form is one of the key determinants of Organisational performance. Choice of Organisational form for public organizations in developing countries can facilitate or inhibit performance. In this paper an ... -
Share equivalent allocations for problems of fair division
(2009-12-12)In this paper we begin with a given social endowment. A profile of shares (which could very well all be equal), is part of the environment. This is the planner s contribution to the economic environment, as conceived in ... -
Share equivalent and equitarian allocations for problems of fair division
(2010-07-27)In this paper we begin with a given social endowment. A profile of shares (which could very well all be equal), is part of the environment. This is the planner s contribution to the economic environment, as conceived in ... -
Share of fight dynamics of cooperative and competitive behaviour
(2010-03-13)The monograph is based on some experimental studies in cooperative and competitive behaviour. The project was financed by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and parts of the grant were used to finance on doctoral ... -
Shareholder value creation: a strategic financial goal
(2009-12-12)Recently some corporate managers in India have started emphasising the need of the shareholder value creation (SVC). A few of them have explicitly stated SVC as their most important goal. Companies such as the Hindustan ... -
Sharing costs and sharing revenue: the proportional solutions
(2010-07-27)Consider a group of people who have just been awarded a sum of money to undertake a consultancy for a research project. The problem that now confronts them is to share the revenue as well as the costs of the overheads ... -
Shifts in choice problems
(2009-12-12)In this paper we consider choice problems which are bounded both above and below and provide a new axiomatic characterization of the equal loss choice function. We subsequently turn to a study of various properties implied ... -
Shifts in multiattribute choice problems
(2010-03-27)In this paper we study the responsiveness of choice functions to shifts in multiattribute choice problems. -
Shiny alternative for finance in the classroom
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-03-31)Despite the popularity of open-source languages like R and Python in modern empirical research and the data-science industry, spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel remain the data analysis software of choice in much ... -
SHORT-TERM AND MEDIUM-TERM PROSPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN GUJARAT – SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
(2009-09-02)By mid-September, 2003 it is becoming clear that Gujarat is likely to experience a bumper crop in the year 2003-04. The State Ministry of Agriculture is looking for some concrete suggestions, advice and policy recommendations ... -
Should we save, what serves only human ends? a review on environmental ethics
(2011-09-02)Ethical dilemma arise in pursing conservation of environment at different levels. In this paper, we review various ethical philosophies and identify the determinants of responsibility. Boundary of pain, responsibility ... -
Shukranitisara: a political economy text at the cusp of Indian kingdoms and colonial rule (Revised as on 15/03/3021)
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-08-02)Shukracharya’s treatise on political economy has been referred to in many ancient Indian texts such as Arthashastra, Buddhacharitam and Mahabharata. However, that treatise has been lost. A text titled Shukranitisara was ... -
Sickness in textile industry: causes and remedies
(2010-07-20)Textiles is the oldest industry in the country and employs directly and indirectly a large number of people, is linked to a major agricultural crop, earns nearly 25% of export earning and caters to one of the basic needs ...