Browsing Working Papers by Author "Madhavan, T."
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Analysis of congestion in wholesale vegetable and fruit market of ahmedabad
Sharan, Girja; Madhavan, T.; Siripurapu, S. C. B.; Kumar, M. Krishna (2010-03-31)Regulated Wholesale Markets in cities are the first destination of vegetables and fruits meant for fresh retailing. Congestion, crowding and litter are the striking features of these markets. Although the produce spends ... -
Decision Support System for Design and Evaluation of Pipeline Projects
Barua, Samir K.; Madhavan, T. (2009-08-08) -
Environmental Control in Greenhouse and Animal Houses with Earth-Tube-Heat-Exchangers in Hot Semi-arid North-West India
Girja Sharan; Madhavan, T. (2011-05-26)A programme was initiated in 1998 to develop technology to improve water and land productivity in Kutch, a vast semi-arid and hot region in north-west India. Greenhouse cultivation was identified as basic approach. A new ... -
Focal faculties of the firm: using knowledge power for global leadership
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2010-07-14)There is indubitably more to the sources of sustained competitive advantage of corporations than meets the eye. Among the most promising of these are the focal faculties of the firm, the areas of expertise ingrained in ... -
Fourier Representation of Climatic Data of Kothara-Kutch
Sharan, Girja; Madhavan, T. (2009-09-02)Fourier series representations of some climatic variables were developed using data from the site of an experimental greenhouse at Kothara (Kutch). Hourly data was averaged over a month to yield a profile of an ... -
Fujitsu Ltd. : A case of global management in telecomputers
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1991-06-01)It is now almost axiomatic that the essence of corporate success lies in a felicitous combination of constancy of purpose and well coordinated operations. However, for global companies functioning in highly strategic ... -
Implications of changes in the holding period and other parameters on systematic risk and performance of a security
Barua, Samir K.; Madhavan, T.; Raghunathan, V. (2010-03-22)The Capital Asset Pricing Model is a single period model which specifies a linear relationship between return on an asset and return on the entire market. The model is widely used in literature as if a portfolio of securities ... -
Indian convertible bonds with unspecified terms: an empirical study
Barua, Samir K.; Madhavan, T.; Varma, Jayanth R. (2010-03-31)Indian convertible bonds have two peculiar features that make them possibly unique in the world: a) the bonds are compulsorily converted into equity without any option, and b) the conversion terms are not specified at ... -
Indian convertible bonds with unspecified terms: an empirical study
Barua, Samir K.; Madhavan, T.; Varma, Jayanth R. (2010-04-17)Indian convertible bonds have two peculiar features that make them possibly unique in the world: a) the bonds are compulsorily converted into equity without any option, and b) the conversion terms are not specified at the ... -
Modeling and Simulation of Condensation on Plastic Condenser Cooling under Night Sky
Sharan, Girja; Madhavan, T. (2009-07-31)The Kutch region of north-west India is hot and semiarid, chronically short of drinking water. Dew forms frequently in the areas near the coast, over a span of eight-month (October- May) coinciding with the entire dry ... -
Modelling a vegetable and fruit market to aid modernisation
Sharan, Girja; Madhavan, T. (2010-07-27)We present in this paper, an operational study of CJ Patel Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market of Ahmedabad city using simulation. This market was built in the year 1996 in order to reduce congestion in another older ... -
An operational study of CJ Patel Vegetable and Fruit Market of Ahmedabad
Sharan, Girja; Madhavan, T. (2010-07-27)We present in this paper, an operational study of CJ Patel Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market (CJP Market) of Ahmedabad city. The market is viewed as a dynamic queuing system. A simulation model is constructed. Simulations ... -
Opportunity Creation and Threat Perception: Focal Faculties in the Aviation Context
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2012-10-03)The new civil aviation policy may be controversial because it marks a historic shift from potential intra industry sources of foreign investment to Tran’s industry sources (as distinct from purely financial consortia). ... -
Public policy, focal faculties and innovative international competition:case of Indian civil aviation
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2010-07-22)In the early 1990s the concept of the firmzs focal faculties came into vogue. It helped to explain the phenomenon of innovative international competition. In the new civil aviation policy of the Indian government we have ... -
Simulation model of CJ Patel vegetable and fruit market of Ahmedabad
Sharan, Girja; Madhavan, T.; Siripurapu, S. C. B.; Kumar, M. Krishna; Gabani, S. H. (2009-12-12)In this paper a simulation model of CJ Patel Vegetable and Fruit Market of Ahmedabad has been presented. Market is viewed as a dynamic, stochastic queuing system. Model was developed to provide a means to analyse vehicle-borne ... -
Towards mega faculties: the case - based learning of core capability development and management
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2010-04-01)In this paper, we introduce the concept of mega faculties, corporate abilities to change focal faculties from time to time over the long term. Since it is a tentative concept we propose a case discussion based approach to ...