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Societal change, states and governance: Insights from history and other societies
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)
The nature of governance has differed widely across societies, and what is more interesting, within any particular society depending upon the stage of development. Governance is better defined in functional rather than in ...
Analysis of claims and reimbursements made under mediclaim policy of the General Insurance Corporation of India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-08-01)
The analysis suggests that the number of policies and premiums collected have grown at significant rates, more than 30 per cent during 1998-99 and 50 per cent during the year 1999-00. The growth had implications for the ...
An empirical examination of the characteristics of the integration- responsiveness pressures
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-08-01)
In this study, we propose five factors to examine in detail the characteristics of the integration-responsiveness pressures. These are depth, dimensionality, direction, distinctiveness and dynamic. Using data from MNC ...
Relative effectiveness of signals in IPOs in Indian Capital Markets
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-09-01)
IPO by a firm calls for assessment of potential agency problems and associated costs by the outside investors. The potential conflict of interest problems between insiders and outsiders could be very high in countries with ...
The challenge of governance in India today
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)
This paper attempts to delineate the possible role of governance oriented reform in India today. We raise conceptual and historical difficulties with the notion that sees governance failure as the cause of poor economic ...
Experiences of various forms of commercial partnerships in Indian Railways
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-07-01)
This paper brings out issues of governance between the Ministry of Railways and various service delivering commercial entities under the Ministry. Some of this is accentuated by both the ministerial and administrative ...
Motivation and outcome of Malaysian take-overs: an international perspective
(2009-12-12)
This paper examines the potential motives and effects of corporate takeovers that occurred in Malaysia for period 1980-1993. Mueller s (1980) methodology which has been adopted in Australia, U.S, U.K, and five European ...
Competitive advantage of India's exports: analytic case studies of four industries
(2009-12-12)
This paper examines the sources and sustainability of competitive advantage of India s exports on the basis of case studies of four labour intensive industries. By applying the conceptual framework of Ghemawat (1991), we ...
An Optimization-Based Decision Support System for Strategic Planning in a Process Industry: The Case of an Aluminum Company in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2008)
We describe how a generic multi-period optimization-based decision support system (DSS) can be used for strategic planning in process industries. The DSS is built on five fundamental elements- materials, facilities, ...
Public private partnership in airport development- Governance and risk management implications from Cochin International Airport Ltd.
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-10-01)
In India, airports were totally owned and managed by central government or the armed forces. The Airport Authority of India (AAI), a body functioning under the Ministry of Civil Aviation was responsible for managing the ...