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Need for back-up in box Solar Cooker
(2012-10-11)
Systematic efforts to promote box solar cookers in Gujarat (India) began in Gujarat is characterised by high insolation, high ambient temperatures, clear sky and it parts, severe shortage of fuel –wood. In short, a region ...
Synthetic daily rainfall data generation
(2010-03-27)
Long sequences of daily rainfall are often needed for simulation. These (when available) are cumbersome to input. Also in many cases historical data are to short to include all possible patterns. Hence the need for synthetic ...
Demand for Farm Tractors: Two Models
(2012-10-11)
Demand prediction for farm tractors is of interest to industry and government. Two different models were developed earlier. One termed a casual model was similar to a model of a process driven by potential difference. The ...
Simulation model for sizing decision in a large irrigation/power project in India
(2010-03-12)
This paper describes our experience with construction and use of a simulation model for a large Irrigation and Power Project in a state in India. The project has an estimated outlay of Rs.5000 million (U.S. $ 5 billion) ...
Rural development programmes: a management approach
(2010-03-14)
Rural development programmes (RDPs) can be broadly classified as enterprise oriented and labour service oriented programmes. This paper discusses the strategy that needs to be adopted for ensuring effective implementation ...
Does GST in India hurt producing regions? A new estimate of the tax base under GST of select states
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
GST as introduced in India being a destination based tax, does not encourage regions to vigorously promote manufacturing and tradable services industries. Being in the midst of its economic transformation, and given the ...
Impact of the proposed GST on the consumer price index in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
Fears that the movement to GST would add to inflation have been unfounded. In this study we ex-ante estimate the impact the movement to GST would have on inflation and show that it would be very marginal at best. The ...
Competition Law and the Pharmaceutical Sector in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is one of the largest in the world both in terms of volume and value. Given its critical importance, the sector has been subject to a series of regulatory interventions, which have altered ...
Development of utility function for vehicle insurance: Comparison of logarithmic goal programming method and conjoint analysis method
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-02-25)
The increase in competition among the vehicle insurance sectors has increased the number of policy options available in the market. This study focuses on the development of a utility function for these policies that will ...
Strategies for solving wicked problems of true uncertainty: Tackling pandemics like Covid-19 (Version: April 13, 2020)
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-04-13)
This paper has three objectives: first to locate Covid-19 as a ‘wicked problem’ characterized by ‘true uncertainty’ that challenges strategists and unrolls new research agenda; second, to examine the inter-disciplinary and ...