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Marketplace options in an emerging economy local food marketing system: Producers' choices, choice determinants and requirements
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-12)
One of the important objectives of reforms in Indian agricultural marketing was to stimulate competition in the local food marketing system dominated by the state-regulated APMC marketplaces. This study was taken up to ...
Indian antecedents to modern economic thought
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-15)
The history of economic thought begins with salutations to Greek writings of Aristotle and Plato. While the fourth century BCE Greek writings may have been the fount of modern economic thought that emerged in Europe starting ...
E-commerce in oligopsonistic and relational markets: An empirical investigation of transaction costs in agricultural e-markets in India from farmers’ perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-06-15)
Some important benefits of electronic marketplaces, especially in agriculture, include improved coordination, better and transparent price discovery, and reduced transaction costs. Agricultural markets in India have often ...
Does entrepreneurial logic impact funding evaluation of startups?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-02-21)
From a neoclassical economics perspective, entrepreneurship involves rational decision-making and entrepreneurs engage in rational, goal-driven behavior. However, such a view is put to test in current, dynamic business ...
Leadership and management of public sector undertakings in an emerging economy
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-31)
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) contribute significantly to the growth and economic development of any country. This study explores the key managerial challenges faced by the leaders and managers of public sector ...
Too much care? private health care sector and surgical interventions during childbirth in India
(IIM Ahmedabad, 2018-11)
This paper evaluates the role of the private sector in performing one of the common surgical
interventions, i.e. caesarean sections during childbirth in India. We use the latest round of National
Family Health Survey to ...
Impact of price path on disposition bias
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
Recent studies, in experimental markets, have illustrated the incremental influence of price path on investor decisions. We empirically demonstrate that the nature of price path significantly impacts the degree of disposition ...