Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Gandhi, Vasant P."
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Adaptiveness in water management institutions: nature, existence and impact
Bhamoriya, Vaibhav (2010)The effective management of water resources is assuming enormous importance in India in the recent years. Sound water resource use is crucial for sustaining and raising food production, increasing rural incomes, alleviating ... -
Challenges in the introduction of new technologies: a study of the performance and adoption of hybrid rice in India
Khandker, Varsha (2014)Rice is the most important food staple of India and increasing its production in the context of rising food demand and escalating food prices is a major challenge in India. Breakthroughs are urgently required. A major ... -
Effects of price discrepancies, referents for comparison and prior trust in seller on buyers perceptions of price unfairness, subsequent trust and purchase intention
Tripathi, Sanjeev (2010)In purchase situations, buyers frequently make comparisons with reference transactions are used as a standard against which the observed purchase price of a product is evaluated. However prices in the market place vary and ... -
Institutional interaction and participative decision-making in development programmes: a study of their importance in effective natural resource management
Jain, Dinesh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)The impact of institutions on economic development has been a subject of considerable interest in recent years. It is now being widely acknowledged that apart from the standard factors such as capital, labour and technology, ... -
International competitiveness of Indian sugar industry
Gupta, Kriti Bardhan (1999)Despite being the largest producer of sugar in the world, doubts are often raised about global competitiveness of the Indian sugar industry by quarters concerned with future direction of industry’s trade in a liberalized ... -
Managing Rural Institutional Credit: Lessons From Interlinked Transactions
Pal, Debdatta (2013)In recent years, the focus of numerous rural credit institutions, which includes lenders from both formal and semi-formal (the micro-finance providers) domains, has started shifting from traditional credit-alone approach ... -
Performance and impact of national multi-commodity exchanges on the marketing and price-risk management of agricultural commodities
Roy, Ashutosh (2008)This research undertakes a detailed examination of the performance and impact of recently started National Multi Commodity Exchanges on the marketing and price risk management of agricultural commodities in India. With the ... -
Study of the repurchase behaviour of farmers: case of the Indian tractor market
Saxena, Amar (1997)Knowledge about a product category affects various aspects of the consumer buying process. This has been recognized by researchers as an important factor in the field of consumer behavior. It has been found to influence ...