Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Raghuram, G."
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Decision support system for urban bus route network design
Bhatt, Yogesh Kumar (1998)Most of the large Indian cities are experiencing a high growth rate in vehicle population, leading to problems related to road congestion and air pollution. A strong public transport system can lead to better road utilization ... -
Disaggregate study of mode choice for inland movement of export cargo containerized on sea
Ravi Babu, M. (2001)Containerized mode of transport, by ensuring smooth and seamless movement of cargo, has become the predominant means of export of general cargo by sea. It adds value to the shipper by ensuring door to door delivery with ... -
Formation process of public private partnership in transport infrastructure in India
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (2009)The dissertation suggests that an attempt to create strong relational arrangements along with the contractual arrangements would lead to higher rate of success in PPP. Relational arrangements have become a major determinant ... -
Integrated assessment of energy and environment future: linking policy to implementation
Kapshe, Manmohan (2003)Integrated assessment combines knowledge from different disciplines to analyse real world problems to provide solutions to decision-makers. In recent years,integrated assessment has attracted the attention of policymakers ... -
Modal Shift Estimation and Financial Viability of High Speed Rail in India: The Case Study of Ahmedabad – Mumbai Corridor
Ramakrishnan, T. S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The share of rail in passenger transport in India has declined rapidly, primarily due to severe capacity constraints and inability of railways to increase the speed of travel. Other countries facing similar problems have ... -
Modelling of a pull production system: a simulation approach
Chatterjee, Arunabha (1998)In recent years the success of Japanese management techniques has led to their increasing popularity among both practitioners and researchers. One of the techniques that has attracted much attention is the pull production ... -
Multistage bulk commodity distribution: development of decomposition lagrangian relaxation based algorithm
Sharma, R. R. K. (1988)Bulk commodity distribution is an important problem in large countries. Huge expenses are incurred in warehousing and transportation. Situation is characterized by multistage location of warehouses and location and ... -
Occupational withdrawal: a study of Indian MNOs in the International Shipping Industry
Sharma, Krishan Kumar (1998)Occupation in a popular sense connotes the kind of work performed by an individual for livelihood. Change in the kind of work performed declares occupational withdrawal from the individual's perspective and occupational ... -
Private sector participation and container terminal efficiency issues and evidence from India
Radhakrishnan, G. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Greater Private Sector Participation (PSP) is widely considered an effective means to enhance the competitiveness of a nation’s port sector. In this context, the thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of container terminal ... -
Risk in agriculture and agricultural development: the role of public policy
Phansalkar, S. J. (1989)Agricultural incomes are subject to weather-induced variations, particularly in rainfed agricultural zones. It has been argued that the risk to agricultural income caused by the weather and other factors leads to several ... -
Store format choice behavior for planned purchases – a case of bulk grocery
Anand, Kamaljit S. (2008)Store format choice is recognized as a significant and relatively long term decision for retailers as well as the consumers. The thesis studies this choice decision from consumer perspective in a planned purchase situation ... -
Television advertising and consumer price sensitivity: a contingent approach
Badrinath, V. V. P. (2000)Advertising and pricing are two critical elements of a firm’s marketing strategy after the product design stage. On one hand advertising spending being a cash outflow, reduces profits while realised price on the other hand, ...