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A study of quality circles in Indian organisations
(1988)
Quality Circles (QCs) are credited with making substantial contributions towards prosperity of Japanese industries. In the last decade, QCs have spread to a large number of countries. In India, about 400 organizations have ...
Managerial heuristics of pioneering innovative (PI) entrepreneurs: an exploratory study
(1988)
Managerial heuristics are defined as the decision-rules guiding the less programmed decisions of entrepreneurs/executives. A review of literature on entrepreneurship suggests that the scene is dominated by the search for ...
Organizations as agents of social change: policy orientation and organizational design
(1988)
This study is an exploration of the organizational design of voluntary organizations in India. The focus of the study was to understand what configurations of characteristics are associated with different policy stances ...
Stocking policies for blood components: a case of substitutable, perishable items
(1988)
Transfusion of blood from a healthy donor to a needy patient is a powerful therapeutic tool in modern medical practice. All major hospitals in India have blood banks, whose purpose is to provide 'safe' blood to patients ...
Multistage bulk commodity distribution: development of decomposition lagrangian relaxation based algorithm
(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 ...
The process of technology transfer in the Ahmedabad textile Industry
(1980)
By studying the transfer of technology from ATIRA to its users, it was hoped that some insights could be gained regarding international transfer of technology (in India) and directions for further work emerge. There would ...
Impact of product on the life styles of its consumers: the case of domestic liquefied petroleum gas
(1980)
Many of the impacts which marketing actions create on the environment transcend the typical marketers’ interests. These impacts are are being only recently recognized under the banner of ‘Macro-marketing’. There has been, ...
Acquisition and assimilation of technology in the tractor industry in India: the strategic perspective
(1980)
Researchers in international transfer of technology have predominantly assumed the perspective of top management of multinational corporations or public policy makers in developing countries. The influence of the external ...
Indian oil industry: a historical study with special reference to the strategic role of government of India
(1980)
Energy is important for any productive system. Oil besides being an energy source, is also an industrial raw material. Oil is vital for industrial growth, economic development as well as for military strength, especially ...
Voyage allocation and fuelling decisions in shipping
(1980)
The thesis considers the following two types of problems in shipping viz.(i) Allocation of planned voyages to ships and Iii) Cargo mix cum fuelling decisions. The first problem considers deploying of different classes of ...