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Infrastructure investments, urbanization, and regional growth in India
(2011)
There are significant differences in the level of economic development across states in India. Economic theories differ on the issue of convergence or divergence in regional incomes along with national economic growth. ...
Impact of Quantity Scarcity and Time Scarcity Appeals on Consumers’ Response: Role of Need for Uniqueness and Deal Proneness
(2013)
The promotion of products and brands has become increasingly important for marketing managers over the years. One of the commonly used ways to promote a product or brand is through scarcity appeal. Scarcity appeal is defined ...
Re-Internationalization Process in Organizations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Re-internationalization, or a firm’s re-entry into international operations after exiting from initial international operations, is a scarcely researched phenomenon, although it has been found that intentions for re-entry ...
Institutional interaction and participative decision-making in development programmes: a study of their importance in effective natural resource management
(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, ...
Challenges in the introduction of new technologies: a study of the performance and adoption of hybrid rice in India
(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 ...
Rich dad, poor dad: life-cycle portfolio savings & human capital accumulation
(Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
This dissertation extends the human-capital and intergenerational literature by examining a
two-generation life-cycle problem of an altruistic parent valuing the human-capital of his off spring and facing competing ...
Climate change, air pollution and public health in India: impact assessment and adaptation strategies
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Climate change has brought into sharp focus two key environmental health concerns for Indian cities - outdoor air pollution and climate change related temperature extremes. This research explores exposure-response relationships ...
Exploring Openness in Innovation Process
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Innovation as a source of competitive advantage helps organization gain superior returns from market. Until recently, innovation activities were generally restricted inside organizations and in some cases to select partners, ...
Savings and Investment in Indian States: Implications for Growth and Public Finances
(2013)
Regional imbalances in economic growth and development have always drawn
attention of the policymakers in federal economies. Two important economic forces
having implications for regional disparities are: i) market ...
Algorithms for evaluation and design of reliable networks
(2010)
A reliable network is a network in which network elements, i.e., arcs and/or nodes, are functional only with a pre-specified probability. Such networks are used to model real-life networks such as telecommunication networks ...