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Self-Initiated teacher innovations in government rural elementary schools: Evolution, impact, and sustainability
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
The challenge to the production function approach has attracted the attention of education research towards the behavioural aspects of key educational change initiators, i.e., teachers and principals. The teaching profession ...
Development of dynamic capabilities in international joint ventures: an investigation within the context of insurance industry of an emerging economy
(2014)
The study of international joint ventures (IJV) has been dominated by the focus on partner interactions as the underlying theoretical construct. It is argued that a less studied but relevant lens is that of development of ...
Father-son relationship dynamics and individual performance: A study of the marwari family business
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
Family businesses with their overlapping systems of business, ownership and family (Gersick, Davis, Hampton, & Lansberg, 1997) represent a distinctive class of organizations encompassing the economic landscape of nations. ...
Contradictions between identity and image of an organization: Exploring responses in new entrepreneurial ventures
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
Organizational identity, defined as members’ constructions about who we are as an organization (Gioia & Patvardhan, 2012), is considered as the core of organizational cognition and action. However, the understanding of ...
Multi-Period Facility Location Problem With an Uncertain Number of Servers
(2016)
Facility location problems reported in the literature generally assume the problem parameter values (like cost, budget, etc.) to be known with complete certainty, even if they change over time (as in multi-period versions). ...
Sustainable low carbon transport: an integrated policy framework and assessment for India
(2014)
Mobility is integral to socio-economic development. Transport sector‘s fuel mix imposes multiple external costs vis-à-vis energy security, air quality and climate change. The contemporary literature shows that these ...
Impact of perceived overqualification on salesperson performance
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
Salesperson performance is a key indicator of organizational performance. We know
that many different factors such as qualification level, selling skills, organizational
culture, reward systems etc. influence salesperson ...
The influence and interaction of online store brand and product brand on pre-purchase and post-purchase consumer behaviour
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
Consumers often use product brand name and store brand name as proxies of quality while making purchase decisions. In an online shopping context, the inability of consumers to physically examine the products increases the ...
Community Influences On Strategy-As-Practice In Family Businesses
(2016)
The strategy-as-practice perspective concerns ways of doing that fall into specific routines and works patterns, which may vary from firm to firm in an industry, and between different types of firms, while at the same time ...
Language Abstraction In Marketing Communication: Online Reviews Of Product Failure Context
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Although language is an essential component of word of mouth (WOM) there is limited understanding of how language used in WOM messages affects receivers. Extant research indicates that there are three dimensions of language: ...