Thesis and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Broadening the concept of sustainability and measuring its impact on firm’s performance
(Indian institute of management Ahmedabad, 2014)The consumer environmentalism has grown significantly due to issues triggered by environmental disasters, protests by activists, and environmental education (Mclntosh, 1991; Straughan & Roberts, 1999; Chen, 2010). The ... -
Numeracy, financial literacy, risk attitudes, and impatience of forest dependent communities: evidence from Andhra Pradesh
(Indian institute of management Ahmedabad, 2014)This thesis studies numeracy, financial literacy, risk attitudes, and time discount rates (impatience) of the people in the bottom of the pyramid. These issues are addressed in the context of forest dependent communities ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
From Needing Help to Seeking Help: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Interpersonal Help Seeking Behavior in the Software Industry
(2012)Helping behavior is appreciated and rewarded, and helping interactions are greatly encouraged in organizations. Research in organizational behavior too is replete with studies on helping and on helpers. The present study ... -
New Exact Methods for Scheduling Multi Mode Multiple Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problems
(2012)Project scheduling problem (PSP) has enticed researchers since over a century. Enhancement in computational power enables the search for solutions to more complex problems progressively. However, the search for optimal ... -
Impact of Prework in Dyads on Information Sharing In Groups
(2012)One of the basic reasons for group formation is their ability to bring a variety of expertise and abilities at one place. It is expected that diverse information and expertise will be shared among group members and such ... -
Discontinuities of Environmental Elements, Firm Responses, and Dynamic Capabilities: An Empirical Investigation of Interrelations in Select Indian Manufacturing Sectors
(2012)Continuities, discontinuities (deletions), and additions of environmental elements are important realities of a firm’s environment. They pose distinct managerial challenges and demand capabilities to enable the firm to ... -
Information Presentation in the Online Environment: The Role of Consumer Generated Reviews
(2012)Regardless of their interest, consumers are exposed to a great amount of information through both off-line and on-line advertising. These exposures to information have been found to influence the decision making of the ... -
An Exploratory Study of Post-implementation Experiential Perceptions of Reservations with Focus on Stigmatization Processes in the Higher Professional Education Context
(2013)Multiple efforts around the world are made to address the issue of discrimination and marginalization. The Indian experience has taken the form of reservation policy in public services, in public sector jobs and in public ... -
Role of Gratitude and Obligation in Business Relationships
(2013)Marketers build customer relationship through various relationship marketing (RM) investments (Berry, 1994). These investments impact customers in terms of their loyalty and customer purchase intentions (Hsu, 2007; Yuping ... -
A Study of Value Creation and Value Appropriation In Inter-Firm Alliances of Simultaneous Cooperation and Competition
(2013)Relatively little is known about how value is created and appropriated in inter-firm alliances of simultaneous cooperation and competition. In this dissertation, I address this gap from both theoretical and methodological ... -
Studying the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Perceptions on Employee Work Attitudes
(2013)In the last couple of decades the concept of corporate social responsibility has gained importance both in practice as well as in research. Globalization and international trade have given rise to increased complexities ... -
Measurement of Systemic Risk and its Drivers
(2013)The recent global financial crisis has taught us a tough and important lesson- there is a pressing need for containing systemic risk in the financial system. However, prior to Containing this risk and form the necessary ... -
Determinants of Inter-Country Variations in Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Cases of Outward FDI from India
(2013)Existing literature offers the reasons for emergence of foreign direct investment (FDI) through various hypotheses. The intangible assets advantage hypothesis suggests that FDI occurs due to presence of a bundle of “intangible ... -
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 ... -
Impact of Perceived Bases of Power of Brand on Consumers’ Behaviour and Attitude in a Brand-Consumer Relationship Context
(2013)Research suggests that brands have human like qualities (Aaker, 1997; Aaker & Fournier, 1995; Levy, 1985; McGill, 2000) and consumers can form relationships with brands as they form social relationships with other human ... -
Degree of Openness and Project Performance: a Multi-Country Empirical Assessment of Open Innovation Information Technology Initiatives
(2013)The concept of open innovation has received much interest in management research of late. Open innovation paradigm considers that in order to advance technologies and markets, firms can and should leverage internal and ... -
Metaheuristics for the Single Row Facility Layout Problem
(2013)The single row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is the problem of arranging a set of facilities with given lengths on a line so as to minimize the weighted sum of the distances between all pairs of facilities. The problem ... -
Managing Ambidexterity in Growth Phase of Start-Up Firms
(2013)This thesis explores how startup firms balance the conflicting requirements of exploration and exploitation during their growth phase, i.e., until they reach a stage of maturity when they no longer can be called start-ups. ...