Thesis and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Trust and shopper patronage intentions: impact of congruity in store-shopper relationships
(2007)This study develops a Value-Congruity model of Trust for understanding how shopper trust builds in a store and how shopper patronage intentions are impacted at different levels of store-shopper relationship quality. The ... -
Determinants and outcomes of intention to quit of Indian IT professionals
(2007)Globalisation and outsourcing have become buzzwords in the present economic boom. India is getting considerable attention, with specific focus on software services outsourcing. The Indian software services sector is growing ... -
A Study on career systems in Indian organizatons: the role of major organizational factors
(2007)Research on careers has largely focused at the individual level to gain an understanding of employee issues such as personal flexibility, work personal life balance, and ways to have fulfilling and rewarding work. Career ... -
Trust and organisational commitment: a study in the Indian pharmaceutical sector
(2007)Organizational commitment (OC) is among the most widely researched topics in organizational behavior literature. Organizational commitment typifies the employees’ relationship with their organization and is believed to ... -
A study of alienation among knowledge workers
(2009)Alienation as a concept has been discussed for a long time. The term came into prominence in the early writings of Marx (1844/1932), and since then the concept of alienation finds reference across a broad range of subjects ... -
Determinants of CEO compensation: evidence from India
(2008)Despite a wealth of research on CEO compensation drawn from agency and managerialist perspectives, little is known about determinants of compensation in contexts outside developed economies and professionally-run organizations. ... -
A Study of Innovation champions' influence approach in the innovation process
(2008)With the increasing emphasis on innovations, organizations are looking at options to move from the incremental orbit to the level of quantum innovations. To facilitate such a shift organizations appoint innovation champions ... -
Stochastic optimization based decision support system for strategic planning in process industries
(2008)Increased competitive pressure due to globalization has forced Indian companies to look for scientific methods of planning their operations, and efficient utilization of available resources.Recent surveys and literature ... -
Technical and allocative efficiency in Indian dairy industry: a comparative study across institutional structures
(2008)The dairy sector in India has undergone rapid changes in last two decades in terms of milk production, market structure and Government policy orientation. India’s emergence as the largest milk producer in the world, coupled ... -
Evaluating G2C e-government projects in India: indicators and measurement
(2008)The phenomenon of e-Government, understood broadly as the use of information and communication technology by government agencies for delivering services to citizens (G2C), businesses (G2B) and other government agencies ... -
Performance and impact of national multi-commodity exchanges on the marketing and price-risk management of agricultural commodities
(2008)This research undertakes a detailed examination of the performance and impact of recently started National Multi Commodity Exchanges on the marketing and price risk management of agricultural commodities in India. With the ... -
Three essays on operational and strategic decisions in a competitive auto component replacement market
(2008)With constantly evolving markets and changing dynamics among firms, the competition has taken new dimensions. Competition on price alone is no longer sustainable. Increasingly, firms are competing on multiple dimensions ... -
Natural gas market in India: evolution and future scenarios
(2008)This study examined the evolution of gas markets in India and demand for gas in future. A review of literature showed that gas market growth was impacted by economic reforms, geopolitics, globalization and environmental ... -
Exploration of positive characteristics in employee engaging in organizational citizenship behaviors
(2008)Positive Psychology has emerged as an independent area of enquiry in psychology and organizational behavior. Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) and Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) study positive psychological ... -
Money,finance and economic development; the case of India
(1978)Contemporary macro theory has taken a peculiar stand on the role of the institution of’ money and the financial system in the economic processes of’ a market economy. Though it has paid B great deal of attention to the ... -
Diffusion of biogas plants in rural Gujarat
(1996)Biogas plants offer many benefits for regions facing cooking fuel scarcity. It utilizes cattle dung to provide clean burning gas. The refuse of the plant(slurry) retains the nutrient value of dung and hence is useful as ... -
Decentralised development planning towards an operational framework
(1979)This dissertation critically examines the existing system of development planning in India for its suitability as a multilevel mode of planning. After discussing the related issues, it proceeds to give a framework for ... -
Planning for computer-based management information systems for municipal corporations
(1977)Consequent to the recommendations of the administrative reforms commission, some serious attempts have been made to introduce formal management information system in central and state government departments. The present ...