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Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for doctoral degrees at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
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Changes in environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulation in India: exploring the political dynamics from a neo-gramscian perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has traditionally been presented as a scientific tool for sustainable development by ensuring that economic development projects consider their environmental impacts in decision-making. ... -
Do price promotions lead to lost customers? the impact of perceived control, psychological ownership, and psychological distance on promotional credit
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Promotional credit is a unique price promotion that requires more than one purchase to realize savings and is valid until redemption or expiry of credit. This thesis focuses on the impact of (a) restrictions on promotional ... -
Exploring the evolution of the test-preparation industry in India - historiographic analysis and public policy implications
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)An increasing number of aspirants for a diverse range of competitive examinations, and a culture of ‘high-stakes’ examinations, has led the Indian test-preparation, or ‘test-prep’/coaching industry, to experience strong ... -
Ableism and employment of persons with disabilities: organizational socialization of employees with blindness
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Despite rights-based conventions and legislative structures in place, PWDs face overwhelming challenges in obtaining a paid job. Those who succeed to get employed, face numerous issues, especially during their organizational ... -
Essays on climate change from stakeholder engagement perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Achieving environmental sustainability has been a priority for firms in the recent past. Firms are trying to reduce emissions and engaging with stakeholders to reduce the overall emissions in their extended value chain to ... -
Three essays on the Indian derivatives market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)The Indian derivatives market is one of the largest derivatives markets by volume in the world. The existence of liquid single stock options, single stock futures, and spot market along with very high retail participation ... -
Essays on navigating fake reviews and enhancing trust in e-commerce websites
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)The continued prevalence of fake reviews in the online marketplace poses a pervasive challenge impacting consumers, businesses, and online platforms. Fake reviews deviate from honest evaluations, potentially distort ... -
Technology adoption and innovation in healthcare
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)What explains differential rates of healthcare technology adoption in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)? Three determinants that can help determine the technology adoption trajectory in LMICs are – demand-pull from ... -
Customized forecasting and change point detection with temporal data
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Forecasting temporal data is vital in diverse managerial applications. Depending on the application, data can come in different forms, such as real-valued time series, multidimensional time series, functional (infinite ... -
Exploring the trajectory of moral courage in whistleblowing at work: actual whistleblowers’ lived experiences
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Wrongdoings at work have the potential to harm the interests of individuals, organizations and the wider society, making it necessary that they get reported to prevent adverse consequences. Accordingly, whistleblowing at ... -
Hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in the context of workplace bullying: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of food delivery platform workers
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Research on workplace bullying has predominantly reported negative physiological, emotional and behavioural outcomes on targets, highlighting a stressor-strain approach (Conway et al., 2021; Hansen et al., 2021; Vranjes ... -
Capabilities, entrepreneurial competencies, and success: some explorations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Entrepreneurial competencies are a specific group of competencies that enable the entrepreneur to start and grow a venture and are relevant to ensure successful entrepreneurship (Man et al., 2002). The significant push ... -
Examining effects of women’s participation in non-farm work
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Literature is replete with studies on impacts of participation in non-farm work in the rural context and how it contributes to attenuation of rural poverty. The differential impacts of women’s participation in non-farm ... -
Heuristic approaches to some intralogistics layout and routing problems
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Intralogistics plays a vital role in efficiently managing and optimizing the movement of goods and materials within warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities. This thesis focuses on addressing optimization ... -
Determination, estimation and enhancement of social media user engagement: a deep dive into sports marketing
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Enhancing user engagement on social media platforms such as Twitter is imperative for sports franchises, organizations and individual influencers because higher engagement correlates positively with better sponsorships. ... -
Essays on regulatory aspects in Indian financial market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Country-level legal and regulatory institutions play a crucial role in the overall economic development of the country by facilitating the raising of external financial capital, and the flow of foreign investments among ... -
Strategic interactions in vertical supply chains: on the role of encroachment and advance purchasing
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)This dissertation analyzes strategic interactions between an upstream seller and a downstream buyer in three two-period settings: (i) when the seller opens a direct channel in parallel to an existing indirect channel (aka ... -
Role of family firm heterogeneity in internationalization, earnings management, and entrepreneurial orientation
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Family firms (FFs) differ from non-FFs in that they have unique succession plans, nonfinancial goals, ownership structures, and strategic choices compared to non-FF. At the same time, FFs are a very heterogeneous group, ... -
Essays on caste demography, occupational diversity, education, and entrepreneurship in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)India's diverse socio-economic fabric has been shaped by its caste system over centuries. This thesis constructs and analyzes a unique database on caste sub-groups (jatis) to study population structures, occupational ... -
Essays on consumption distribution and heterogeneity in household preferences
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024)Income interventions with pro-poor targeting is a common fiscal policy around the world. However, their corresponding distributional effects on consumption and savings are not well understood. In the first essay, using an ...
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