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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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Essays on banking and fintech in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"India is amongst the fastest-growing major economies in the world today. Financing from the organized sector, particularly banking, remains the fulcrum for supporting and sustaining India’s growth. Three aspects, inter ... -
Welfare programs and household behaviour: the case of MGNREGS
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"The welfare effects of workfare programs like India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) have been identified and measured extensively in the literature. I hypothesize that both the temporal ... -
‘Gaining clarity on ambiguity’: vague versus precise temporal framing in marketing communications
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)Extant research based on temporal construal theory has employed only specifically defined time frames for near versus distant future but has not examined the case where a future event’s time of occurrence is stated in a ... -
Examining the impact of discretionary human resource practices on workplace loneliness implication during home-based telework
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"The advancement of information and communication technologies has revolutionized work– life balance in the 21st century by migrating work from traditional office spaces to remote locations. For many, employees, this ... -
Non-euclidean analytics: inference, learning and applications
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"Several classical statistical approaches assume that the data lives in a Euclidean space. However, such methods do not apply to non-Euclidean data. In this dissertation, we develop methods and theory to analyse certain ... -
Smallholder output market participation, channel choice and its impacts: empirical evidence from paddy markets in Uttar Pradesh, India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)Market access for smallholders is a key policy issue in developing economies. Smallholders face considerable challenges in accessing farm and allied output markets due to poor access to credit and output markets, high ... -
Essays on capacitated hub location problems
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"This thesis studies three essays based on hub location problems (HLPs) wherein hubs have limited capacities. We specifically look at two issues that can severely degrade the performance of a hub-and-spoke network: i) ... -
Essays on shareholder voting
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"Shareholder ratification of corporate actions is an important part of the corporate governance process. In this thesis, I examine the determinants of shareholder dissent in the context of three actions proposed for ... -
Through the e-looking glass: three essays on influencer marketing, self-discrepancies and consumer behavior
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"One of the most popular buzzwords of recent times, influencer marketing has attracted significant attention across academia and practice. However, the impact of exposure to influencers on an individual's self-concept is ... -
Essays on machine learning for enhanced decision support in e-Commerce
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"E-commerce is proliferating, consequently, the need to make informed decisions. Many ecommerce platforms have adopted data-driven solutions in various applications, such as product recommendation and fraud detection. This ... -
Global versus local brand preference formation in food products
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"Brands have come to play a major role in consumer decision-making, and in this, the brand identity, which includes its perceived global and local nature, can play a very significant role. But there is inconsistent evidence ... -
An integrated pedagogical and curricular framework for the foundational stage: insights from enactment of child-centred early childhood education policies
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)The National Education Policy (2020) and the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (2022) have introduced a new integrated pedagogical and curricular framework for children in the age group of 3-8 years, who ... -
A study of digital platform dynamics
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"This thesis examines the evolution of platform dynamics over time. The dissertation focuses on a long-standing gap in platform research – the lack of an understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of platform activities. ... -
Essays on the role of information in financial markets
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"This Ph.D. dissertation comprises three essays on the role of information in financial markets. The first essay examines the impact of the introduction of a minimum buyback mandate in open market repurchases. In line with ... -
Essays on the elements of consumer journeys in retailing
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"In two essays, I examine how elements in online and offline consumer journeys can be used to study consumer behaviour. In the first essay, I bring in the network theory perspective as an element to study online consumer ... -
Dynamics of funding women entrepreneurs - A gendered lens
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"The start-up ecosystem in India is currently the third largest in the world, trailing only behind USA and China. However, women were founders of 11% of the Indian start-ups. Starkly, only 6% of the funding goes to companies ... -
Development and validation of the menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) scale for adolescent girls and teachers: associating MHH needs, practices, beliefs and experiences of adolescent girls and teachers with student engagement
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"There is limited literature exploring the breadth of menstrual practices and how it affects student engagement levels in school among adolescent girls in India. This research tries to address this gap by (a) developing a ... -
Modeling and analysis of order fulfillment decisions in retail
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"Today, retailing emphasis has shifted from transaction-orientation to consumer-orientation, where retailers are focusing to enhance the customers’ shopping experience. Retailers are redesigning their order fulfillment ... -
Essays on strategic interactions in vertical supply chains: on the role of inventory and technology
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"The past two decades have witnessed a shift from centrally managed supply chains to decentralized supply chains (Netessine, 2004). In decentralized supply chains, interests of individual members may not be aligned with ... -
“Hustling for my career”: exploration of the individual experiences and organizational responses towards multiple job holding
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)The phenomenon of multiple job holding (MJH) or moonlighting, involving individuals holding one or more jobs along with primary full-time employment, is gaining salience in the contemporary work context. The literature on ...
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