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Patterns and Determinant of Internationalization by New Ventures in India: A study of entrepreneurial, firm and industry factors
(2016)Researchers had recognized the important contribution of SMEs to international trade, but Oviatt & Mcdougall (1994) highlighted the importance of younger and smaller firms and their distinguishing features that help them ... -
Peer mentoring of school-based mentors: an exploratory study of mentoring relationships in public schools in urban Delhi
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"Peer mentoring of mentors, as a mechanism for the job-embedded professional development of mentors, provides opportunities for more competent mentors to guide the development of their mentor colleagues. The mentoring ... -
Perceived organisational support and organisational commitment: the mediational influence of psychological well being
(2005)Organizational commitment (OC) is perhaps one of the most researched topics in organizational behavior studied. It characterizes employee relationship with their organization and influences their decision to continue with ... -
Perception of foreignness of brands: An investigation of consumers classification schema and its impact on brand evaluations
(2016)Country-of-origin (COO) affects consumers’ perceptions towards brands and products. However, research also suggests that consumers rarely recognize brand origins accurately (Balabanis & Diamantopoulos, 2008; Samiee, Shimp ... -
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 ... -
Performance and prospects for the Indian man - made fibers industry
(1980)This thesis has comprehensively studied various aspects of the man-made fibres industry like demand, cost conditions, profitability, investment and financial decisions. It has also probed in-depth into the factors responsible ... -
Performance of new equity share issues: an India experience
(1981)Oversubscription of public issues of new equity shares was a common phenomenon experienced in India during the Seventies. The overwhelming public response to new equity issues, which are normally considered riskier than ... -
Performance variation across industries: role of ownership, trade and market structure
(1992)Performance of industry has been of concern to academicians as well as to practitioners and politicians. Industrial growth has been considered essential to improve the standard of living through higher productivity of ... -
Performing eating out: organizing food-spaces and 'new' forms of working
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021)I seek to understand the processes of organising that emerges and manifests as food-spaces, where class and gender are constructed and performed. Such spaces may be constituted as 'eating-out' spaces, work-spaces and social ... -
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 ... -
Planning for conjunctive use of surface and ground water for irrigated agriculture: a systems approach
(1991)Attempts to control the occurrence of – waterlogging of agricultural land, spreading soil salinity and rising water-table in saline groundwater zones, has met with very limited success for most medium and major irrigation ... -
Planning, coordination and stability of supply chain networks
(2010)Over the past quarter century, supply chain management has evolved as an interdisciplinary and attracting interests from practitioners and academia. During this period, a number of supply chain paradigms have helped transform ... -
Political processes in grievance resolution: An empirical study
(1994)From its origins in law, the scope of the concept of "due process“ (the idea of procedural as well as substantive rights of citizens) has expanded to include work organizations. In the industrial organizations, considerations ... -
Portfolio behaviour of Indian commercial banks
(1980)In allocating their funds the commercial banks have to fulfil a number of legal restrictions. The increasing nature of the restrictions has reduced the freedom of the banks to operate on their portfolio. Despite this it ... -
Power sector reforms: emerging generation markets and externalities
(2005)The objective of the thesis is to analyze the effects of electricity sector reforms on the generation markets and corresponding externalities. The study answer the following questions: I ) What arc the new electricity ... -
Predicting corporate sickness: the case of indian textile industry
(1980)Corporate Sickness is widespread in the Indian Corporate Sector. Several financial institutions are trying hard to develop early warning systems. This dissertation is a small contribution in that direction. The attention ... -
Pricing behaviour of the Indian capital market: a comparative analysis in the CAPM, the APT and the macro-economic context
(1995)Research regarding the behaviour of the Indian capital market has been very limited. The risk-return relationship has been studied using only the Capital Asset Pricing Model; and the factor-structure of the return-generating ... -
Private sector participation and container terminal efficiency issues and evidence from India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Greater Private Sector Participation (PSP) is widely considered an effective means to enhance the competitiveness of a nation’s port sector. In this context, the thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of container terminal ... -
A process evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) enrolment process: Lens of accountability
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Increased accountability (through increased efficiency, cost reduction and expertise of private actors) has been used as one of the primary justifications for encouraging private sector participation in the public health ... -
Process lag and individual stress in organizations: a diagnostic basis for OD
(1979)Organization Development (OD) as one way to operationalize planned change has emerged as pressures have been building to manage the individual-organization interphase more effectively. The process of rapid change ushered ...