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Re-Internationalization Process in Organizations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Re-internationalization, or a firm’s re-entry into international operations after exiting from initial international operations, is a scarcely researched phenomenon, although it has been found that intentions for re-entry ... -
Real-time analytics for intelligent systems
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-11-17)Data streams are defined as a sequence of observations arriving continuously at a fast pace. They pose unique computational challenges viz: Single-pass at incoming observations, huge storage requirements, and accounting ... -
Redefining dignity in the context of precarity: Indian security guards’ interface with their clients, suppliers and unions
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021)Precarity, marked by uncertainty, instability and insecurity has become a significant feature of contemporary work and employment. This is particularly applicable to India, where 93% of the workforce (which includes those ... -
Regulatory reforms and state supervised corporate bankruptcy reorganization
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Bankruptcy code is an important determinant of the balance of control between creditors and debtors, during the state-supervised bankruptcy resolution process. In this thesis, across three essays, we study two bankruptcy ... -
Relationship between corporate strategy, structure, and the personnel function
(1983)More and more organizations are feeling the need for a more effective utilization of their human resources. One thus sees that the personnel function has moved from a maintenance role and the line function to a corporate ... -
Relationship of prior product knowledge to pre-purchase information search ;a motivation theory approach
(2005)Understanding the consumer information search process plays a pivotal role in key strategic managerial decision areas such as communications planning and new product introduction. This study examined the process by which ... -
The Relative Importance of life style and Demograhic / Socio-Economic variables in Explainig ownership of consumer durable products
(1991)The main objective of the study was: To know whether life style variables play a role in explaining ownership of consumer durable products, and to examine the relative importance of life style and demographic/socio—economic ... -
Resource allocation and scheduling in project networks under risk
(1978)The effects of scheduling heuristics and resource availability (single resource type) on project completion time when the activity durations are known with certainty and also when they are assumed to follow a known probability ... -
Response of National R&D Laboratories to Environmental Change: A Study of Five Indian Industrial R&D Laboratories
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1996)Background: In a country like India, where more than 60% of the national expenditure on research and development is made by the central government, national RSLD laboratories have a major role to play in technological ... -
Rich dad, poor dad: life-cycle portfolio savings & human capital accumulation
(Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)This dissertation extends the human-capital and intergenerational literature by examining a two-generation life-cycle problem of an altruistic parent valuing the human-capital of his off spring and facing competing ... -
Risk in agriculture and agricultural development: the role of public policy
(1989)Agricultural incomes are subject to weather-induced variations, particularly in rainfed agricultural zones. It has been argued that the risk to agricultural income caused by the weather and other factors leads to several ... -
The Role of 'Contact' in shaping and reducing inaccuracies in gender stereotypes of women managers
(2003)Various theoretical perspectives in gender literature have tried to answer questions like “why are women treated differently in organizations?" and “what is responsible for the different t:raits and characteristics exhibited ... -
The Role Of Community Health Insurance In Perfecting Financial Inclusion
(2016)Financial inclusion has become a major imperative for development of rural regions and elimination of poverty. Within India, several attempts at financial inclusion have been made, but these efforts have remained mostly ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
The role of haptic touch on product evaluation in different shopping situations
(2011)Human beings are credited with five senses i.e. vision, audition, smell, taste, and touch. The sensory evaluation process, the evaluation process involving senses, (Martinez, 2007) is utilized by us for evaluation and usage ... -
Role of human resource management in Organisational redesign
(2002)In the era of rapid change, one of the crucial issues facing organizations is to cope with uncertainties. Changing environment necessitates a change in strategic intent and/or a change in business focus. The change in ... -
The role of human resource management systems in influencing organizational commitment: a study of an organization in the software industry
(1997)Organizational Commitment (OC) is of interest to both behavioural scientists and practicing managers as it is one of the important determinants of organizational performance. Committed employees are more likely to remain ... -
Role of operational capabilities on performance in Indian apparel retail sector
(2010)Indian apparel retail sector has shown tremendous growth rates over the last decade. Owning to tremendous growth rates and more stores getting added up, gives the customer a variety of choices in terms of store formats and ... -
Salesperson's customer orientation: conceptualization, scale development and impact in selling situations
(2010)The practice of marketing concept has been widely studied, and one of the important themes within this context is the salespersons orientation while interacting with customers in the selling situations. Saxe and Weitz ...