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Valuation of securities and influence of value on financial decisions of a firm
(1980)In this dissertation the price behavior of common stock of Indian private sector companies has been studied in two time perspectives, the short-run and the long-run. The study of day-to-day price behaviour has been undertaken ... -
Variations in the use of electronic medical records in obstetrics and gynecology consultation: role of sociocultural aspects
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021)The use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in providing quality care for patients is spreading across countries including India. A systematic review of the literature reveals that EMR systems are designed as the database ... -
Voyage allocation and fuelling decisions in shipping
(1980)The thesis considers the following two types of problems in shipping viz.(i) Allocation of planned voyages to ships and Iii) Cargo mix cum fuelling decisions. The first problem considers deploying of different classes of ... -
Water resources management for a multipurpose project: an operational perspective
(1983)The study aims at looking into the operations of a multipurpose project with a view to efficient water management. Lkai-Kakrapal project, the largest in operation in Gujarat is taken for the purpose. Given the Ukai system, ... -
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 ... -
Why are “free” policy benefits left on the table?: Examining the role & cost-effectiveness of informational assistance strategies on policy take-up in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)‘Non-take-up’ of welfare benefits has emerged as a recurring empirical phenomenon across social welfare schemes around the world. People from disadvantaged backgrounds are often seen not utilizing ‘free’ benefits they are ... -
Work-family conflict across the work-family life cycle: a study of dual career couples
(1996)Work-family conflict (WFC) is a form of inter-role conflict that arises due to incompatible pressures from the work and family domains. It is a form of role conflict that has been found to have a detrimental effect on ... -
Workplace gender dilemmas: insights from women's narratives
(2011)The phenomenon of workplace gender diversity has become a reality today even in India and across the globe (Budhwar, Saini and Bhatnagar, 2005). However, this diversity has triggered challenges both for management and the ... -
Workplace incivility antecedents and outcomes-implications on HR practices
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021)Counterproductive and deviant behavior at the workplace can take many forms from rudeness to bullying to abusive supervision to even violence. In the recent decade, there has been a lot of research on the antecedents and ...