Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Title
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Industrial buyer behaviour in the thermoplastic raw material manufacturing industry in India for capital, fabricated and standard items
(1977)This dissertation researched the industrial buyer behavior In one industry in India for three types of firms namely centralized, mixed decentralized and decentralized organizations, in so far as the purchase decision making ... -
Industrial buying behaviour: A study of non-routine purchase decision process in a public sector interprise
(1991)Industrial buying behavior is a process through which industrial organizations obtain goods and services. Process refers to the set of activities that result in a commitment to action. Literature on Industrial buying ... -
Industrial energy use and environment quality: a case study of Ahmedabad
(1989)The pursuit of modern economic growth generates environmental degradation in some form. Much debate is generated regarding the environmental impacts of major development projects. But, the growth of industries in urban ... -
Industrial Productivity Growth and Agglomeration Economies
(2016)Industries concentrate spatially because dense networks of firms and individuals generate benefits known as agglomeration economies. The literature has established that agglomeration economies have an impact on productivity ... -
The influence and interaction of online store brand and product brand on pre-purchase and post-purchase consumer behaviour
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)Consumers often use product brand name and store brand name as proxies of quality while making purchase decisions. In an online shopping context, the inability of consumers to physically examine the products increases the ... -
Influence of Organisational culture on Organisational structure
(1988)Organizational structure has been one the popular topics of research for sociologists and organization theorists during the last few decades. There are two schools of thought in the literature on organizational structure; ... -
The influence of perception of performance management system and regulatory focus on work engagement
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)The relationship between perception of performance management systems (PMS) and work engagement is the main focus of this study. It is postulated that employee perception of performance management system (PPMS) determines ... -
Information Presentation in the Online Environment: The Role of Consumer Generated Reviews
(2012)Regardless of their interest, consumers are exposed to a great amount of information through both off-line and on-line advertising. These exposures to information have been found to influence the decision making of the ... -
Infrastructure for a low-carbon economy: future scenarios and policies for India
(2011)Infrastructure is the backbone through which energy flows in an economy. Hence, the policies in fluencing their choice are crucial to future energy and carbon in tensity of the economy. Major in frastructure investments ... -
Infrastructure investments, urbanization, and regional growth in India
(2011)There are significant differences in the level of economic development across states in India. Economic theories differ on the issue of convergence or divergence in regional incomes along with national economic growth. ... -
Innovative and non-innovative determinants of viability of rural banking by nationalized commercial banks
(1997)The Nationalized Commercial Banks (NCBs) have played an important role in economic development of the rural areas by promoting credit and deposit services for agriculture and allied sectors through their branches. This has ... -
Institutional interaction and participative decision-making in development programmes: a study of their importance in effective natural resource management
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)The impact of institutions on economic development has been a subject of considerable interest in recent years. It is now being widely acknowledged that apart from the standard factors such as capital, labour and technology, ... -
Institutionalization of ethics at workplace: A study of contributory role of HR and line functionaries
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)Growing number of observed unethical practices in workplace and its dire consequences for the organization has forced the organization to think beyond compliance based initiatives hence, organizations have started responding ... -
Instrumental leadership as a determinant of salesperson performance: applying the extended full range leadership theory (FRLT)
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)Salesperson performance plays an important role in determining the success of an organization. Due to of rapidly changing technology, increasing competition and rising customer expectation, the job of a salesperson continues ... -
Integrated assessment of energy and environment future: linking policy to implementation
(2003)Integrated assessment combines knowledge from different disciplines to analyse real world problems to provide solutions to decision-makers. In recent years,integrated assessment has attracted the attention of policymakers ... -
Integrated energy systems modeling for policy analysis and operational planning
(1998)This research focuses on the application of mathematical modeling for analyses at the levels of long-term national energy policy and medium-term operational planning for electric utility in India. bong-term policy concerns ... -
Integrated model for blood bank operations
(2010)This research provides a new approach to blood bank administrators for managing the complex blood bank inventory system. Our method primarily involves identifying and analyzing significant sub-problems in the context of ... -
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 ... -
Integrating water and energy systems for India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)The Paris Climate Change Agreement (PCCA, 2015) calls for holding global warming during 1850-2100 to 2 °C and well below 2°C, mainly through nationally determined contributions (NDCs). United Nations Sustainable Development ... -
An Integrative Delineation of the Determinants of Dynamic Capabilities: A Study in the Information Technology Industry.
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Dynamic capabilities are the capabilities of an organization to systematically change its resources base by sensing opportunities and making appropriate and timely decisions (Barreto, 2010; Teece, Pisano, & Shuen, 1997; ...