Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Title
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The process of technology transfer in the Ahmedabad textile Industry
(1980)By studying the transfer of technology from ATIRA to its users, it was hoped that some insights could be gained regarding international transfer of technology (in India) and directions for further work emerge. There would ... -
Production planning and scheduling in multi-stage batch production environment
(2004)We address the problem of jointly determining production planning and scheduling decisions in a complex multi-stage, multi-product, multi-machine, and batch-production environment. Large numbers of process and discrete ... -
Project management in government and joint sector organizations: comparative case studies of four projects
(1987)The significance of this research study is identified in the context of the important role of joint public sector projects in a developing country and the need to improve their performance. The study is exploratory in ... -
Public distribution of food grains in India
(1977)The present research was undertaken to understand in the Indian context, the ole assigned to the Public Distribution System (PDS) and, the effectiveness of its performance in the past to define its conceptual role under ... -
Purchase of branded agricultural inputs: a study of pesticide buying behaviour
(1994)The pesticide market in India is becoming highly competitive. The number of options available to a farmer for control of a pest could sometimes include over 140 pesticide brands. Farmers decision making on pesticides ... -
A quantitative approach to media planning
(1974)This dissertation develops methodologies for solving the media planning problem, keeping in view the three-fold requirements of fidelity, analytical rigour, and practicality. A mathematical programming model has been ... -
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 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 ...