Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Title
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A Study of the management of transition from small scale to medium scale unit with special focus on the behavioural aspects of the top management
(1986)Economic development of any region is an outcome of purposeful human activity. Both the developed and the underdeveloped world look at the industrialization process as an important key to economic development. Most of the ... -
A study of the process of evaluation of the internal environment of a nascent organization
(1986)This is an exploratory study of the process of evolution of the internal environment of a nascent organization. This study was conducted over a period of seven months while the organization was in the process of undergoing ... -
A study of the process of negotiations in the evolution of turnaround packages for sick industrial units
(1992)Negotiation is becoming an important mode of decision making as well as of conflict resolution. Since better understanding of the process of negotiations is essential analyze the process of negotiation in the context of ... -
Study of the repurchase behaviour of farmers: case of the Indian tractor market
(1997)Knowledge about a product category affects various aspects of the consumer buying process. This has been recognized by researchers as an important factor in the field of consumer behavior. It has been found to influence ... -
A Study of Value Creation and Value Appropriation In Inter-Firm Alliances of Simultaneous Cooperation and Competition
(2013)Relatively little is known about how value is created and appropriated in inter-firm alliances of simultaneous cooperation and competition. In this dissertation, I address this gap from both theoretical and methodological ... -
A study of worker insecurity in four industrial relations contexts: a post structural approach
(2011)A review of literature suggests some broad approaches through which academic engagement with worker insecurity has occurred - communicant managerial, associations managerial, structural Marxist, radical humanist and ... -
A Study of workers' response to technological change
(1998)Changes in technology have easily observable side effects on organizational issues like work tasks. Job design, organizational structure, knowledge and skills required, and values, attitudes and behavior of employees. ... -
A Study on career systems in Indian organizatons: the role of major organizational factors
(2007)Research on careers has largely focused at the individual level to gain an understanding of employee issues such as personal flexibility, work personal life balance, and ways to have fulfilling and rewarding work. Career ... -
Studying the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Perceptions on Employee Work Attitudes
(2013)In the last couple of decades the concept of corporate social responsibility has gained importance both in practice as well as in research. Globalization and international trade have given rise to increased complexities ... -
The Sugar economy: a cobweb of policies
(1983)The India sugar economy can be viewed as a system consisting of four components: the material flow across the three stages of cane production, its conversion and consumption of end products; the feedback influences between ... -
Sustainable low carbon transport: an integrated policy framework and assessment for India
(2014)Mobility is integral to socio-economic development. Transport sector‘s fuel mix imposes multiple external costs vis-à-vis energy security, air quality and climate change. The contemporary literature shows that these ... -
Sustainable Low Carbon Urban Mobility: An Assessment of Future Scenarios and Policies for India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)Under business-as-usual development, emissions from the transportation system that delivers mobility, given its high fossil-fuel dependence, are expected to exacerbate local air pollution across India's cities and add to ... -
A team level examination of the creativity to innovation link
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"A vast body of literature exists that acknowledges the role and impact of both creativity and innovation. However, reaching to innovation from a creative idea is not a guaranteed outcome. Leaders have been found to be a ... -
Technical and allocative efficiency in Indian dairy industry: a comparative study across institutional structures
(2008)The dairy sector in India has undergone rapid changes in last two decades in terms of milk production, market structure and Government policy orientation. India’s emergence as the largest milk producer in the world, coupled ... -
Technical innovation in the manufacturing enterprise: context and process
(1982)This study is about the micro bases of technical change. Strategic action at innovating technology within the manufacturing enterprise is one prominent route to aggregate technical change. There is, however, little ... -
Technologies, policies and measures for energy and environment future
(2001)Energy, economic activities and natural environment have close linkages that manifest in diverse problems like global climate change and local air pollution affecting human health, socio-economic conditions and ecological ... -
Technology adaptation in Indian chemical and engineering enterprises having collaboration with French enterprises - a comparative study
(1990)Technology innovation has been central to the growth of the economies of the industrialized countries. Technology innovation has therefore been extensively researched. In case of the newly industrializing countries, lacking ... -
Television advertising and consumer price sensitivity: a contingent approach
(2000)Advertising and pricing are two critical elements of a firm’s marketing strategy after the product design stage. On one hand advertising spending being a cash outflow, reduces profits while realised price on the other hand, ... -
Three essays in monetary economics
(2006)This thesis studies the monetary economics of the Indian economy in the form of three related essays. Starting from Friedman's constant money growth rate prescription & Kydiand & Prescott's Noble winning work on time ...