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Essays in mergers and acquisitions, governance structures and firm valuation
(2013)
Essay 1: Private Benefits, Wealth-risk Sensitivity and Conglomeration Lifecycle as Determinants of Ownership Structure
In the first essay we investigate the cross-sectional determinants of ownership and examine the effect ...
Exploring the impact of employee perceptions of CSR on work related behavior with spirituality as a moderator
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
With the passage of Indian Companies Act (2013), a new thrust among the managers and researchers has developed for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) research. The extant literature review on CSR suggests a scarcity of ...
Self-Initiated teacher innovations in government rural elementary schools: Evolution, impact, and sustainability
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
The challenge to the production function approach has attracted the attention of education research towards the behavioural aspects of key educational change initiators, i.e., teachers and principals. The teaching profession ...
Development of dynamic capabilities in international joint ventures: an investigation within the context of insurance industry of an emerging economy
(2014)
The study of international joint ventures (IJV) has been dominated by the focus on partner interactions as the underlying theoretical construct. It is argued that a less studied but relevant lens is that of development of ...
Father-son relationship dynamics and individual performance: A study of the marwari family business
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
Family businesses with their overlapping systems of business, ownership and family (Gersick, Davis, Hampton, & Lansberg, 1997) represent a distinctive class of organizations encompassing the economic landscape of nations. ...
Contradictions between identity and image of an organization: Exploring responses in new entrepreneurial ventures
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
Organizational identity, defined as members’ constructions about who we are as an organization (Gioia & Patvardhan, 2012), is considered as the core of organizational cognition and action. However, the understanding of ...
Multi-Period Facility Location Problem With an Uncertain Number of Servers
(2016)
Facility location problems reported in the literature generally assume the problem parameter values (like cost, budget, etc.) to be known with complete certainty, even if they change over time (as in multi-period versions). ...
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 ...
Impact of perceived overqualification on salesperson performance
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
Salesperson performance is a key indicator of organizational performance. We know
that many different factors such as qualification level, selling skills, organizational
culture, reward systems etc. influence salesperson ...
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 ...