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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 ...
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, ...
Challenges in the introduction of new technologies: a study of the performance and adoption of hybrid rice in India
(2014)
Rice is the most important food staple of India and increasing its production in the context of rising food demand and escalating food prices is a major challenge in India. Breakthroughs are urgently required. A major ...
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 ...
Climate change, air pollution and public health in India: impact assessment and adaptation strategies
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Climate change has brought into sharp focus two key environmental health concerns for Indian cities - outdoor air pollution and climate change related temperature extremes. This research explores exposure-response relationships ...
Exploring Openness in Innovation Process
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Innovation as a source of competitive advantage helps organization gain superior returns from market. Until recently, innovation activities were generally restricted inside organizations and in some cases to select partners, ...
Essays on Frontline workers’ motivation and performance under public programs: A multi-method study
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
Frontline workers constitute a critical part of the implementation cadre within public policies, serving a significant role in the delivery of public goods and services. This dissertation examines frontline workers’ work ...
An empirical exploration of education and inequality – Three essays
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
Education has been reckoned as means through which life chances of the poor and the disadvantaged improve. However, prior research has also attributed education as being one of the key channels by which economic inequality ...
Change point, prediction and classification with functional data
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
Functional data consists of a collection of curves (or functions) defined on a finite subset of some interval. In this dissertation, we discuss change point, prediction and classification problems with functional data. ...
Essays on share repurchases
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
This dissertation comprises three essays, which empirically examine the influence of investor and managerial irrationality on open market repurchases (OMRs) in the US market.
In the first essay, we examine the systematic ...