Thesis and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Antecedents and consequences of top management team's power structure in a family business context
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)There are differences in the goals and motivations of the family managers vis-a-vis the nonfamily managers of a family firm that lead to power struggles between the two cohorts. Power distribution among family and non-family ... -
The impact of non-volitional interferences on product evaluation and choice
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)The integration of our lives with internet, smartphones and wearable devices has made interferences (such as interruptions and distractions) pervasive. This research investigates the impact of such interferences on information ... -
Development, climate change and Indian cities: framing and implementing policies
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Cities in India are already experiencing enhanced climate variability and extremes in annual precipitation and temperature events. A city’s climate is affected both by global warming and local factors such as its built ... -
Collaborative learning in virtual space and learning in the physical workplace: the case of in-service public-school teachers in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)The existing approach to in-service teachers’ professional development in the Indian public-school education system has often been criticized on grounds of ineffectiveness. In recent years, peer-driven, technology-mediated ... -
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 ... -
Language adaptation and advertising effectiveness: a study in a multi-cultural advertising context
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2011)The Indian television Advertising appears to predominantly standardize its creative strategy and a large part of the creative execution, allowing only localization of the language of the message to regional tastes. Systematic ... -
Managing transmission system inadequacy using duals in restructured electricity markets
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2007)Managing transmission system inadequacy using duals in restructured electricity markets -
Choice determinants and comparative evaluation of agri-output marketing channels – A farmers’ perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Agricultural marketing, regulated by the state APMC Acts of 1960s for over four decades, was found wanting in expanding services, securing better returns to farmers, and ensuring low prices of farm commodities to consumers. ... -
Why are “free” policy benefits left on the table?: Examining the role & cost-effectiveness of informational assistance strategies on policy take-up in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)‘Non-take-up’ of welfare benefits has emerged as a recurring empirical phenomenon across social welfare schemes around the world. People from disadvantaged backgrounds are often seen not utilizing ‘free’ benefits they are ... -
Beauty service work as dirty work: Understanding employees' lived experiences
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Beauty service work, an emergent industry in the contemporary business context, has earlier been studied as bodywork and interactive service work. The present study explores the subjective experiences of beauty service ... -
An experimental investigation of advertising effectiveness in roadblock advertising
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Recent years have seen growing use of ‗Roadblock Advertising‘ by media planners to enhance advertising effectiveness. Many companies (Hutch, Aircel, ITC, Viacom 18, Nestle, Nokia, Volkswagon, Real fire extinguisher, Vodafone, ... -
Essays on Corporate Social Performance (CSP) & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A global to firm level analysis
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)In recent years, there is a growing interest about corporate social responsibility (CSR) of firms in both academic literature and business world. Here, the underlying rationale is that since business forms a part of society, ... -
Explorations in modeling and forecast assessment of energy derivatives
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty, energy commodities have gone through abrupt shifts in supply and demand dynamics during the last decade. This has caused unprecedented price volatility. To manage excessive price ... -
A process evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) enrolment process: Lens of accountability
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Increased accountability (through increased efficiency, cost reduction and expertise of private actors) has been used as one of the primary justifications for encouraging private sector participation in the public health ... -
Essays on online hyperlocal food service marketplaces
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Owing to the e-commerce revolution, food service business is shifting from being the traditional brick-and-mortar dine-in restaurant to being an online food ordering business. Although the online food service delivery ... -
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 ... -
A strategic view of refurbished goods
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)‘Refurbished goods’ are goods that are deemed unfit for sale at full price for a variety of reasons regarding their perceived or actual quality deficiency. These goods are then ‘refurbished’ i.e. brought back to full ... -
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. ... -
Hub interdiction problems: Models and solution approaches
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Hub-and-spoke networks are used in the operations of businesses like telecommunication, transportation and energy systems. The network has special facilities known as hubs which act as interim nodes between source and ... -
Private sector participation and container terminal efficiency issues and evidence from India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Greater Private Sector Participation (PSP) is widely considered an effective means to enhance the competitiveness of a nation’s port sector. In this context, the thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of container terminal ...