IIMA Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Exact solution methods for non-convex optimization problems
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"The thesis focuses on the development of efficient algorithms for solving the non-convex problems arising in different application areas involving operations and supply chains. In the first essay, we propose an exact ... -
Investigating the ‘private’ in the educational technology field: imaginaries and precarity in educational provisioning in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"Globally, the rise of the Educational Technology (EdTech) field has been accompanied by the growth of the market in education. Working alongside the dispersed policy networks and the discourse of ‘disruption’, the interests ... -
Peer mentoring of school-based mentors: an exploratory study of mentoring relationships in public schools in urban Delhi
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"Peer mentoring of mentors, as a mechanism for the job-embedded professional development of mentors, provides opportunities for more competent mentors to guide the development of their mentor colleagues. The mentoring ... -
Collective action among communities for early adoption of top-down adaptation policies
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"This thesis, through two essays, examines how policy interventions for climate adaptation can foster collective action for vulnerable communities as well as the configuration of conditions at the community level that ... -
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 ... -
Overcoming institutional voids in the agricultural product market: analysing the role of farmer organizations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"In this thesis, we analyse the ability of farmer organizations to overcome institutional voids in the agricultural product markets. We further look at the impact of membership to one such farmer organization i.e., farmer ... -
Essays on managerial discretion
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023)"This thesis examines discretionary managerial decisions and investigates their association with the behavioral biases of market participants. We study managerial discretion in the context of repricing employee stock ... -
More interest rates hikes done than necessary
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When inflation gets closer to 4%, focus can shift to growth
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Cumulative impact of MPC actions still unfolding: RBI guv
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The sprawling red-bricked-grey-cement
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What India's young must produce & supply to the world
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Gujarat ranks sixth in India in student suicides: Cong
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World class: alumni funding nearly doubles at IIT-Gandhinagar in 3 years
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Food supply chains and resilience to shocks: evidence from India's COVID-19 lockdown
(Wiley, 2023-04-11)We study the disruption of food supply to households and reduced farm-to-market arrivals in India's food supply chain during the COVID-19 lockdown. We focus on the relationship between logistics quality (and performance) ... -
Digital privacy paradox: Apple’s privacy centric measures
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-03-20)Moore’s Law states that, “The number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles every 2 years as technological progress advances.” Over time this has become loosely applicable for all tech and digital developments ... -
Factors affecting e-commerce adoption in India and US
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-03-21)E-commerce has redefined commercial activities since the turn of the century. As an industry E-commerce grew with a CAGR of 25.7% in FY20 (Gaubys, J.) and is expected to be 21.8% (Vision Monday, 2021) of all retail sales ... -
Impact of early age code learning with platforms like Whitehat Jr. on children
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-03-21)As striving parents nudged by tech education businesses push their children to start young with learning programming, detractors raise red flags, the key contention being that it's being taught too early for a few. 'Will ... -
Why do consumers disclose personal data
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-03-21)Taking a mixed approach and accounting for the influence of both rational (i.e., losses and gains associated with disclosure) and irrational (i.e., habits) factors in the disclosure decision-making process, while considering ... -
Understanding emergence of men’s grooming industry and identifying consumer requirements
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-03-21)The country’s beauty industry has primarily catered to the woman population, however in the recent years lots of products have come up catering to the male population. According to Research and Markets, the male’s grooming ...