Marketing research studies in India, particularly those based on consumer surveys, which extend data collection beyond a particular linguistic region, confront a serious problem of language comparability in the questionnaires if they are meant for administration to populations using different...

Maternal Health Services are one of the basic health services to be provided by nay government health system as pregnant women are one of the most vulnerable victims of dysfunctional health system, India, in spite of rapid economic progress is still farm away from the goal of lowering maternal...

There is considerable literature in the field of finance concerning the valuation of negative cash flows. Consequently, it is widely held that a project should be valued by valuing each component of the project’s cash inflows and outflows separately, either by discounting the cash flowing at...

The paper makes an attempt to test empirically the validity of the marginal productivity hypothesis of wage determination in the case of the Indian economy by using the data on the organised manufacturing sector. The broad methodology followed in the study consists in estimating the Cobb-Douglas...

Coffee, although an important commodity in India agricultural exports, has faced fluctuating international prices and decreasing unit value realisation, especially in the post-reform period. Hence, domestic market for coffee cannot be neglected altogether. In fact, Coffee Board has proposed a...

In this study we examine the dividend behaviour of Indian companies. We use GMM estimator, which is the most suitable methodology in a dynamic setting. Our results show that the Indian firms have lower target ratios and higher adjustment factors. The most significant result is that the...

This paper presents the results of a series of eight research papers commissioned by the Asian Development Bank and the Department of Economic Affairs, in the area of transport infrastructure development in India. The research was intended to provide primary insight in the relevant area, through...

Among the young elite decision-makers in modern India, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) probationers and management graduates from institutions such as Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) rank high. They come from similar family and educational backgrounds. Yet, within the space of the...

Most organisations operate staff mess or canteen facility for its employees where payments for food items are made with money coupons rather than cash. In such coupon-based transaction system, the management needs to decide the denominations in which the coupons should be printed and also the...

A steel plant has to dispatch products to forty four stockyards from a range of over hundred stock keeping units. The railways, who transport the steel, would like the steel plant to move the steel in a rake load since it is operationally beneficial. On the other hand, the steel plant prefers to...