This paper identifies the sources of confusion with respect to the constructs : work, nonwork and Leisure. Furthermore, theories and hypotheses such as, spillover, segmentation etc., dealing with work work-nonwork relationship are reexamined. The paper proposes operational definitions of...

In the national quest for competitive advantage two basic forces may be crucial. On the one hand, progressive corporations “invest in inimitability” (the so-called institutional effect). Simultaneously, in the interests of time compressed national progress, policy makers try to facilitate...

It is now an incontrovertible fact that capabilities are the source of competitive advantage. However, the process through which firms build capabilities over a period of time is only partially understood. Concepts like learning, resource combination, and co-evolution can be categorized as...

The economic significance of the average shadow price for integer and mixed integer programming problems has been established by researchers (Kim and Cho 1988), (Crema 1995). In this paper we introduce the concept of the marginal unit shadow price to deal with the integer programs where the...

Based on Consumer Study of Ahmedabad households, conducted immediately after the sugar crisis of 1980, the paper presents the changes that consumer consumption, buying and stocking patterns went through because of the high prices and shortage situation. It points towards reduction in household...

This article reviews a few definitions of OD and identifies eight characters that are necessary to call an activity or experience as an OD activity or experience. The article then goes on to examine ten case studies (of research, consulting and OD) of what appears like an OD activity in which...

This paper explores the institution of marriage and work organization as held by women. Both systems demand responses from women for which they are often not prepared. Their dreams of romanticised marriage and fantasy of togetherness often lead them to dis-illusionment and dis-enchantment. Their...

Current thinking traces complexity costs to the imposition of time on resources, which essentially reduces complexity issues to the more standard congestion issues familiar from queuing logic. This logic is correct in many instances, but cannot explain the phenomenon of making schedule. In a...

A new framework has been developed for analysing the sectoral price behaviour. A detailed theoretical exposition of the hypothesis regarding fix and flex price systems is given in first para of the paper. IN a nutshell, fix price industries and those industries where process respond mainly to...

This paper examines the relationship between the degree of agricultural progress and institutional credit. More specifically it examines the relationship between the proportion of area covered under HYVs of foodgrains and (a) the density of Rural Financial Institutions (RFIs), (b) various types...