A retail stores attracts shoppers who vary in their profiles. While some of them are serious shoppers, many of them are "visitors" to the stores. It is not possible for the store to differentiate its offerings to these segments. Classifying these shoppers on demographic and their orientation to...

This paper examines the identity and role taking of Indian women over a period of time. The transition from the agrarian to the industrial/technological era has had a significant impact on the identity patterns of women in India. It has created dilemmas for Indian women in holding the agrarian...

This paper reviews the key policy questions related to non-timber forest products in the country. Finally, it suggests some guidelines for improvement in management of non-timber forest products.

In open source software development, users rather than paid developers engage in innovation and development without the direct involvement of manufacturers. This paradigm cannot be explained by the two traditional models of innovation, the private investment model and the collective action...

The paper attempts to review some opinions about ethnicity. Its main focus is to bring to light the prevailing social and legal position of ethnicity in the Indian context. The paper can be useful for ISPE course. It can also raise issues of national integration.

The paper provides detailed estimates of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at current market prices (m.p.) for Gujarat state for the period 1990-91 to 2000-01. It considers the estimates of GSDP at current factor cost (f.c.) and the 6 components of the indirect taxes and subsidies to...

This paper deals with design of a watering system for a large number of potted plants that form part of a landscape. Installation of the system was motivated by a desire to save labour, time and water. The system now in operation consists of delivery rings to which are attached large number of...

A sample of 228 Indian farmers were interviewed at two points in time in order to determine the effects of differential acceptance of improved agricultural technology on changes in equality of reward distribution over time. Analysis shows that inequality increases over time with respect to gross...

Increasingly the governments are facing pressures to increase budgetary allocations to social sectors. Recently there has been suggestion to increase the government budget allocations to health sector and increase it to 3 per cent of GDP. Is this feasible goal and in what time-frame? Health...

Privacy, its violations and techniques to bypass privacy violation have grabbed the centre-stage of both academia and industry in recent months. Corporations worldwide have become conscious of the implications of privacy violation and its impact on them and to other stakeholders. Moreover,...