In this paper a general model of dualistic economies with urban informal sectors is proposed. The model is able to encompass a wide variety of distortions and institutional features which may affect such economies. Within this framework the two types of dualism, modern and traditional sector...

The implementation of geographically dispersed computer-communication projects involving large financial outlays is a complex task, more so in a developing country context. This paper is focused around a case study which highlights some of the issues in the context of Indian Railways decision to...

India had a very strong base for the potential supply of raw material for its leather industry. This was reflected in the absolute numbers in the livestock population statistics of India. However, in the planning exercises yearly capital outlay for the research and development programmes for the...

Inventions are based on novel and useful ideas. Those ideas are the intellectual property of the inventors and they should be recognised and sufficiently rewarded in order to make inventors disclose the idea to the benefit of the society. Though industrial patents were in existence for a long...

This paper makes an attempt to isolate the influence of structural differences in Female Population on the Female Labor Force Participation Rates (FPR) in different States and thereby measure the extent of actual regional variation in the Female Participation Rates in India. It also tries to...

A general Markovian model representing several multiple unit redundant repairable system is proposed and it’s transient behaviour is studied. Specifically, for multiple unit reliability system the reliability and availability functions are derived in an explicit form for the transient case....

Cases of six outstanding organizational helmsmen who had successfully built up and nurtured enduring organizations form the leit-motif of this essay. These organizations are: the Oberoi chain of hotels built up to dizzying heights by Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberio; the Indian Institute of...

With the growth of private voluntary insurance in the unregulated healthcare market, costs of healthcare are likely to go up. Managed care organisations in many developed countries play important role in containing costs. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has paved the...

The classical Harris-Wilson inventory model does not explicitly account for the costs incurred in transporting goods from the supplier to the buyer. Either such costs are assumed to be fixed and considered part of the ordering costs or they are assumed to be variable and are included in the item...

This paper describes the design and implementation of an online PC-based crew allocation and management system for freight trains on Indian Railways. The software allows different rules to be used for calling the crew so that equity in duty hours is achieved. A computer network between the...