Container movement by rail was a monopoly of Indian Railways (IR) until recently and its subsidiary, Container Corporation (CONCOR) was the sole operator of container trains. Entry of other entities in 2007 has been driven by larger public policy concerns. In the process, issues such as...

Indian firms in the IT sector have entered into a variety of inter-firm alliances in recent years. Many of these alliances have been with foreign firms. There is growing evidence internationally that such linkages affect the development of new technologies. However, it is not very clear how...

India’s efforts in basic primary and adult education are turning an increasing number of non-literates into semi- and neo-literates. But due to a serious lack of literacy skill practice opportunities, many relapse into illiteracy. Same Language Subtitling refers to the idea of subtitling...

A commercial bank had undertaken an Integrated Development Project for dairy development in collaboration with a dairy plant. The scheme envisaged the supply of bank finances to the farmers for the purchase of quality cattle and repayments through milk supply to the dairy. A sample of...

In this paper we present a review of research done in the field of Indian capital markets during the fifteen years from 1977 to 1992. The research works included in the survey were identified by two search procedures. Firstly, we wrote to 118 Indian university departments and research...

This paper tries to show the trend of registration of patients (indoor & outdoor) in various medical institutes of Ahmedabad which are run by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in last 24 years (1971-94). The Civil Hospital which is run by State Government was also studies for the same...

This study explores the role of incentives—monetary or non-monetary compensation offered to children so that an educational need is fulfilled or perceived cost is brought down—in attaining certain expected educational enrolment and retention outcomes. It draws on a survey conducted in six...

This paper attempts at examining the ways in which various factors affecting savings influence different aspects of a savings decision. The three aspects of a decision to save were identified as the ability to save, the willingness to save and the opportunity (availability of institutional...

Strategic alliances are common to any industry. Their presence is felt quite significantly in the airline industry. Starting in the US in 1978 deregulation of airline industry has since brought about sea changes in functioning of the industry. This paper attempts to understand the developments...

Sensitivity Training (ST) is process through which an individual explores the journey of human existence to ask some basic questions of life, life space, role space, relationships, nature of relationships, nature of interface across many roles, relationships & spaces and above all questions...