Singh, Gupta, and Dalal proposed that American and Indian college students differ in their cultural outlook on how motivation and ability determine performance. Americans follow a multiplying rule which implies that effort will be more effective with persons of high than low ability. In...

In the month of August 2006, a massive flood in the city of Surat caused major human tragedy and property damage estimated at Rs 22,000 crore. Floods also lead to loss of human and animal life and threat of epidemic. The flood of 2006 was the 3rd major flood since 1994, when plague epidemic...

The paper examines the validity of the three theories of stock price behaviour in Malaysia: Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)/Random Walk Hypothesis (RWH), Technical Analysis and the Fundamental Theory. The sample consists of the Malaysian stock market indices, Singapore stock market price...

Multiple research studies on grammar and syntax used by men and women stress disparities stemming from gender specific styles of “talk”. Borrowing from the existing literature, we analyzed transcripts of 107 employees in an Indian organization to study variations, if any, in grammar and...

The paper reviews theoretical perspective applied to the study of consumer response to promotions. These include adaptation level theory, assimilation contrast theory, attribution theory, prospect theory, transaction utility theory, the elaboration likelihood model and the attitude model. It...

The paper critically analyzes the total energy supply demand balance in India. On the background of this overview, the paper then examines several alternative energy scenario with particular emphasis on food energy relationship. It was shown that biomass energy has tremendous potentialistic in...

This paper describes a Network Planning Model for formulation for power generation and transmission system planning in detail, illustrated by an application for the Northern regional power network in India. The Network planning model simulates the operation of existing and proposed generating...

An inward looking strategy of industrialisation in India, based on import substitution, meant a neglect of exports and the foreign trade sector of the economy in general. By the mid-1980s however, there was a realization that such a strategy was not yielding the desired rates of economic growth....

This paper is basically intended to bring out a summary of research findings on Gujarat Economy Carried out by the researchers of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The research papers included under the present study have mostly appeared in the form of Working Papers/monograph series...

Management of natural resources requires reconciliation in the conflicting world views of different stake holders. The conflicts emerge because of the variation in (a) the perception of nature, (b) associated socio-ecological interactions and (c) the ethical values generating respect for non...