Twenty-one subjects were given the divergent thinking task of listing green, funny, and liquid objects and asked to think aloud. Their protocols were analysed and five phases and 23 sub-phases of divergent thinking were identified. Ideating was found to be the most commonly utilised phase. Its...

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) programme of action recommended reproductive health approach to reorient the family planning and other health programmes in the world. The reproductive health approach which focuses on client needs rather than demographic targets...

In this study I present some evidence on the credit channel of monetary transmission in India. Using the set up of Bernanke and Blinder (1992) it is found that loans, investments and deposits of commercial banking system respond significantly to a monetary policy shock. Results to a positive...

This paper makes an attempt to analyse the behaviour of relative factor shares in an underdeveloped country passing through the early stages of rapid economic development. The main purpose of the analysis is to advance some broad hypotheses regarding the pattern of income distribution and the...

Among developing countries there has been a widespread shift during the past decade from state control of the economy to deregulation and liberalization. The World Bank has played a leading role in promoting this change. Evidence suggests that nearly as many developing countries have experienced...

The paper presents observational data impressionistic accounts emerging from a study aimed at understanding the determinants of technological dynamism, and the role that publicly funded technology institutions play in facilitating product or process innovations in industrial firms. The study...

The basic problem in choice theory is to choose a point from a set of available points. A large literature has grown where the central issue is the choice of a vector from a compact, convex and comprehensive (terms to be defined later) subset of a finite dimensional Euclidean space. A...

There is a growing demand on the educational institutions to contribute to the development process, particularly in the rural areas. The academicians have responded to this demand in a favourable manner. In the IIMA a faculty group is working on an action research programme titled ‘Rural...

The paper explores the tend and differential movement of the managers from the processes of social identity to the emergence of work identity in Indian organizations. The focus of the Social Identity is maintenance of relationship matrix while the focus of Work Identity is the tasks and goals of...

The paper looks at the growth and commercialization of microfinance in India. It starts out be looking at how the commercial microfinance has evolved internationally by discussing two specific examples and then moves on to examine the specifics cases of four large microfinance institutions in...