The present study makes an attempt to assess, in quantitative terms, the contributions made by various factors to the observed rate of growth of Indian iron & steel industry during the post-war period. The analysis is conducted within the broad framework provided by the well-known neo-classical...

The author examines the contribution of sociology to the field of industrial relations in the Indian context. The first part of the paper deals with the concept of industrial relations and its interface with conventional social sciences, especially sociology. It is argued that sociological...

I discuss ten myths about why agroforestry systems may or may not work in a particular manner. It is obvious that while blowing these myths I may have caricatured the reality a bit too harshly. The purpose only is to stress that there is no substitute to restoring the place of agro-forestry...

In the context of growing number and significance of organisation as determinants of wider social dynamics, this essay takes a radical look at the role of top mamangement. Reviewing a recent book, Beyond Management: Essays on the Processes of Institution Building, - the paper examines the need...

Dewfall occurs over a season of nine months in coastal arid district of Kutch. Quantity too is appreciable. A research program has been started to develop efficient passive condensers to harvest dew and use it as a supplementary source of drinking water which is scarce in the area. A passive...

Large number of local communities have conserved biodiversity and the associated knowledge systems despite remaining very poor. Sometimes, they have refused to receive any compensation in view of sharing the information. Their ethical beliefs have prevented them from accepting any valuation of...

This paper discusses following five issues by briefly considering the historical context of agriculture, innate biological nature of production process in agriculture, and initial conditions that agriculture inherited at the time of Independence in 1947: (1) Strengths and weaknesses of major...

Markets do not operate in vacuum. They need an institutional structure for them to function competitively and efficiently. This revisit study based on intensive study of eight villages – six from West Bengal and one each from Gujarat and Maharashtra – shows that cooperatives or cooperative...

The paper deals with certain salient features regarding executive health based on Indian studies. An attempt has been made to establish a link between Stress and Executive Health. For purposes of presentation the data of executive health has been classified as (i) Psychological, (ii)...

This paper applies the Variance analysis approach developed by Robert F.Lusch and William F. Bentz for analysing changes in return on investment of three units: DCM, Hindustan Lever and TELCO. It identifies the different factors that explain the difference or change in two ROI rates. Both an...