Research on understanding, with a view to influencing, the behaviour of individuals in organizational settings is continuing for long. This paper analyses the employee behaviour in terms of his various needs or motives. It presents the validity and reliability measures of an instrument developed...

Given the delays and congestions at ports, leading to extensive demurrage charges for ships, a lot of attention on improving port productivity through better management systems and infrastructure developments are being considered. Privatization of ports at various levels is being proposed as a...

Although not spelt out by the Finance Minister as preparing ground for the EFF/ESAF loan from the IMF, it is a path-breaking budget with a strong emphasis on restructuring the economy and the augmenting supply side of the economy. The medium-term funding facility from the IMF/WB with...

There are confusing signals which are being given by different ministers and their officials about the health of Indian economy. Among all this brouhaha attempt is made to give economic logic to events occurring around us and it is argued that the liberalisation process is very much on track....

A rapid increase in the productivity of all sectors is required in developing countries for the betterment of their people and removal of abysmal poverty. This may be achieved through the institution of planning at the national, sectoral and regional levels. Proper choice of projects to be...

The problem we discuss in this paper is one of allocating a homogeneous, divisible good among a group of claimants in a way that is perceived as just or fair. A solution to such a problem is allocating the good in proportion to the claims. We use a reduced game property to axiomatically...

India’s policies and programmes designed to address problems of drought prone areas represent a “Bureaucratic ethos” and a “development regime”. Hinged on naturalistic and technocratic approaches to the definition and management of drought conditions, these programmes do not take into...

Based on the papers presented at the Seminar ‘Farm Mechanization for Small Scale Peasant Farming’ held in Hangjhou, Peoples Republic of China (June 1982), the information obtained from a tour of Southern China undertaken by the author and other published sources, the status of farm...

A survey of available theories in economic literature would reveal that analysis of a firm’s behaviour is performed, either, under the assumption of perfect competition in factor as well as output markets or by letting imperfections to prevail in these markets separately and then examining...

The marine fishery resources are common property, theoretically accessible to all. However, due to cost and uncertainty of exportable resources, all types of boat owners tend to fish close to shore. Serious conflicts have been observed between the traditional and mechanized craft owners....