The debate on Technology Policy in India is not a recent phenomenon. The Indian Technology Policy has tried to maintain a balance between the anti-modern technological view of Gandhian philosophy and new modern technologies. The net result is pluralization of society in terms of benefits gained...

The degree of export fluctuations and its impact on income have been subject to a number of investigations. A major bone of contention has been whether developing countries experience a greater degree of fluctuation in exports than developed countries, and whether such fluctuations affect the...

This study examines corporate dividend policy and behaviour of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) companies. Our results confirm the influence of industry on payout ratios. We also find that payout ratios in a given industrial sector vary significantly across time. The results of multinomial...

The perspective of development of many non-governmental development agencies underwent a change in the 1970s. Consequently, there was a shift in their focus, a way from themselves to the communities they were assisting. However, a preoccupation with operations made any strategic change in...

Following the requirements of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT), India enacted the Trade Marks Act, 1999, replacing the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act of 1958. The new law has come into effect only from September 2003. The Act of 1958, in the context of India’s thrust to create...

In this paper, we provide a partial geometric characterization of the Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives (IIA) Axiom, called Independence of Irrelevant Transfers (IIT) as also a characterization of the Nash Bargaining Solution without the IIA Axiom. The characterization has been motivated...

The paper attempts to study the input-output relationship in fish farming in India through the estimation of production function and the derivation of the optimum input combination. The data used belong to a cross-section of 45 districts, covering 12 states spread all over the country. These...

The commercial potential of wireless applications has brought spectrum policies to the forefront of regulatory arena. The visibility of the telecom sector and the prior experience of 3G licensing in Europe and UK have made several Asian regulators and policy makers wary of using auctions. This...

This study explores the extent to which store service attributes having appeal for consumer self-image impacts store satisfaction and patronage intentions and discovers that this "expressiveness" value has significant associations with both. By using the adapted RSQS for measuring service...