Recent drought in western India is unique for many reasons. The most conspicuous is the fact that it has generated unprecedented apathy and indifference of intellectuals. The situation in Gujarat is all the more paradoxical. The paper draws up an agenda of issues which deserve urgent attention....

The purpose of the present study is to find out the relationship between job satisfaction, ego-strength and job performance. The S-D Employees Inventory has been administered as measure of the workers’ satisfaction. To assess ego-strength the Hasan’s E-S Scale has been applied. The amount of...

The author examines the popular beliefs about the industrial relations system in Gujarat in the light of some quantitative data and other information based on personal observations and discussions. It is argued that the relatively peaceful and conciliatory climate of labour-management relations...

The main object of this study is to explore the cost relationship of District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs). This is examined in terms of economies of scale and cost complementarities of joint production or economies of scope. Deasi and Namboodiri (1996) have very comprehensively examined...

The main objective of the paper is to provide estimates of fixed capital stock in large organized manufacturing industries in India. Various theoretical as well as empirical issues which have a bearing on the measurement of capital stock have been discussed in the paper. The study provides the...

The Common Service Centre is a 1.2 billion USD initiative by the Government of India. It is an integral pillar of the Government’s National e-governance Plan. The project was started in the year 2004 with the vision to develop these centres as the front-end delivery points for government,...

This paper formulates a conceptual framework that proposes that certain work designs could contribute to better organizational performance within a sample of outsourcing firms. It explores this proposition using data collected from 60 outsourcing firms across India through survey and...

During the last decade, there has been tremendous growth in mobile penetration in many countries across the globe and most interestingly in a number of developing countries. On the other hand around, half of the world’s population is deprived of banking and financial services. This paper is...

This paper highlights the emergence of Informal Sector Firms (ISFs) in international business. Due to increasing size and significance of the informal economy in the global context (particularly emerging markets), we attempt to understand the characteristics and relevance of the ISFs. The...

In this paper, we discuss a method of measurement of project risk, based on the expected value method (EVM). Project risk management primarily comprises cost and schedule uncertainties and risks associated with each activity of the project network. We have identified the major risk sources and...