In order to plan its time-tables, a road transport corporation needs to have reliable information on the lead-factors on various bus-trips that are currently operated. Existing information does not permit determination of load-factors on segments of trips, but provide only over-all trip-wise...

In this paper a mathematical model has been developed in which the interactions of Economic Order Quantities with quality control policies have been considered. The incoming lots of an inventory system are assumed to be subjected to single sample inspection plan. Expressions for optimal order...

Gur (Jaggery) is a natural, traditional product of sugarcane. It can define as a honey brown coloured raw lump of sugar. Kushinagar district of Uttar-Pradesh has large number of Gur manufacturing units, mostly located in the rural areas and the manufacturers are following conventional methods...

The purpose of this paper is to prove by induction the theorem (in Aizerman and Malishevski [1981]) that a choice function which Satisfies Chernoff’s axiom an d Outcasting can always be expressed as the union of the solution sets of a finite number of maximization problems. In Moulin[1988], a...

In this paper we have developed a very general framework for studying group decision making problems with claims which subsumes the set of problems studies in axiomatic models of bargaining. Subsequently we proceed to establish the improvement sensitivity of some solutions defined on a smaller...

The paper “Organizations and Men & Women Managers: Approaches and Perspective in Training” presents the existing models and approaches in training which are brought to the third world countries. For example, four such approaches are reviewed – T-Group, Tavistock, Transactional Analysis and...

The global textile trading regime is going to change drastically from the year 2005 with the phase-out of the MFA. Its implication on competition will be significant. Countries that have already put competition policies in place and firms that have been improving their capabilities are the ones...

The present study makes use of the Mann-Whitney "U" test in order to certify whether the two independent group of units – engineering and non-engineering – have been drawn from the same population of private sector industrial giants in India or from two different populations having the same...

This working paper summarises the findings of a study of 46 high-technology venture capital funded firms. The focus of the study was on the decision orientation of entrepreneurs on various strategy related dimensions. It was found that most of the entrepreneurs are successful and they are driven...

The policy reforms initiated in India since the eighties have caused entry of quite a few multinational firms into Indian industries. This has significant implications on the evolution of domestic market structure into a competitive one and consequent increase in exports. This paper builds a...