Women roles and so also men roles exist in the context of a society and culture, which allocates and defines roles for both. Society and culture provide myths and epics depicting the journey of a hero as he unfolds his life to seek the answers to the questions of who am I and what is the purpose...

This paper is based on my experience with teaching a course on ethical dilemmas faced by individuals, managers and businesses in contemporary societies. Modern economic thinking generally presumes that individuals and businesses in a society follow their own self-interest, or private economic...

The objective of this study is to obtain an insight into the nature of new product introduction strategies of Indian nature of new product introduction strategies of Indian organizations. Data on 237 product/brand launches were collected from information published in four business periodicals...

In this paper we study the problems associated with distributive justice in an abstract framework originally conceived for the analysis of social choice and bargaining problems. Induced social choice correspondences are derived by considering alternatives which are invariant under permutations...

In this paper we propose a new axiom called the redundancy of additional alternatives axiom, which is satisfied by the proportional solution. A weaker version of the same axiom is satisfied by the Kalai-Smorodinsky (3) solution. The Nash solution satisfies neither. This new axiom seems to be a...

There has been a sharp rise in the demand and prices of forest and agro-forest products in India. Yet many agencies report large unsold stocks of different products. Large processors are unable to get sufficient quantities of raw materials, but forest product producers and gatherers often cannot...

The paper focuses on conflicts in organization. It discusses the need for understanding the process of ‘conflict’ particularly in the context of developing countries. It is argued that the exigencies of development create value differences between the older and the younger generation which...

This paper deals with the advertiser-advertising agency relationship which has been described as the “critical partnership” for companies where the marketing function is of substantial importance. There are numerous structural problems in the relationship between the advertiser and the...

Many decision situations involve the selection of a subset of alternatives (items, projects or actions) when the pay-offs of these decisions are difficult to quantify. An interactive procedure is developed to identify an optimal subset of alternatives when the decision-decision-maker can supply...

The Union Budget 1997/98 has significant implications for corporate investment, financing and dividend decisions. While the lowering of corporate tax rates places a premium on efficiency and profitability, lowering of personal tax rates and the proposal for complete tax exemption for dividend...