In this paper we show that every choice problem in a finite-dimensional Euclidean space can be viewed as the budget set corresponding to an economic environment (possibly non-linear) in consumer choice theory.

Nonprofit Organisations (NPOs) in India play an important role as change agents for social and economic development. Though they command substantial amounts of resources, their financial performance measurement and reporting is a major concern. In absence of a single regulatory authority and...

Two problem in cognitive algebra are considered in this chapter. One is a problem of model diagnosis, distinguishing between two integration rule, averaging and multiplying, in causal attribution. This was the initial focus of the experiments reported here. Attempt toward model diagnosis,...

In this paper, we study an optimal tax allocation problem where the utility of each agent depends on his own income as well as on the income of the other tax payers. The objective of the government is seen as maximizing tax incidence without subjecting the tax payers to too much hardship...

The dominant model of globalisation creates considerable anxiety and stress in the minds of small-scale entrepreneurs and civil society organisations. In this model, choices for small entrepreneurs are very limited. The model assumes a kind of one-way street. The self-employed small-scale...

Rural Development (RD) has been in and out of fashion many times. Once again it is in. This time it is expected to be integrated. The paper examines the past experiments in RD in India, thinking from 1952 onwards, the three models available to India during the First Plan, the Community...

Performance of an organization is an outcome of its series of action choices in response to the changes in business environment or independently. Such choices are influenced by the leadership characteristics, organizational characteristics and perceived munificence of the environment. Strategic...

The eighties have witnessed major changes in the phenomenon of foreign direct investments (FDI). There have been major shifts their sources and destinations. Japan became an important source, the US the largest host for inward FDI both of Japanese and Western European based FDI. The important...

The bio-diverse regions have been known to be inhabited by the poorest people all around the tropical world (Gupta 1981). It is obvious that we cannot conserve diversity by keeping people poor. Studies have also shown that many of the indigenous innovators whether individual or communities....

Recent reports suggest that the Government of India is favourably inclined to change policy and enable establishments employing less than 1,000 workers to lay-off employees and undertake retrenchments or closures without prior permission. Corporate lay-offs in the U.S. indicate an...