Exports from small firms are analysed and the constraints in expansion and growth of exports from the sector are brought out. A large primary survey of over 1200 firms is used to bring out experiences of small firms. Small firms would have to have a major role in exports from India, because only...

In much of the applied welfare economics, one finds the recurrent use of utilitarian objective functions, in arriving at social decisions. Apart from being completely insensitive to distributional issues, the utilitarian rule does not make single valued choices. The purpose of this paper is to...

The problem of improving access of poor to formal banking system in risky ecological regions has acquired added importance in recent times. The ecological imbalances, reduced opportunities for productive investments, fluctuations in outputs, lack of technological break through, seasonal as well...

An earlier draft of this paper was presented at a workshop on ‘Dynamic Systems and Contro’ held at IIM (Ahmedabad) in November (1991). I would like to thank the participants of the workshop for their comments. I would also like to thank Prof. William Thomson for encouraging comments on...

Using data from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Database I explore the market for the provision of cellular services in Asia. This study looks at the diffusion of mobile technologies and mobile tariffs over the last decade. It compares the degree of competition, regulation and...

Failure of bureaucracy has prompted many efforts at reforming it. But administrative reform has failed in many developing countries, including India, for a variety of reasons. The costs of the bureaucracy’s malfunctioning are huge. Any attempt to recharge the Indian bureaucracy would need an...

The general problem we are interested in this paper is of the following variety: We are given a finite universal set and a linear ordering on it. What is the minimal axiomatic characterization of particular extension of this linear ordering to the set of all non-empty subsets of the given set?...

With the advent of SEBI, the regulatory philosophy has changed from merit (administered) to disclosure (market based). Since retail investors do not have expertise and resources to fully understand the disclosed information, they generally participate in the capital markets through mutual funds....

The developing countries constitute a significant growth market for computer systems and software. Analysing the needs of this market and the difficulties they present, we find that they require problem analysis, systems design, hardware and software integration, training and facilities...

The paper deals with the historical forces impinching on Indian managerial behaviour. Using this at the foundation the paper seeks to make protection about the organizational structure and managerial environment, which would emerge in Indian enterprises. The author feels that in view of the...