The aim of this paper is to critically evaluate the structure and prospects of the leasing industry in India. Financial data of 29 selected leasing companies are analyzed to formulate the strategic groups of the leasing companies. It is argued that the winners of future would be either those...

Shortage of drinking water is chronic, sever and widespread in Kutch - a hot and very arid region. It is specially acute in coastal villages where surface sources dry up rapidly and groundwater is not potable. Many of these are listed as “no source” villages and are supplied water on...

In this paper, we provide an axiomatic characterization of the additive choice function using the additivity property due to Myerson (1981). It is seen that along with Pareto Optimality, symmetry, and a supporting line property the additivity axiom uniquely characterizes the additive choice...

The Five Year Plans have continued giving greater emphasis to the need of power development in the country. The Boards have to find larger amount of resources to finance its future activities. For State Electricity Boards (SEBs) the possible source of finance are budgetary sources of the State...

Employees within the organization are faced with the task of influencing their superiors and gaining compliance. By effectively using influence they can secure desired results and resources from their superiors. According to scholars and researchers use of appropriate upward influence strategies...

The purpose of this note is to present some tentative ideas on rain-shadow effect which may lead to further exploration of: a) The relationship between the rain-shadow effect of the Western Ghats (the Syhadri ranges) and the drought-prone regions in the Peninsular India, especially, the Deccan...

This paper attempts to answer three questions: (1) Is the Eighth Plan target of 8.2% rate of growth likely to be attained? (2) Is the target of 9-10% rate of growth of industrial production that is likely to be set in the IXth and Xth plans realistic? (3) How are the social objectives of...

The optimal pattern of scarce national resources involving housing vis-a-vis other sectors of the economy can be determined only after a comparative evaluation of the strength of inter-sectoral linkages of investment in housing and other sectors. The present paper makes an attempt in this...

The subject of this case study is the role of intellectual property rights in the benefit-sharing arrangements concerning the "Jeevani" drug, which was developed by scientists at the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), based on the tribal medicinal knowledge of the Kani tribe...

This article develops an international castor oil market model using econometric techniques. The model is then used for various policy experimentation. Results of various scenarios give some insights to policy makers. For example, a 20% improvement in the extraction efficiency would likely to...