Hospital Management is an area of considerable importance to governments’ health authorities and the general population. Governments all over the world are concerned about providing quality health care to their people. The situation has become very critical recently in the light of rapidly...

Advertisers use various strategies to make an advertisement effective. The use of symbols and themes is one of these strategies. This is a qualitative study aiming to understand whether the presence of some symbols and particular themes in an advertisement affects the liking for that...

In this study we have used Granger’s test of causality as interpreted by Sims and found out that causality is semi directional from money to price level. This conclusion is independent of the type of definition of money used and is valid whether we choose time period characterized by fixed...

In this paper a model for the aggregation of ballot profiles is considered. In this framework some new results are obtained: the characterization of oligarchic aggregators, the characterization of the plurality aggregator and the non existence of a vote aggregator which is anonymous and yet...

A variety of efforts are underway at the international level to strengthen the capability of developing countries in dealing with transnational corporations which are a global source of technology, capital, and management. It is argued in this paper that while international proposals such as the...

In the past, people learnt about dealing with complex situations through life experiences. With the availability of computer simulations, it seems feasible to supplement ‘life’ as a teacher to foster learning about the challenges of complex, dynamic, and uncertain realities. This paper...

The paper seeks to refute the popular view that the growth of the Indian cotton textile industry was a case of “adaptive innovation.” Asserting that the distinction between “creative innovation” and “adaptive innovation” is, conceptually, meaningless, the author contends that in the...

Existence and characterization of a generalized bargaining solution incorporating preferential treatment is discussed. Similar results pertaining to variable reference point games are motivated.

The article examines the nature of futures market and its development abroad. It provides a theoretical framework reviewing behaviour of future prices and a need for an effective arbitrage between spot and futures market to ensure competitive and fair pricing for hedge seekers. In the Indian...

In this paper we propose a concept of opportunity fairness for economies in which there are public goods and establish its equivalence with the concept of an equal income Lindahl equilibrium.