Out of 19 licensed tractor manufacturing companies were producing tractors in 1990-91. The import of tractors has declined with fluctuation from 2997 in 1961-62 to 10 in 1986-87 at the rate of -23.20 per cent per annum. The total production of tractors has increased at 8.29 per cent per annum....

Sales Promotion activities have gained strategic focus as markets are getting complex and competitive. Key managerial concerns in this area are budget allocation across elements of promotions as well as trade vis. consumer promotion, how to design individual sales promotion techniques and a...

The paper estimates the export and import function for India both at the aggregate (rest of the world) as well as the important individual country levels, using annual time series data for the period 1960-61 through 1990-91. It finds that the income elasticities of trade are significant and that...

Inspite of some empirical evidence in favor of the capital market efficiency in weak form and mildly in favor of semi-strong form, the capital markets participants allege that the market is excessively speculative and inefficient. The objective of this study therefore is to assess the extent of...

Conventional agricultural extension approaches have ceased to be of much effect in transforming agricultural productivity and meeting the goals of sustainable natural resource management. Multi agency approach using multimedia, multi language and multi channel is imperative. Ministry of...

Purchase executives in India were asked through a mail survey to rate 65 different suppliers attributes in regard to their importance for the purchase of standard and special products. While the standard products were of the same items, the special products would be defined as any product which...

Although as an organizational phenomenon political behaviour has started attracting considerable research, most studies approach it in a segmented fashion. The present paper proposes and integrated model for understanding the dynamics of political behaviour. Beginning with an exposition of the...

In this paper we present findings of the second national survey on the competitiveness of Indian manufacturing. The paper develops hypotheses on the competitiveness of firms in the manufacturing sector and addresses some key questions on the characteristics of world class firms in India. We...

Actual bus riders received information about frequency of service, fare, and comfort aspects of some bus systems and indicated how much they would like to travel in those buses. Information integration theory, which deals with multiple causation, was used to prepare descriptions of the bus...

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India administers a large number of national health programs such as Malaria control program, Blindness control program, National AIDS control program, Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Program and so on. However, effective management of...