Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the informational efficiency of S&P CNX Nifty index options in Indian securities market. The S&P CNX Nifty index is a leading stock index of India, consists of 50 most frequently traded securities listed on NSE. For the purpose, the study covers...

Purpose – Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been conceived as an instrument to quantify/assess social and commercial obligations/performance of central public sector enterprises (PSEs) in India. The purpose of this paper is to measure the financial performance of the MoU PSEs and to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand current practices in capital budgeting (including real options) in Indian companies and provide a normative framework (guidelines) for practitioners (based on our findings and literature reviewed). Design/methodology/approach – A...

Purpose – Machine scheduling plays an important role in most manufacturing industries and has received a great amount of attention from operation researchers. Production scheduling is concerned with the allocation of resources and the sequencing of tasks to produce goods and services....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to solve a flexible job shop scheduling problem where alternate machines are available to process the same job. The study considers the Flexible Job Shop Problem (FJSP) having n jobs and more than three machines for scheduling. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology using quality function deployment (QFD) approach for aligning competitive strategy with supply chain strategy. Design/methodology/approach – QFD and utility‐based optimization approach are employed to achieve strategic fit...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of information technology (IT) capabilities on an organization's performance. It investigates the effect of adoption of IT on the market share of the small and medium enterprise. Design/methodology/approach – The system dynamics...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present and test a methodology, extending the concept of hierarchical Petri nets, to discover conflicts in a distribution channel. Design/methodology/approach – The approach involves linking different levels of the supply chain and detecting...

Purpose – Humanitarian Supply chain Management (HSCM) is concerned with managing the efficient flow of aid materials, information and services to reduce the impact of disaster on human lives. Post 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the relief activities in India were not planned and executed properly....

Capital budgeting decisions affect the profitability of a business organization. Since these decisions are related to fixed assets, they have direct bearing on earnings since it is fixed assets which earn profits for the enterprise. Besides, these decisions relate to the commitment of large...