The pattern of diversification across states/crops in India has beenschematized and various determinants of diversification have beendeciphered. To objectively confer the empirical resonance, values ofSimpson index have been estimated. The diversification index (SID) hasbeen found to range from...

Instability of commodity prices has always been a major concern of theproducers as well as the consumers in an agriculture-dominated countrylike India. Farmers in a bid to avert the price risk often tend to go fordistress sale and thereby reduce the potential returns. In order to cope upwith...

Historically, black pepper has been a highly tradable commodity; its domesticprice, production as well as profitability are highly influenced by itsinternational prices. In 2003-04, the domestic prices of black pepper plungeddown to Rs 74/kg from a peak of Rs 215/kg in 1999-2000. The study...

The sugar industry is a major agro-based industry of Uttar Pradesh wherecropping pattern is largely subsistence-oriented and sugarcane is one ofthe important cash crops. During 2001-02, the state had 20.35 lakh ha areaunder sugarcane out of the total 44.03 lakh ha area under sugarcane in...

Conventional wisdom suggests that there is a conflict between the goals of environmental protection and economic competitiveness. But proactive industry leaders argue that this is not true as long as state policy creates a level playing field. In fact, certain progressive firms have adopted...

Chapter 1. A Dynamic Conditional Correlation analysis based approach to test Financial Contagion in developing markets -- Chapter 2. Achieving Business Agility through Service Oriented Architecture in Recovering Markets -- Chapter 3. An Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment with Special...