Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure technical efficiencies, slacks and input/output targets for 50 large Indian pharmaceutical firms. Design/methodology/approach – The data are collected from Prowess of Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy for the financial year 2010-2011....

Describes briefly the impact of Information Technology on collection management in libraries and also on the librarian's role. Discusses the factors affecting collection management in libraries and emphasizes the need for change in collection management policy. Provides information about the...

Purpose Energy supply delivered via various energy projects is an important aspect of energy security for India. Managing supply through various capacity additions for providing continuous electricity 24×7 by 2019 is a significant challenge for the country. In this context, there is a need to...

Purpose – The Indian garment industry has witnessed a significant change since the inception of the New Textile Policy 2000 that suggests removing the industry from the list of small‐scale industries with a view to improving its competitiveness in the global market. As productivity is the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the regional profile of poverty in Uttar Pradesh, one of the most populated and impoverished states of India. It also identifies the factors underlying the inter-regional differences of poverty in the state. Design/methodology/approach Regional...

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of intuition on strategic decisions in the context of hospitals. A sample of 412 doctors, having their own hospitals/nursing homes practicing in Uttarakhand, India, was taken using random sampling technique. The results indicated that there was...

In the garment industry, performance of a firm is generally measured by using conventional ratios such as number of garments per machine and per operator. These ratios cannot reflect the firm’s performance completely as the firm does not use only a single input to produce a single output. In...