The companies dealing with multiple projects are geographically distributed at different locations. These projects require local (always available to the concerned project) and global (shared among the projects) resources that are available in limited quantity. The global resources are generally...

The private costs and benefits of dry-seeded rice (DSR) were investigated using data from on-station trials at Pantnagar, Uttaranchal, for 2002 and 2003. Results showed that DSR was profitable for farmers, giving net returns of Rs. 13,350 per ha for dry-seeded rice and Rs. 11,592 per ha for...

This study has examined the agribusiness opportunities in medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs), based on the field level information from the state of Uttarakhand. The financial feasibility of important aromatic plants has been studied. It has been found that the returns are substantially higher...

This paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index (MPI) approach to examine the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components of 50 private sector hospitals of India for the period 2004-2005 to 2009-2010. The study finds that on average, the TFP...

Natural changes in climate due to internal as well as external factors, like anthropogenic emission, fossil fuel combustion, transportation and heating which cause CO2 emissions is one of the major issues which causes global warming (increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases). The production...

Thermodynamic analysis for evaluating and improving coal gasification process efficiency requires estimation of enthalpy, entropy, and availability transformations in various process steps. A compilation of procedures and data relevant to coal gasification processes is presented for calculating...