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Purohit, Purnima. "Regulations of agricultural markets and economic performance : evidence from Indian States." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/regulations-of-agricultural-markets-and-economic-performance-evidence-from-indian-states(8f919ead-3e68-41ee-a5f8-6c163b430d18).html.
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The thesis investigates the impact of a very specific state-led legislative institution of colonial lineage – the Agricultural Produce Markets Commission (APMC) Act & Rules – on uneven agricultural growth productivity and poverty outcomes across select fourteen Indian states over the post-independence period. It also studies political economy determinants of the APMC Act. This research offers the first most comprehensive empirical characterisation of agricultural marketing laws for the agriculture produce sector of the Indian economy. The thesis presents three substantive research outcomes. The first empirical chapter provides the construction of a composite multidimensional de jure time-varying index of the APMC Act & Rules for each state. The quantitative measure reveals the extent of variation in the form & trends of statutory clauses in the selected 14 Indian states from 1970-2008. Based on empirical analysis of nearly forty years of the regulatory framework of agricultural markets, the second empirical chapter demonstrates that variation in institutional market arrangements explain the marked differences in the use of modern farm inputs and growth patterns in agricultural productivity as well as rural poverty outcomes in the states of India. The results from 14 states show that states with improved regulatory arrangements in the agricultural markets have higher agricultural investment, productivity and fall in poverty. A difference of each one unit improvement in market regulations in a state is found to be associated with about 0.24 units average increase in the mean of agricultural yield productivity and an about 6.2 units average direct reduction in the mean of poverty incidence. Finally, the third chapter demonstrates presence of political economy activity in shaping of the differing APMC Act & Rules in Indian states. It suggests that ignoring potential influence of political economy factors in determining APMC Act can undermine the prospects of achieving desired policy objectives and may lead to miscalculated policy judgments. What the evidence in this thesis illustrates is that regulations matter in channelizing markets for efficiency effect on agricultural productivity and poverty reduction. It reveals that the APMC measure needs to be understood as a part of a wider political economy regulatory system and it cannot be viewed as a neutral tool which can be applied to produce predictable and consistent economic results. Agriculture growth and poverty reduction efforts would get a serious setback in states where effective institutional regulatory support was not provided as this assures vibrant market and remunerative price to farmers. The thesis’s fundamental finding is that efficient regulations encourage agricultural development which implies that any solution that looks to optimise the mechanisms around agricultural markets demands efficient and progressive evolution of the existing regulatory framework of the APMC Act. This challenges recent calls for complete dismantling of regulated markets, expressed by critics who view the current APMC Act as one of the main bottlenecks to managing food inflation and the national food security challenges in India. Given the heterogeneity of agrarian contexts, food systems and marketing dynamics being faced by the Indian farming community, well-regulated agricultural markets cannot be undermined for effective functioning of the domestic agricultural trade and development of farming community.
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Augustine, Akhil. "COMPARISON OF SWEDISH AND INDIAN ELECTRICITY MARKET." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-40434.
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This project aims to make a comparison between the Swedish and Indianelectricity market, the design of new improvements will achieve a betteroperation for both markets as well as the price forecasting for markets. Thisresults will give a clear idea about the electricity prices, different energy uses andpeak hours and also the carbon dioxide emissions.Also the main organizations of the market and their roles has been characterized,discussing about the functions of the Market Operator and the System Operator.And also the different markets, the trading products and the price formation havebeen explained and giving an idea about the market structure with enough details.Moreover, Time Series Analysis explained in a detail manner and some of themost used methods in Time Series Analysis are also explained in a very goodmanner. Mainly the results section includes the description of the market situationin Swedish and Indian electricity markets comparison, which includes Powerinstalled capacity, electricity generation, main renewable technologies andpolicies to increase the renewable energy share in total electricity generated.After this analysis, the strengths and weakness of both markets are presented andthe main problems of Swedish electricity system like dependency for nuclearpower, uncertainty for solar electricity generation and the Indian electricitysystem problems like high losses in power system, power quality issues, and veryless focus on energy mix with renewable systems.Finally, due to the quick development of the energy sector in the last few yearsto reach a new design for the electricity market, different kinds ofrecommendations for the future have been considered.
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Patel, Sheetal Anil. "Internationalisation process & upgrading prospects of Indian garment manufacturers." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8218.
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In the context of globalisation and liberalising economies, an increasing number of local firms based in developing countries and emerging markets are encouraged to internationalise their business activities and thus participate in foreign trade. Their sustained success is founded on two key factors; their ability to access potential foreign markets, and their ability to upgrade their capabilities and thus improve their positioning in global markets. This thesis investigates the internationalisation process and upgrading prospects of Indian Garment Manufacturers (IGMs). It begins by examining how IGMs gain access to foreign markets and discusses the factors that help or hinder their progress. The thesis subsequently explores the ways in which IGMs upgrade their activities to higher value-added activities and investigates the contributory factors that drive and shape their upgrading prospects. Existing studies employ the concept of ‘Diaspora networks’ or ethnic ties to explain how local firms from emerging markets are able to internationalise their business activities. These studies highlight the integral role played by Diaspora networks in enabling this internationalisation. Diaspora networks help connect local firms with foreign, world class buyers (or ‘lead firms’) using the Diaspora’s own pre-established ties and links with such lead firms. Similarly, Global Value Chain (GVC) proponents assume the upgrading prospects of these local firms can be enhanced as a result of linking up with ‘lead firms’ because of the benefits that can be derived from knowledge and technology transfer imparted through working with world class buyers. The extant literature however is vague on the internationalisation processes of IGMs. Furthermore, it does not adequately address the extent to which IGMs utilise Indian Diaspora networks to access foreign markets and to internationalise their business activities. It is also unclear what mechanisms are employed to impart knowledge from lead buyers to suppliers and to what extent the knowledge and technology transferred plays a key role in progressing IGMs upgrading activities; especially in the higher value added functions of design. This thesis contributes by addressing and shedding further light on these unresolved issues. It examines the issues using a combined approach, where theories and concepts from international business (IB) and GVC are employed in analysing the subject matter and thus allows for a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the issues under investigation. To explore the above themes a case study based approach was employed. Interviews were conducted with key decision makers/owners of 23 case companies. Further interviews with key industry, academic and government heads were conducted as a means of triangulation. Interviews were, in turn, supplemented with documentary evidence and published material from company websites, industry and academic journals, and newspaper articles, so as to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of the issues in question. Findings from this study suggest that IGMs rarely use Diaspora networks to access foreign markets. Instead, the majority of IGMs have achieved internationalisation as a result of well-developed networks of formal intermediaries based in India who have facilitated connections with prospective buyers. Furthermore, their manner of internationalisation reveals IGMs tend to access foreign markets initially at a very young age and at a rapid pace. Thus process-based theories of internationalisation seem inappropriate in explaining this rapid pace of internationalisation; insights from the literature on Born Globals and International New Ventures (INVs) seem, at first, to offer better explanations. However, employing concepts such as the ‘mature’ born global and the ‘failed’ born global leads one to re-examine and reconsider these initial findings. Re-examined findings indicate that in fact maturing IGMs are realigning their internationalisation trajectories to be better positioned to take advantage of favourable domestic market conditions. These findings are better explained using a more inclusive definition of internationalisation; particularly, concepts of de-internationalisation and extra-regional expansion from the field of IB. Additional findings, related to the issue of upgrading, indicate that contextual factors, usually related to the domestic economy and the firm’s internal circumstances, play a significant role in affecting the upgrading prospects of IGMs. These findings are contrary to GVC-based explanations of what drives and shapes IGMs’ upgrading activities, which place excessive emphasis on the role of the ‘lead firm’. In particular, GVC-based assumptions regarding the knowledge and technology transfer benefits available to local manufacturers by linking with larger world class buyers or lead firms seem of limited applicability to IGMs; here, firm-specific factors seem more important in determining firm choices concerning upgrading trajectories.
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Davis, James Jordan. "Space, Labor Markets, and History: An Exploration of American Indian Employment Hardship and Socioeconomic Inequality." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429567181.
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Klint, Martin, and Linus Rigsjö. "In India, it’s their Way or the Highway : - A case study on what cultural differences Swedish SMEs perceive on the Indian market and how they manage them." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45161.
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Emerging markets are countries with rapid economic growth and have been on the global agenda over the last decades. The most prominent of these markets are the BRIC countries where India is included. India is one of the largest emerging markets in the world with large annual economic growth and great opportunities for firms doing business in it. However, it has proven to be complicated for Westerns firms operating in the country, which stems from its cultural differences towards the West but also the cultural diversity within the country. Differences also exist between India and the West in a business context, where Indians highlight the importance of personal relationships before engaging in contracts, unlike for example Swedes that do the opposite. The purpose of this study is to investigate what cultural differences Swedish small and medium sized enterprises perceive while doing business in India, and what standardization or adaptation strategies they use to manage these differences. Empirical findings have been retrieved from interviews with key personnel in three firms located in Småland, in Southeast Sweden, which are established or have tried to establish business in India. The literature review contains three main concepts; Doing business in emerging markets, Standardization vs. adaptation and Cultural elements that are all connected to India and how SMEs should approach this market. These three concepts are later illustrated in a conceptual framework, which is based on the research questions. The result shows that Swedish SMEs perceive Indian culture as very hierarchical in both society and organizations. The aspect of time is not highly regarded, where payment and delivery delays are frequent. Indians rely extensively on personal relationships and try to avoid uncertainties in business communication. Findings also show that friendship and personal bonds are initial aspects when negotiating a potential contract. It is also essential for Swedish SMEs to adapt some business activities when in India, although certain standardization methods should be used in order to thrive on the Indian market.
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Abayasekara, Abayasekara Wannaku Arachchige Don Rohitha. "Economic analysis of the behaviour of Sri Lankan coconut markets 1980-2012 : an econometric approach." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230076.
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This thesis explores three topics relating to price transmission in economic theory. The broad aim is to understand the price adjustment processes of the domestic and export coconut markets of Sri Lanka during the 1980 to 2012 period. The three topics investigated were the changing role of coconut oil exports due to changes in the global oil markets. Second the functioning of the domestic district coconut markets and finally the impact of the tsunami 2004 on the coastal district coconut markets. The analytical framework for the study is the economic theory of the Law of One Price. The first issue was examined using cointegration, vector error correction and impulse response methodologies. To address the function of the domestic district coconut markets at wholesale, retail and vertical levels Hansen and Seo econometric model was used. To test the effects of the tsunami on the coastal district coconut markets and to assess whether “rockets and feathers” phenomenon rose as a result of the tsunami Enders and Siklos econometric model was applied. The results confirmed that cointegration pattern of vegetable oils in the international market changed with the emergence of bio fuel around 2000. Cointegration of coconut oil with other oils also did change with the emergence of biofuel. The results of the domestic market showed that Colombo market was cointegrated with district coconut markets. . The results of market structures at all levels showed mixed results with more symmetrical markets at wholesale level and more asymmetric markets at the vertical level Results of the impact of tsunami showed that markets were disrupted unevenly with highest disruption in the vertical markets due to tsunami. The tsunami does not seem to have lead to rocket and feather phenomenon.
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Singh, Sauman. "Entry and operation strategies of Indian pharmaceutical firms in Africa under the dynamics of markets and institutions." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0238/document.
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La thèse démontre que l'environnement protectionniste en Inde a contribué à bâtir une industrie pharmaceutique solide. L'arrivée simultanée de l'Accord ADPIC et de la libéralisation économique a créé des « push factors » à la fois compétitifs et favorables, obligeant les firmes pharmaceutiques indiennes (FPI) à chercher de nouvelles voies de croissance à l’étranger. Les politiques des pays africains en faveur des génériques, l’action des organisations internationales et la nouvelle gouvernance des marchés financés par les bailleurs de fonds ont aussi induits des « pull factors » permettant aux FPI de s'engager davantage sur ces marchés. Cette thèse montre à travers le cas du Mali que le marché en Afrique de l’Ouest francophone est divisé en quatre segments – le marché public financé par l'État et par des donateurs et le marché privé formel et informel – avec des réglementations différentes. Les FPI n'utilisent que l'exportation dans ces pays, mais leurs organisations varient selon le segment dans lequel elles souhaitent opérer. Enfin, ce travail utilise l’étude du Synriam, un nouvel antipaludéen pour montrer que Ranbaxy a utilisé le partenariat avec Medicines for Malaria Venture pour développer ses capacités, accéder à de nouveaux marchés et gagner en légitimité. Cette étude met en évidence que les organisations internationales peuvent créer des barrières institutionnelles et influencer les stratégies d'entrée des firmes. En conclusion, cette thèse illustre la richesse et la complexité du marché pharmaceutique africain et démontre également que les stratégies d'entrée sur le marché et d'exploitation des FPI sont influencées par l'environnement institutionnel sous-jacentThis dissertation first shows that the early protectionist environment in India helped build a robust indigenous pharmaceutical industry. The simultaneous arrival of TRIPS and economic liberalization created both competitive and supportive push factors forcing Indian firms to look for new avenues of growth beyond national boundaries. Generic supporting policies of African countries, the action of international organizations and the new governance of donor-funded markets also acted as pull factors for Indian firms to engage in these markets.Next, taking the case of Mali, the thesis shows that the pharmaceutical market in Francophone West African countries is divided into four specific segments – government and donor-funded public and formal and informal private markets – with different regulatory characteristics. Indian firms are using only export to operate in these countries, but the organization of export varies according to the segment in which a firm intends to operate. Lastly, it takes the case of Synriam, a new antimalarial to show that Ranbaxy used the partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture for developing capabilities, accessing new markets and gaining legitimacy. The case also reflects that international organizations may create institutional barriers and influence the market entry strategy of firms. To conclude, this thesis illustrates the richness and complexities of the African pharmaceutical market and shows that market entry and operation strategies of Indian firms are influenced by the underlying institutional environment
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Qin, Fei Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Social networks and institutions in transnational labor markets : the circular migration of Chinese and Indian engineers and professionals." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42334.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161).
This dissertation examines the mechanisms of the circular migration of Chinese and Indian engineers and technology entrepreneurs. The study is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative data - including a survey of alumni from one of the Indian Institutes of Technology, a survey of Chinese engineers in Boston, and in-depth interviews. The study first looks into the post-migration settlement process of in the host countries and identifies significant changes in migrants' social networks at different stages of their careers. The study also examines the social processes that affect the decisions of migrant engineers to return to their home countries and their experience as returnees. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that often views the migration of highly skilled workers as highly individualized, the study finds that return migration is not a lonely journey. It is very often a group process instead of an individual process. Migrants establish various types of social ties and institutions during the migration and settlement process. They also draw heavily upon these networks and institutions when they return to their home countries. Another key finding is that return migration is often associated with entrepreneurship. Returnees from overseas have a higher propensity to start their own businesses than either non-migrants or migrants who stay abroad. This pattern reflects the interaction between the opportunity structures in the home countries and migrants' individual characteristics. A mixture of opportunities and constraints that exist in China and India often leads engineers into entrepreneurship when they return. By starting their own business, returnees can create a niche for themselves in the existing structure of the home countries. In addition, returnee entrepreneurs who are successful often have returned in groups.
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Johansson, Christoffer, and Petter Lundström. "Finding Value Through Sustainable Performance : A cross-sectional study of the relationship between risk-adjusted return and Environmental, Social and Governance performance on the Indian stock market." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-105684.
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Problem background and discussion: Emerging countries economies are growing substantially; one of these is India which stock market has been one of the best performing in the world in recent years. Analysts are forecasting further development and some claims that India has the most business- and investment-stimulating political leaders in the world. However, stock markets in emerging countries are highly volatile and normally more risky than in developed economies. One approach to emphasise the more common risks in emerging countries are by including Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating into the fundamental investment model. However, there is a conflict of what previous studies suggest regarding ESG investments. Some argues there is a positive relation and others a negative relation between ESG factors and risk- adjusted return. Research question: “Is there a relation between risk-adjusted return and ESG performance at the Indian stock market?” Objective: The objective is to determine if there is a relationship between ESG performance and risk-adjusted return in India. Another objective is to determine if there is a relationship between ESG performance and risk-adjusted return among companies with high Total ESG rating as well as for companies with low Total ESG rating. Theoretical framework: ESG is an established approach to describe sustainability issues, where screening is a process designed to select those companies that meet ESG criteria. A basic description of Capital Asset Pricing Model CAPM, which calculates an asset's expected return, has been used to calculate risk-adjusted return. Efficient Market Hypothesis EMH is the basic theory of market efficiency and is used to explain any non-linear relationship between ESG factors and risk-adjusted returns. Adaptive Market Hypothesis AMH has been taken into account as it deals with financial behaviour. Method: A quantitative study using a deductive approach has been selected to perform this study. The practical approach is a cross sectional study where the relationship in the Indian market has been analysed and significance-tested during 2014. ESG information for 126 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has been purchased from Sustainalytics, a global leader in research for responsible investment. Empirical findings and analysis: The results of the study demonstrate no significant relationship between Total ESG rating and risk-adjusted return during 2014. In the examination of individual categories, Environmental and Social rating does not have a significant association with the risk-adjusted Return. Though, the results display a negative relationship between Governance rating and risk-adjusted return. This relationship is also obtained among companies in with low Total ESG rating but not companies with high ESG rating. Conclusion: Results implies that investors have not been able to use the information of Total ESG performance to obtain a better risk-adjusted return on the Indian stock market in 2014. However, this can be achieved by using Governance rating.
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Tiwari, Shilpa. "Social representation and rural development : transformation in governance, institutions, and livelihoods in response to emerging global markets for medicinal plants in the Indian Himalayas." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2013. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/18548/.
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This dissertation provides and examination of how NGOs, village people, government agencies and donor agencies participate in a conservation and development intervention termed ecodevelopment. It also examines the creation of a space that has come to be known as the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), which is located in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Field data was collected from villages located in Tirthan Valley, which lies adjacent to the GHNP. I divide this dissertation into five central chapters: a review of colonial interests in forestry; a discussion of the contemporary conditions for forestry; an analysis of rural livelihoods and transformation; an examination of the conservation and development interventions centred on medicinal plant trade in Tirthan valley; and finally an analysis of how conservation and development projects are brokered to produce 'success'. I argue that by defining conservation and development issues so that they can be solved by specific expertise, organizations did not adequately recognize the political and historical context in which interventions take place, nor the structural conditions and existing relationships between the variety of actors and stakeholders. Institutions and people responsible for development and conservation programs did not examine their own practices as potentially responsbile for the further marginalization of people and shaping the outcome of project activities. What commonly occurs is that village people are blamed for their inability to remedy their own conditions, and in reponse attempts are made to modify village people's behaviour so that they are compliant with government and donor organization mandates for development and conservation. What was observed in Tirthan valley was that a series of brokers negotiated the outcomes of interventions so that the project was precieved as successfully improving the lives of "poor forest dependent villagers". With this research I demonstrate the potential ethnography in understanding interventions. Using an ethnographic lens to understand existing research and the field site provided vital insight on rationalities and forms of knowledge, and how a combination of political ecology, political economy and history come together to shape practice. An ethnographic approach allowed me to explore how subjectivities were produced in the complex conjectures where multiple powers come together, how critical practice emerged, and how they motivated new attempts to govern.
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Desai, Vikram G. "CHANGE IN THE INDIAN ACCOUNTING PROFESSION: THREE STUDIES RELATED TO THE ENTRY OF THE BIG FOUR ACCOUNTING FIRMS IN INDIA." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2097.
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This dissertation focuses on the globalization of audit markets. In particular, this dissertation is studying the entry of the Big Four accounting firms into India post-economic and political reforms of the early 1990s. The dissertation is comprised of three separate, but related studies. Each study appeals to prior research in accounting and related disciplines to examine the entry of the Big Four accounting firms in India. The first study appeals to audit market and economic research on incumbent pricing to examine ways in which local accounting firms in India adapted to the competition introduced by the Big Four accounting firms. The second study is an account of the change in the organizational field of the Indian accounting profession caused by the entry of the multinational accounting firms from 1990 to 2005 from a social constructionist perspective using the model of nonisomorphic change. The third study examines the change in the Indian accounting profession from 1990 to 2005 caused by the entry of the Big Four accounting firms in India from a critical perspective. It appeals to the theories of globalization to examine the change. Taken together, these studies attempt to provide the Big Four accounting firms useful information about the pricing strategies likely to be faced by them from local accounting firms in a new market, provide insights into the multiple roles played by professional associations in the process of radical change in the organizational field, and emphasize that globalization of accounting markets has not been accompanied by a level playing field for the local accounting profession in the globalized markets.Ph.D.
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Stefansson, Emil. "Market for Cultural Exchange (and vegetables) : To communicate beyond languages and values." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-148366.
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The project aims to investigate, analyze and intervene a market in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. A specific target group consists of people living on the market in tents since they can't afford to buy an apartment in the city, and if they move outside the city they lose their right to a market spot they have inherited for generations. The project deals with social aspects and the possibility to keep it running with help from temporary visitors, mainly backpackers.
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Gonzague, Bernadette de. "Traditional and market food use among adults in two Ojibwe communities." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=27305.
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Food frequency questionnaires and twenty-four hour recalls were conducted with a random sample of 104 Ojibwe adults in Mille Lacs, Minnesota and Lac Courte Oreilles, Wisconsin to assess traditional and market food use. Sociocultural questionnaires were used to assess the cultural significance of traditional food. The importance of the traditional food system was evident, with at least 50% of people engaging in hunting and fishing practices. Traditional food was among the top ten food sources of protein, zinc, iron and folate. The cultural significance of traditional food was apparent. Obesity is prevalent, with almost 50% of the population studied over the 85$ rm sp{th}$ percentile for Body Mass Index (BMI). Nutrient densities were lower than those in the NHANES III sample, in particular for calcium, vitamin A, vitamin C, and folate. Mean intakes of fat, saturated fat, and sucrose exceeded American Heart Association and World Health Organization recommendations. Areas of focus for education and future research needs are suggested in order to reduce risks for nutrition-related chronic disease such as diabetes and heart disease.
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Freytag, Julia. "Challenges for Green Finance in India : An Analysis of Deficiencies in India’s Green Financial Market." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-180908.
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Context:Over the years, India has evolved as a leading powerhouse of economic growthbut belongs to the nations that are most significantly affected by anthropogenicenviron-mental changes. As part of the Paris Agreement, India has formulated a national climate agenda, but a large gapprevalentin the green financialmarket as well as other deficien-cies in the general bondmarket and the underlying infrastructure restrain the country from attaining those goals. Purpose:Earlier scholarly works, and green bond reports, in particular, have foreground the number of green bond issuances in India but do not take a critical look at the stagnat-ing development of the market and have not scrutinised the market and its actors in the context of scientific frames of reference yet. Thus, this thesis aims to identify the chal-lenges India faces in scaling the green financial market up while taking the demands and potential contributions of stakeholder groups into consideration. Methodology:This thesis is grounded in the author’s assumptions of interpretivism and subjectivity. Following these initial considerations, an inductive approach was followed, and a qualitative study was conducted, mainly based on a literature review in areas like sustainable finance,green financialmarkets and theirparticipantsas well asgreen debt securities and the associated issuers, investors, costsandverificationmethodsin India. Findings:The main challenges India faces in developing the green financial market fur-ther are the missing transparency provoked by the fragmentary green bond regulation as to disclosure and verification requirements as well as illiquidity caused by a small number of and little environmental awareness among investors. The market relies heavily on the banking sector and green investment projects are slanted towards renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Moreover, green debt securities lack clear pricing advantages compared to conventional bonds but bear risks for greenwashing activities. Research Limitations:This thesis was not able to bridge the research gap on challenges for scaling India’s sustainable financial market up. The examination was further initiated by the author’s experiences with the topicand is based on an interpretive approach, thus, argumentations and findingsmight be value-laden. The small sample size of interviews taken and the limited information on greenwashing within financial activities might have not deliveredfull insightsinto the research topic
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Lohnert, Stephan-Alexander. "Produktstrategien in Emerging Markets." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01665884003/$FILE/01665884003.pdf.
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Khan, Muhammad. "An analysis of market efficiency in the South Asian emerging stock markets : Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2013. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/83508702-3366-4045-a0b1-63adc92e3f83.
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This thesis investigates the weak-form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) in the South Asian region. In particular, the emerging market countries of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are considered. According to the weak-form of the EMH, current share prices reflect all available historical information such that investors should not be able to outperform the market on a consistent basis by trading on past information. It is an important topic for investigation given the economic growth as well as the financial development which have taken place in the region over the last two decades (South Asian Financial Markets Review, 2010). Moreover, most previous studies have investigated the topic for developed or other emerging markets; the South Asian region has largely been ignored. Prior studies which have investigated the South Asian markets have either focused on each country separately, or included one or two countries from the region as part of a broader sample. This thesis tries to fill this gap in the literature by investigating market efficiency in the South Asian markets as a regional grouping. In the first part of the analysis the long- and short-run relationships among the four stock markets are examined by employing a multivariate cointegration framework, the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) approach, the Granger Causality test, Impulse Response Function analysis and Variance Decomposition analysis. A large sample of weekly stock index data is used in the analysis covering the 18-year period January 1993 - December, 2010. To analyse the effect of important global events on market integration, the data are split into the two sub-periods of pre- and post-September 11, 2001. The results suggest that linkages exist among the markets in both the long- as well as in the short-run. These findings imply that share price changes may be predicted from historical information not only in the market itself but from the changes in the other three markets as well. In addition, international portfolio diversification into the region may have limited benefits in the long-run as equity prices in all four countries move together in an equilibrium fashion over the longer run.In the second empirical analysis, relationship between the equity returns and macroeconomic variables is investigated. The research examines the EMH by investigating whether lagged shocks to macroeconomic variables are important in explaining equity returns. Both local and global macroeconomic variables are used and their importance in predicting the equity returns for each of the region’s markets is analysed. In particular, 12 macroeconomic variables were investigated, including seven local and five global measures being employed. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) is used to narrow down the most relevant factors. Principal Components (PCs) are then extracted and used as inputs into regressions explaining future returns. The resulting findings show that local economic factors are important in explaining share returns in the South Asian emerging stock markets. The findings support the notion that historical macroeconomic information may be used to predict share price changes in the regional markets. Finally, to investigate market linkages in greater depth, the thesis studies volatility and return interactions among the markets simultaneously. A multivariate GARCH-BEKK model is used to investigate return and volatility spillovers in own as well as in cross-markets. Results from the analysis indicated that the four markets of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are linked not only by the news transmission about the share returns but also by the transmission of volatility. The evidence supports the notion that ‘news’ in one market influences not only the returns in that market but also the variance of price changes in other markets. These findings imply that equity returns in the South Asian stock markets are predictable from historical share price changes in their own, as well as from the other markets of the region; this result calls the weak form of the EMH into question since it suggests that an investor could outperform by studying historic return and volatility data in the region.
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Tomar, Mahipal S. "Lakshmi in the market place : traders and farmers in a north Indian market." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/27009.
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This thesis examines the cultural and structural aspects of a North Indian wholesale market (mandi) at which agriculturalists sell their products, the marketing process, and the relationships between the buyers and sellers who use that market. The thesis is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 describes the aim of the thesis, and relevant theoretical perspectives, and suggests that comprehending Indian society requires the use of a context-specific approach. Chapter 2 presents a general picture of Muzaffarnagar District, with brief reference to its topology, history, and communication networks. Chapter 3 describes the ritual meanings of land, crop production and different models of exchange from the point of view of agriculturalists who today sell their crops in the market. Chapter 4 presents a general picture of the market organization of Muzaffarnagar District, a description of the mandi, the relationship between state and mandi and discusses the relationships and backgrounds of three groups--traders, business clerks, and labourers--who work in the mandi. Chapter 5 is concerned with the ritual dimension of traders' commercial activities. I describe four main analytically distinct sets of beliefs and rituals which are concerned with the moral justifications of commercial activities, ensure success and profit, the prediction of profit and loss and the conversion of inauspicious profit into auspicious profit. The distinctive beliefs and ritual practices and distinctive moral perspectives of the traders clarify the importance of incorporating an awareness of contextually and multiple value systems within a culture in sociological analysis. Chapter 6 deals with the marketing process in the mandi, the manner in which traders initiate and maintain long-term relationships with their clients, their images of each other and their dififfering perspectives regarding market exchange, profit, wealth, prestige, and so on. I also demonstrate that exchange in the mandi is significantly influenced by local cultural meanings that are not comprehensible in terms of a formalist model of economic behaviour. In the final chapter, the conclusion is drawn that actors in India not only adopt varying strategies and moral perspectives to adjust to many different types of situations, but also that theses strategies are context specific.
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Vunder, Fontana Kadri. "Sales Channels for Targeting Base-of-Pyramid Markets in India." kostenfrei, 2008. http://www.unisg.ch/www/edis.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/3486.
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Kohli, Renu. "Replacing market with government : the Indian experience in credit allocation." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309441.
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Shembavnekar, Nihar S. "Did India's economic reforms generate jobs? : essays on economic liberalisation, labour market flexibility and employment in the Indian manufacturing sector (1990-2006)." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/72555/.
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Whether economic liberalisation generates employment in developing countries remains a matter of debate in academic and policy circles. This thesis explores the labour market implications of a series of liberalising product market reforms initiated in India in the 1990s. The analysis of Chapter 2 indicates that declines in input tariffs are associated with increased formal firm employment across all Indian states, while FDI reform is associated with increased (reduced) formal firm employment in states with flexible (inflexible) labour markets (1990-1997). The FDI effect holds for permanent employment in both groups of states but only affects casual (contract) employment to a significant extent in states with flexible labour markets. The evidence is supportive of the baseline results being driven by product market competition within the formal sector. Chapter 3 reveals that tariff liberalisation is not associated with significant changes in employment in informal enterprises, possibly because these enterprises rarely engage in international trade. However, on average and ceteris paribus, delicensing (FDI reform) is associated with statistically significant increases in informal employment and informal enterprise numbers in states with inflexible (flexible) labour markets (1990-2001). There is some evidence that the delicensing effect is attributable to increases in product market competition in delicensed industries in the post-reform period. The mechanism underlying the result associated with FDI liberalisation is more uncertain and could be one or a combination of competition and collaborative linkages between informal and formal manufacturers. Chapter 4 examines the impact of a post-1996 policy reform (‘SSI dereservation'), which liberalised product markets that had long been reserved for small businesses, on employment in informal manufacturing enterprises. On average and ceteris paribus, dereservation is associated with increased employment in larger informal ‘establishments', but not in tiny household enterprises (1995-2006), attributable in part to increases in product market competition with large formal firms.
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Abburi, Venkata Lakshmi. "PRICE LINKAGES BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND INDIA SOYBEAN MARKETS." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/331.
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The purpose of the study was to compare the prices and show how the market information flows between the cash and future markets in India and the US. The data used for this study are obtained from the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Cointegration and error correction techniques are used to test for long and short run price linkages. It was found that there is a significant price linkage from one country to the other. There is a cross market interaction between India and US soybean markets. These linkages help to explain India oilseed policies and to understand the determinants of farmer prices.
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Lokre, Saanika Sameer. "Revitalizing Daily Travel - Mumbai, India." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74948.
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Cities are a way of life. They are an amalgamation of cultural background and urbanism, which determine the quality of life, environmental sustainability, social behavior and economic well-being. Since the ancient times, cities have been the way to define the growth and development. The development of the cities depended upon availability of resources for a better livelihood and the way humans utilize the resources. Even today as cities develop, people hope for better living conditions.
Urbanism plays a major role in the development of cities, being a combination of cultural and urban living. Urbanism has brought various downfalls along with progress. Has urbanism made development a monotonous concept?
These days, cities are urbanizing at a fast rate not considering their future consequences. Having lived in Mumbai, I have seen it grow into a megacity. The countless problems that urbanism has brought to accommodate the massive amount of people migrating into the city has affected the quality of life of people immensely. However, is it for the better or worse? People all over the country want to have a piece of Mumbai, the city of dreams. This growth in the population has overpowered the city.
Mumbai is famous for its railway system. It is the lifeline of the city. However, due to the amount of people using this system, the travel is more of a chaos. Every railway station has a main access road filled with hawkers and commercial storefronts. People in Mumbai are always in a rush, so these hawkers and commercial stores are a necessity to their daily life. People shop for their daily necessities while returning home to save time. However, these streets are extremely chaotic and crowded. My thesis focuses on how this space can be utilized by three consumers - the traveler, the shopper and the one who does both. It aims to decongest this main street and make travelling by local trains convenient. The site I have chosen is located in the heart of Mumbai city and is one of the most important railway station on the Western Suburban railway system. It is known as Dadar railway station. More than 500,000 people use this railway station daily. With the maximum number of incoming pedestrian traffic, my design can be used as an example for other railway stations throughout Mumbai.Master of Science
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Rongali, Keerthikanth Yogeshwara, and Valentin Vlasenko. "MAJOR GLOBALIZATION INITIATIVES FROM INDIAN COMPANIES IN CONDITIONS OF MARKET TRANSFORMATIONS." Thesis, Полтава, ПУЕТ, 2019. http://dspace.puet.edu.ua/handle/123456789/8805.
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Globalisation has become an inevitable force to reckon with by countries, societies and corporates world over. Globalisation has been an important aspect of India‟s economic progress in the last two decades. It has lead to expansion of economic activities and employ-ment opportunities in the country.
The aim of the study is to summarize the major globalization initiatives from Indian companiesduring the period of market transformations.
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Fagernas, Sonja Annette Elisabet. "Empirical essays on labour markets, governance and institutions in India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612369.
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Baruah, Bobby [Verfasser]. "Library and Information Science Education in the Indian Job Market. A Study of Indian Universities and Corporate Libraries / Bobby Baruah." München : GRIN Verlag, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1190172216/34.
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Khachatryan, Armen. "Market access and aggregate crop productivity in India." Weikersheim Margraf, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2867933&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Klien, Shira. "Education in India : market failures and political considerations." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2006. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1930/.
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Governments around the world fund schools and are also involved in operating them. There is wide agreement that governments should be involved in provision of education, but the appropriate level and form of their involvement is a subject of debate. The key justifications for government involvement are externalities and credit market imperfections, and this thesis examines these inefficiencies within the context of India's education system. Chapter 2 assesses human capital externalities in India. It demonstrates that living in a locality with educated individuals has a strong beneficial effect on wages over and above the effect of one's own education. In line with theoretical predictions, the effect is strongest for small geographical areas. In contrast to a general equilibrium interpretation of the results, skilled labour also benefits from a better level of local education. Furthermore, human capital externalities are more pronounced in nonprimary industries. Chapter 3 analyses the effect of credit constraints on education. The principal findings are that credit constraints significantly reduce school attendance and increase wealth inequalities in educational outcomes. Temporary income shocks reduce the probability of attending school, but access to credit mitigates this effect. Finally, the results are not limited to short-term outcomes, but are also seen to be present in long-term outcomes. Chapter 4 studies how representation of teachers in India's state Upper Houses affects the provision of education. The main results are that teacher representation increases employment of teachers in represented schools and reduces employment in unrepresented schools, with a corresponding effect on educational outcomes. Rather than achieving the intended objectives of teacher representation, teachers seem to have used their political power to shift resources in their favour.
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Gautam, Sanjay Kumar S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Healthcare market outlook and emerging technologies in India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100375.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, February 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 77).
Usage in information technology (IT) have improved efficiency and quality in many industries. Healthcare has not been one of them. Although some administrative IT systems, such as those for billing, scheduling, and inventory management, are already in place in the healthcare industry, little adoption of clinical IT, such as Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR-S) and Clinical Decision Support tools, has occurred. India's healthcare information technology market is slow with technology adoption but there is little traction shown in last couple of years. This growth is expected to hit US $1.45 billion in 2018, more than three times the US $381.3 million reached in 2012. The increase in adoption of electronic health records, mHealth, telemedicine, and Web-based services has made electronic patient data expand, necessitating the implementation of robust IT systems in Indian healthcare institutions. Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care. Diffusion of IT in health care is generally low (varying, however, with the application and setting) but surveys indicate that providers plan to increase their investments. Drivers of investment in IT include the promise of quality and efficiency gains. Barriers include the cost and complexity of IT implementation, which often necessitates significant work process and cultural changes. Given IT's potential, both the private and public sectors have engaged in numerous efforts to promote its use within and across health care settings. Delivering quality health care requires providers and patients to integrate complex information from many different sources. Thus, increasing the ability of physicians, nurses, clinical technicians, and others to readily access and use the right information about their patients should improve care. The purpose of this thesis is to assess the current state of healthcare in India and specifically look into the emerging technology trends in healthcare IT. During analysis secondary data has been used. Various articles and research papers published in national and international journals are used. India is hub of IT and its use is increasing in health sector.
by Sanjay Kumar Gautam.
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Nayar, Sameer. "The Indian real estate market : a comprehensive analysis for the foreign investor." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69367.
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Magagna, Alice <1993>. "INTERNATIONALIZATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CONSULTANCY IN THE INDIAN MARKET: A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/10778.
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In recent years, the service sector is showing a leading role on the global scene, giving rise to the so-called phenomenon of Knowledge-Intensive Economy. In this context, Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS), i.e. B2B institutions that provide various types of services related to emerging technologies, play a critical role. The internationalization path of these firms cannot be described through traditional stage theories, as their specificities lead them to the adoption of a born global approach. Their services, indeed, often target niche markets and require a worldwide exploitation of knowledge and competences at a rapid pace, in order to reduce the risk of technological obsolescence.
Current literature on KIBS internationalization is still limited and leaves many aspects understudied. Particular attention should be addressed to the challenges these agents face when approaching emerging markets: although the latter offer great revenues generating opportunities, they still significantly differ from developed countries as far as their cultural, administrative, geographical and economic environment is concerned.
This dissertation focuses on photovoltaic consultancy as the typology of KIBS under study, and aims at contributing to literature development through the analysis of the main barriers and enablers that are encountered when these service providers approach emerging markets. The research is based on the case study of an Italian company, interested in expanding within the Indian market. Through the adoption of an embedded case study design, this dissertation investigates the sector, the service offering and the company, with a focus on the choice of the target country, the relevant business environment and the factors influencing customers’ adoption decision. Based on the case study findings, suggestions and advices on the internationalization strategy of the case study company are provided.
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Hazlewood, Julianne Adams. "Socio-environmental consequences of market integration among the Chachis of Esmeraldas, Ecuador." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0005745.
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Lao, Julio E. "Renewal of the city market plaza in Indianapolis, Indiana." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/724978.
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Today's planners and designers are working to improve the quality of living areas in cities, as is observable in such urban centers as Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, Atlanta and of course, Indianapolis, just to mention a few. To create or keep those desirable spaces, cityscapes, historical sites, plazas and recreational areas, the use of planning, design and redesign is necessary.This creative project deals with the redesign of the City Market Plaza in Indianapolis. Potentials and possible future concepts are addressed.Today's City Market is not a major place of interest that attracts a large clientele. Places like Union Station, Pan American Plaza, The Indianapolis Circle and the recently approved circle Mall, diminish its importance as an attraction. The large O'Maiia's and other smaller specialty markets detract from its value as a market. But the potentials still are there for tourism, daily shopping and restaurant dining. By adding new locales in the City Market's plazas, with new uses and adjusting a well planned program of activities to these locales, it will help survive and compete successfully against the competition.Department of Landscape Architecture
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Aggarwal, Sonia. "State Intervention in the Indian Software Industry." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/438.
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India's meteoric economic growth rate has been a subject of much discussion since the country began its economic liberalization in the early 1990s. The software segment, in particular, is growing at a rate of 48.5 percent. The conventional wisdom argues that market forces have driven India's software's success, and more broadly, information technology. This thesis marshals evidence for the role of the state in interaction with the software sector. More specifically, by discussing India's broad-scale import substitution industrialization efforts from the 1950s to 1991 and its transition to a more open economic structure, as well as more industry specific policies within a theoretical context, this work attempts to identify the key driving forces and impact of government policy.
Most works that have attempted to assess such state efforts have done so in a casual fashion, without linking the actions to carefully specified rationales for state intervention. This thesis specifies four plausible rationales for government intervention: market failures, government goals in promoting a domestic industry for national security and the state role in international negotiations that might affect specific sectors, intervention driven by rent seeking behavior on the part of private-sector actors, and state intervention to address previous government policies in a particular market that may be seen as being inadequate or failures. It then empirically assesses the support for each of these claims in light of the evolution of the Indian software industry since its inception. In so doing, this work allows one to gauge the significant contributions of the state within a clear context of possible state roles. It also helps in understanding the software industry’s current challenges, and possible future role of the state in the industry.
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Eriksson, Martin, and Tobias Ohlsson. "The Cargo Tray Industry in India – A Market Research." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-9939.
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Title: The Cargo Tray Industry in India – A Market Research
Authors: Martin Eriksson and Tobias Ohlsson
Supervisor: Cecilia Lindh
University: University of MälardalenDepartment: School of Sustainable Development of Society and TechnologyCourse: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration, 15 credits
Research question: Is the Indian cargo tray industry a promising place for Autoform to make futureinvestments?
Target group: The primary target is Autoform. The secondary target group is other caraccessories manufacturers who want to know about the Indian car industry. Thethird target group is any foreign company that wants to know about India andtheir regulations towards foreign companies entering India.
Purpose: The purpose is to give Autoform knowledge about the Indian car- and cargo traymarket, as well as to give them an overview about India and their regulationstowards foreign companies entering India.
Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework consists of a PEST analysis for the businessenvironment, Porters five forces for the cargo tray industry and our model forthe overview of the automobile industry.
Methodology: This thesis is based in both primary and secondary information that have beengathered within the frame of our theoretical framework.
Analysis/Discussion: The analysis consists of a comparison between the empirical content from eachof the different models used for the empirical research. By highlighting the mostrelevant findings of the data from each model and put it together we can drawconclusions and make direct connections between the business environment inIndia and the car- and cargo tray industry.
Conclusions: The answer to the research question is that the Indian cargo tray industry is apromising place for Autoform to make future investments. However there aremany factors and forces to consider and be aware of.
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Bhalotra, Sonia R. "Four essays on the urban labour market in India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9a092af7-55fe-48f9-b5bb-42c9ad385bdb.
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This thesis explores labour market processes in urban India. Investigating large and persistent differentials in urban unemployment rates across the Indian states, we find that regions with higher wage push or better amenities have higher unemployment rates, controlling for labour force composition. The differentials are maintained by rural-urban migration rather than by barriers to inter-state migration. Our investigation of wage determination yields evidence of imperfect competition in the labour market which is not simply 'institutional'. Indian firms pay efficiency wages which induce sufficient productivity gains to pay for themselves. After identifying the long and short run structural processes in the labour market, we consider recent aggregate trends in India's factory sector. There was negative employment growth in the 1980s even as output growth touched record levels. Our analysis suggests that this had less to do with wage growth, as proposed by the World Bank, and more to do with increasing work intensity, encouraged by wage incentives, improved infrastructure and increased competition. Considerable slack was inherited from the past, evidence of which flows from the wage and production function estimates. We find that increased labour utilization raises capacity utilization. This is important because Indian industry has chronically carried large excess capacity. A breakthrough in total factor productivity growth accompanied declining employment in the 1980s and has been interpreted as the reward of deregulation in this decade. Existing studies mismeasure productivity growth by neglecting labour utilization (hours) and assuming perfectly competitive product markets. We produce new estimates at the aggregate and industry levels. A natural ceiling to hours worked moderates bad news on the employment front and good news on the productivity front. Our analyses are expected to contribute to the evaluation of current and controversial policy changes in India.
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Ghosh, Eva Shah. "Factors influencing the urban real estate market in India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11274.
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Benjamin, Levi Kiruba Jeyaseeli. "Market entry strategies of foreign Telecom companies in India." Wiesbaden Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-9453-6.
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Goyal, Aparajita. "Information technology and rural market performance in Central India." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8126.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Economics. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Brandt, Maximilian. "Expanding the Global Footprint Market Entry of Indian Technology Service Companies in Europe /." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02607539002/$FILE/02607539002.pdf.
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Sengupta, Aniket. "Brand Analyses of Global Brands Versus Local Brand in Indian Apparel Consumer Market." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/mat_etds/6.
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The purpose of this study was to conduct brand analyses on global brands in comparison to local retailers in India taking into account the regional differences and Indian consumers’ affinity towards global brands. The study has derived its conceptual framework from previous work done by Lee, Knight, and Kim (2008) and Bhardwaj, Kumar and Youn-Kyung (2010) with some added attributes. Quantitative data included a sample of 194 subjects where the sampling was conducted randomly as well as the involvement of convenient method to analyze the brands in real-world scenario. The survey involved the questionnaire which was utilized in previous researches and analyzed under the light of statistical treatment. The results confirm the importance of global brands (influence of European brand over American brand) over local brand in the Indian apparel consumer market.
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Singh, Bharati. "The internationalisation of emerging market firms : a study of the Indian service sector." Thesis, University of York, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19148/.
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This study investigates the motives for and favoured investment modes of internationalisation of Indian services sector firms. Further, this study examines capabilities and resources and how companies deploy these in international markets. This entails understanding how the companies adapt to host markets and the mechanisms which trigger dynamic capability adoption. Finally, this study analyses the effects of the external market on their internationalisation motives. This study’s relevance is significant given increasing investments from emerging and transition economies, which form a third of global investments today compared to less than ten percent two decades ago. This coupled with the notion that emerging market companies lack the pre-existing capabilities required for internationalisation, is probed in this study. Internationalisation theories have been sourced from a western context based on developed market companies’ investment into other developed or emerging market countries; in this context, this study provides evidence of a subaltern view in reference to the internationalisation of emerging market firms. The empirical material consists of five Indian service sector firms with significant international presence in the Information Technology, Telecom and Hospitality service sectors. The research adopts an interpretivist cum constructivist approach to understanding their internationalisation motives using a qualitative exploratory case-study based research method. Data was collected in the form of semi-structured interviews (elite interviews) with the decision makers of the companies under study. This was supplemented with email questionnaires from former employees who had worked in overseas locations. This was further supplemented with secondary data towards reliability and triangulation purposes. Findings from this thesis illustrate that the firms studied are heterogeneous in nature about their internationalisation motives. There is divergence in managerial learning across host markets in the adaption of internationalisation for the creation of competitive advantage. In analysing the internationalisation motives of these companies, this study extends the existing theoretical understanding behind the concept of multinational companies. This study also makes a theoretical contribution towards the understanding of fast capability acquisition by Indian service sector firms towards rapid internationalisation while developing a competitive advantage in foreign host markets.
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Kuizon, Jaclyn. "Fine Art and Clandestine Identity: American Indian Artists in the Contemporary Art Market." W&M ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626648.
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Schmitt, Christian Carl. "Institutional capability, speed of internationalisation and entry mode choice: Evidence from Indian firms." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/28884.
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Significant research has focused on the importance of both home and host country institutions for firm internationalisation. Going beyond institutions and institutional distance, more recent research has examined the effects of home country institutional change on domestic firms’ internationalisation. I contribute to this debate and argue that firms develop institutional capabilities as a result of home country institutional change. While firms are exposed to the same home country institutional change, I show that institutional capability development is a firm-specific process that affects a firm’s speed of internationalisation and entry mode choice.
Using the context of Indian pro-market reforms, I show that institutional capabilities enable a firm to pursue a first internationalisation faster. I also introduce the novel dimension of institutional change similarity with regard to the relationship between institutional capabilities and time to first internationalisation. Going beyond the first internationalisation, I show that institutional capabilities increase a firm’s rapidity of internationalisation beyond the first. Subsequently, I provide three moderating variables that facilitate and contribute to the further development of institutional capabilities during repeated internationalisations, and thus positively moderate the relationship between institutional capabilities and rapidity of internationalisation.
Finally, I research the role of institutional capabilities in a firm’s entry mode choice and show that institutional capabilities increase a firm’s reliance on M&A. I posit that entering various host countries gives rise to global experience, thereby lessening the importance of institutional capabilities that had been developed in the home country for choosing M&A. Further, I propose that a host country’s incremental institutional distance increases the importance of a firm’s institutional capability base for the likelihood of choosing M&A.
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Mukherjee, Arpita. "Labour market experiences of Indians in Great Britain : (1947-1996)." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298596.
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According to the 1991 Census, Indians are the largest ethnic minority group in the UK. This thesis uses quantitative techniques to investigate the experiences of Indians in the British labour market over the past five decades. This study analyses the factors that encouraged Indians to migrate and settle in the UK and highlights the changes in their skill composition and labour market experiences over time. A comparative study is also made between Indian males and females and their counterparts from other ethnic groups in order to investigate the differences in industrial and occupational distribution, participation decisions and earnings across the various ethnic and gender groups. This thesis attempts to evaluate the extent of discrimination faced by Indians in the British labour market and investigates the consequences of discrimination and labour market disadvantages. Over the years, economists have made significant contributions towards analysing the employment prospects, earnings and disadvantages faced by minority groups in the labour markets of developed countries. Most of the UK studies in this area using quantitative techniques have attempted to evaluate the relative positions of different ethnic groups in the British labour market. This study is more focussed since it concentrates on the experiences of Indians - the largest minority group in the UK. The research also provides a perspective from India, that is, mainly the lessons learnt from the experiences of migrant Indians in the labour market of a developed country. This thesis investigates the impacts of migration on the Indian economy with emphasis on how the Indian government can address the problem of "brain drain" and benefit by utilising the technical know-how, skills and savings of Indians residing in the UK and other countries.
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Iskander, Abdul-Wahed Ali. "Affordability and Muncie housing market : 1970-1990." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958617.
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This thesis identifies the housing affordability in Muncie metropolitan areas through the interaction of the major housing market components, of supply and demand for housing units. The purpose of this work has been the investigation of the historical housing performance that Muncie has experienced from 1970 through 1990, in order to determine whether housing affordability problem exists in Muncie and how it has been developed over the study period. Two major approaches are used, cross-sectional and cohort analysis, to examine the relationships among several variables. The main variables are population, households , and housing characteristics which represent the demand and supply of housing stock.The findings from this study have determined that the housing affordability problem in Muncie has escalated more than the other areas within Delaware County since 1970. The major causes of accelerating affordability problem were the real decline of family incomes and the increase of the numbers of low-income populaion, families and households. The lack of employment opportunities, and low payroll were underlying the decline of real income. The decline in number of mortgages was also one of the causes of the afforadability problem over the course of the study period.Department of Urban Planning
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SINGLA, AKET. "IMPACT OF ALGORITHM TRADING ON INDIAN STOCK MARKETS." Thesis, 2018. http://dspace.dtu.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/repository/16485.
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WHAT IS ALGORITHMIC TRADING?
Algorithmic trading is the use of programs and computers to generate and execute (large) orders in
markets with electronic access. Orders come from institutional investors, funds and trading desks of big
banks and brokers. These statistical, mathematical or technical models analyze every quote and trade in
the stock market, identify liquidity opportunities, and turn the information into intelligent trading
decisions.
Algorithmic trading, or computer-directed trading, cuts down transaction costs, and allows investment
managers to take control of their own trading processes. The main objective of algo trading is not
necessarily to maximize profits but rather to control execution costs and market risk.
ALGORITHMIC TRADING AND ITS COMPOSITION IN INDIAN MARKETS
Around 50% plus of total orders at both NSE and BSE are algo trades on the client side. Prop side algo
trades are 40% plus of total orders placed at both the exchanges. More than 80% of the algorithmic
orders are generated from colocation at both the exchanges. In developed markets it stands at about
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Srivathsa, H. S. "Determinants Of Subscription Levels Of Indian IPOs." Thesis, 1996. https://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/1954.
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Srivathsa, H. S. "Determinants Of Subscription Levels Of Indian IPOs." Thesis, 1996. http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/1954.
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Beal, Carl. "Money, markets and economic development in Saskatchewan Indian reserve communities, 1870 to 1930s." 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/18728.
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Thomas, Jacob. "Econometric Studies Of Export Patterns, Demand Parameters And Market Linkages Of Indian Silk." Thesis, 1996. https://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/1962.
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