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Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Sector
Joseph, Mathew; Soundararajan, Nirupama; Gupta, Manisha; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
The study has indicated how consumers and farmers benefit from organized retailers. The study has also examined the impact on intermediaries and manufacturers. The results are indicative of the mega-and-mini- metro cities around a limited number of organized retail outlets. Based on the results...
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Wastewater Irrigation, Heavy Metals and the Profitability of Rice Cultivation – Investigating the East Calcutta Wetlands in India
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2012
In India, as in many developing countries, wastewater is often used to irrigate crops. This undoubtedly helps to … to human health and may reduce the profitability of cultivated crops. The East Calcutta Wetlands have been a repository … activities. But how good is untreated water for agriculture and does wastewater affect the profitability of rice cultivation …
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How Sapient is Homo Economicus? The Evolutionary Origins of Trade, Ethics and Economic Rationality
Basu, Kaushik; Guha, Ashok - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper argues that economism and, in particular, the individual drive to maximize utility and amass profit are not …
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Factors Influencing the Performance of Indian and Chinese Software Firms
Nollen, Stanley; Siddharthan, N.S. - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper analyses the determinants of growth and profit behaviour of the Chinese and Indian IT Software firms. …
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Early Childhood Education
Reeta, Sonawat - eSocialSciences - 2007
profit from schooling during this period. Enriched environment is to be provided for the receptive mind of the child. …
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Review of Philippine Migration Laws and Regulations Gains, Gaps, Prospects
Ambito, Julyn S - eSocialSciences - 2012
The Philippines has often been cited as the global model in managing international labor migration. Despite the complexity of our management infrastructure, however, some gaps still remain. This paper reviews the Philippine legal and administrative framework governing the recruitment,...
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Forecasting Profitability
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - eSocialSciences - 2013
Newly-available Indian panel data is used to estimate how the returns to planting-stage investments vary by rainfall realizations. [BREAD Working Paper No. 392]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/392.pdf].
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Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta … Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the …
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The Impact of 1998 and 2008 Financial Crises on Profitability of Islamic Banks
AHMAD, NOR HAYATI BT; Noor, MOHAMAD AKBAR NOOR BIN MOHAMAD - eSocialSciences - 2012
Effect Model (FEM) used to analyse profitability shows that profit efficiency is positive and statistically significant with …The paper investigates the profitability of 78 Islamic banks in 25 countries for the period of 1992-2009. The Fixed …
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Intellectual Property Protection and the Licensing of Technology to Developing Countries
Kanwar, Sunil - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper, the influence of stronger intellectual property protection on technology transfer into developing countries via licensing is analyzed. Using panel data for the post-TRIPs period 1995-2005, it is found that stronger protection is associated with increased royalty and license fee...
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