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Ethics and the World of Finance
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2009
How do we, as individuals, approach issues of ethics and values? Are our approaches different in our personal and professional lives? Are issues of ethics different in the financial sector? What are the ethical issues thrown up by the current crisis? Has economics, as an academic discipline,...
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Role of Culture in Celebrity Endorsement: Brand Endorsement by Celebrities in Indian Context-A Review, Synthesis and Research Propositions
Abhishek, .; Sahay, Arvind - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper uses the lens of culture to develop propositions on how customer attitude towards celebrity endorsements is … a function of cultural parameters in emerging countries like India. [W.P. No. 2013-07-01]. URL …
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States Reorganisation: Contemporary Concerns
Pai, Sudha; Sarangi, Asha - eSocialSciences - 2009
. Report of an international conference on 'Interrogating States Reorganisation: Culture, Identity and Political Economy in … Independent India'. …
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Not Just Mad Englishmen and a Dog: The Colonial Tuning of 'Music on Record', 1900-1908
Parthasarathi, Vibodh - eSocialSciences - 2010
, shaped configurations of the nascent business in, and culture around, 'music on record'. It will weigh the evolving nature of … media' in the everyday life of early 20th century India. [WP No. 02/2008]. …
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The Two Cultures Revisited: Some Reflections on the Environment-Development Debate in India
Ramesh, Jairam - eSocialSciences - 2010
The speech is mainly about the "two cultures†(modern society—the cultures of the science and that of the humanities) syndrome—the apparent gap between those espousing the case for faster economic growth and those calling for greater attention to protection of the environment....
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The Nature of Rural Infrastructure: Problems and Prospects
Mitra, Siddhartha; Bery, Suman; B, Gupta D; Krishna, Reeta - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper looks at rural infrastructure facilities in India, the lack of which is demonstrated to be an impediment to …
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Groundwater Irrigation in India: Gains, Costs and Risks
Gandhi, Vasant P; Namboodiri, N.V. - eSocialSciences - 2009
Groundwater has rapidly emerged to occupy a dominant place in India’s agriculture and food security in the recent years. It has become the main source of growth in irrigated area over the past 3 decades, and it now accounts for over 60 percent of the irrigated area in the country. It is...
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Punishing the Poor? A Look at Evidence and Action Regarding User Fees in Health Care
CEHAT, ... - eSocialSciences - 2011
This policy brief aims to summarise evidence and discuss various concerns about charging user fees from a low-income perspective.
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Innovation, Efficiency, Productivity and Intellectual Property Rights: Evidence from a BRIC Economy
Kanwar, Sunil - eSocialSciences - 2013
The innovation, efficiency and productivity responses to the stronger protection of intellectual property rights post …-TRIPs, with reference to manufacturing industry in India is studied. The fact that the post-TRIPs strengthening of IPRs in India … increase is found in the annual rates of technical change, efficiency change, and productivity growth – about 3, 8 and 0 …
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Economics and Efficiency of Organic Farming vis-à-vis Conventional Farming in India
Charyulu, D. Kumara; Biswas, Subho - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present paper focuses mainly on the issues like economics and efficiency of organic farming visà- vis conventional … farming in India. Four states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and U.P were purposively selected for the present study … Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used for analyzing the efficiency of the farming systems. …
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