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Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in a Social Network
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G; Duflo, Esther; … - eSocialSciences - 2014
The paper examines individuals’ abilities to identify the highly central people in their social networks, where centrality is defined by diffusion centrality (Banerjee, Chandrasekhar, Duflo, and Jackson, 2013), which characterizes a node’s influence in spreading information. It...
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Foreign Investment in Farmland No Low-hanging Fruit
Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2012
A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land, and when land has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages...
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The Companies Bill, 2012
GOI, Ministry of Corporate Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2013
A bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies. [Ministry of Corporate Affairs]. URL:[http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/pdf/The_Companies_Bill_2012.pdf].
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Estimation of Capacity Utilisation in Indian Industries: Issues and Challenges
Mukherjee, Atri; Misra, Rekha - eSocialSciences - 2012
The estimation of capacity utilisation (CU) derives its significance from the fact that, if properly assessed, it may provide a reliable indication of incipient inflationary pressure in an economy. Measurement of CU is not confined to a unique method and can be measured for an economy, industry...
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Technology in Banking- In Pursuit of Excellence
Sinha, Anand - eSocialSciences - 2011
technology awards, in fostering the technological developments of banks. Issues in the area of business-technology alignment that …
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The Evolution of Singapore Business: A Case Study Approach
Sabhlok, Anisha - eSocialSciences - 2010
This volume contains summaries of 12 case studies for three categories of business organisations defined by ownership …, i.e. foreign, state and (local) private. The case studies explore the history and pattern of development of 12 business … groups/companies in Singapore, highlighting specified aspects including: turning points in terms of business growth …
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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 … colonial imprints on these configurations by scrutinising three sites: the production of music, including the kinds of business …
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Japan’s Foreign Direct Investment Experiences in India: Lessons Learnt from Firm Level Surveys
Choudhury, Srabani Roy - eSocialSciences - 2010
explains the methodology followed. Second, the firm’s entry strategy is discussed to highlight how the Japanese view business …
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Determinants of Choosing an Airline by a Traveller -An Analysis from New Zealand Perspective
Ali, Ershad - eSocialSciences - 2007
The important determinants that have influence on travellers to choosing a particular airline are analysed. Data from primary and secondary sources have been used for this paper. A field survey was conducted for primary data in which a sample of 45 respondents was interviewed.
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Ethics in Organizations: The Case of Tata Steel
Maheshwari, Sunil Kumar; Ganesh, M P - eSocialSciences - 2007
since failure of some of the prominent business organizations like Shell and Enron owing to strong social condemn of some of … their business practices. This paper reviews literature to address this concern by examining and discussing significant …
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