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Satisficing and structured individuation: A study of women workers in Calcutta's IT sector
Dutta, Mousumi; Husain, Zakir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
It was initially believed that the rapid growth of the Information Technology (IT) industry in India would generate … commitments) on working women. Based on a survey of women workers in Calcutta’s IT sector, this paper agues that contextual …
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The Structural Relationship Between Current and Capital Account Balance in India : A Time Series Analysis
Chakraborty, Debashis; Mukherjee, Jaydeep; Sinha, Tanaya - 2010
aftermath of the Southeast Asian crisis, the limitation of the liberal capital regime for a developing country like India is … often highlighted in the literature. However, the probable impact of introducing KAC on CAB in India generally is discussed … theoretically. Though some of the existing studies in India have earlier focused on this research question, they have done so by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194754
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Socioeconomic Progress Across the Major Indian States : Converging or Diverging
Goli, Srinivas; Arokiasamy, P.; Reddy, Bheemeshwar - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154852
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Service Sector Led Economic Growth in India and Some Measurement and Database Issues
Saikia, Dilip - 2017
In recent years there has been a rapid and sustained growth of the service sector in the Indian economy. But unfortunately, while the importance of the services is growing statistical data and other relevant information of the services are abysmally low. There are problems relating to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187326
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Air and Sea Transport: Competition Strategies Under Normal and Economic Crisis Environments
Rigas, Konstantinos; Sambracos, Evangelos; Gatzoli, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Air and sea passenger transport were generally considered as serving different market segments with little competition between them. Recent research has however shown that the existence of a deregulated operating framework can lead to improved competition between the two modes. This article aims...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107676
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Is there room for shared cars in Italy? Considerations from some recent experiences
Laurino, Antonio; Grimaldi, Raffaele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Car sharing is increasing its role worldwide as an alternative transport mode, that could contribute to a more sustainable urban mobility by reducing congestion and pollution. The paper focuses on the understanding of which are the main characteristics of this service starting from the...
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Carsharing peer-to-peer: propensione alla condivisione dei veicoli privati nella città di Milano
Beria, Paolo; Laurino, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In recent years, several peer-to-peer carsharing systems have developed worldwide. They allow car owners to share their vehicles in exchange of a monetary compensation. The paper, starting from an online survey carried out in Milan in 2012, analyzes the potentiality of a possible peer-to-peer...
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Sustainable mobility at the EU level – and the new transport White Paper
Fleischer, Tamás - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The main messages of the paper in four points are the following: (1) The environmental target for 2050 (sixty percent emission decrease, oil dependence decrease) is a very progressive vision, clear target. (2) The tools to achieve these objectives are sometimes still contradictory in the White...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112203
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Distortions in infrastructure development in urban transport in India: How to remedy it?
Manchala, Ravibabu; Vagvala, Phani Sree - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
National Urban Transport Policy, the guiding document for urban transport in India, emphasis movement of people and …
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Spatial Determinants of CBD Emergence: A Micro-level Case Study on Berlin∗
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Wendlan, Nicolai - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Over the recent decades, scholars and planning practitioners have developed strategies for directed urban decentralization, which aim at the optimization of urban commuting patterns by allowing households to locate closer to job opportunities. However, given ongoing changes in the socioeconomic...
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