The motion pictures business in India has certain unique aspects which pose challenges in front of those whose fortunes are linked with the industry. The shelf life of a movie is short whereas the cost of producing and marketing it along with the financial risks associated with its success are...

The marketing discipline is evolving and so is its agenda with the advent of relationship marketing, networks and other related sub-fields. Till recently, business literature focused largely on competition, and cooperation, its counter part, has received insufficient attention. With a view to...

We present a general method of constructing a test of multivariate normality using any given test of univariate normality of complete or randomly incomplete data. A simulation study considers multivariate tests constructed using the univariate versions of the Shapiro-Wilk, Kolmogorov-Smirnov,...

This study assesses and compares, on select criteria of evaluation, the time series of daily term structure estimates provided by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) [using the Nelson-Siegel (1987; NS) methodology] with author’s own estimates of NS, Svensson (1992; SV) and Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (1985; CIR)....

The paper traces the evolution of Spandana group of institutions. At the outset we explore the background of Spandana, the motivation for the promoters to set up the organisation and how it has aggressively grown from the time it was set up. The organisation reached a stage where transformation...

The Shilling Bottleneck heuristic decomposes the Job Shop problem into a series of One Machine Sequencing Problems (OMSPs) with release and due dates, precedence constraints and the minimization of maximum lateness objective. It is well known that delayed precedence constraints may exist between...

The study, conducted in an Indian organization, aims to examine differences, if any, across genders in the use of face threatening acts (FTAs) while reporting incidents of upward influence (UI). The nature of incidents reported for use of UI entails the possible use of FTAs, that is, challenging...

The objective of the study was to help children conceptualise and develop an on-line magazine and observe changes in their skills and confidence as communicators due to their experience of developing this online magazine. A single group Post-test Post-test design was used for this study. A...

Upward influence tactics affect the attitude, perceptions and behavior of the supervisors towards their subordinates. This influence may be used both for organizational and personal purposes. With more and more women joining the work place, gender becomes a significant construct given that...

We describe how a generic multi-period optimization-based decision support system (DSS) can be used for strategic planning in process industries. Built on five fundamental elements – materials, facilities, activities, time periods and storage areas – this DSS requires little direct knowledge...