Public health is a means of preventing disease and providing curative care to promote citizens' health through organized efforts of various stakeholders. Performance challenges in public health in developing countries continue to surround access, availability and quality. The public health...

This paper explores the linkage between performance benchmarking and strategic homogeneity of Indian commercial banks. It devises a method of benchmarking performance of Indian commercial banks using their published financial information. Performance is defined by how a bank is able to utilise...

Purpose – Increasing turnover of frontline staff in call centres is detrimental to the delivery of quality service to customers. This paper aims to present the context for the rapid growth of the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in India, and to address a critical issue faced by call...

The purpose of this paper is to understand and explain the internationalization process of Indian pharmaceutical firms through a variety of entry mode theories. Eight competing theories of entry mode are applied to the case and compared for their relative efficacy in explaining the...

This paper explores the linkage between strategic grouping and performance of the Indian banking sector. Strategic grouping and performance were identified using published financial information for all public sector banks. Grouping of Indian public sector banks following comparable financial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look back at the first year of publication of the Journal of Indian Business Research ( JIBR ) and to provide details of the current issue. Design/methodology/approach – It is time to look back at the first year of launch of the JIBR . After all, it...

Explores the linkage between performance benchmarking and strategic homogeneity of Indian commercial banks. Devises a method of benchmarking performance of Indian commercial banks using their published financial information. Defines performance by how a bank is able to utilize its resources to...