The vast majority of the extant literature on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has focused on the macro (firm) level of analysis by examining the linkage between CSR and firm-level outcomes. As such, very few studies have focused on the micro (individual) level of analysis. Against this...

Purpose – The purpose of this article, based on the Indian philosophy of Karma that all individual actions have the power to bring joy or sorrow based on the nature of action, is to propose a new construct, salesperson's Karma Orientation, and discuss its antecedents and outcomes....

This paper aims to describe the implication for transaction costs for agricultural marketing channel structure and outline a model of vertical coordination in agriculture. Considering new ways of assessing the true cost of conducting business is an important step towards improving system and...

One of the major agreements that were concluded in the Uruguay round of negotiations signed in Marrakesh in April 1994 was the agreement on agriculture. (AOA). It is argued intensively that Indian agriculture will benefit immensely with developed countries complying with the WTO norms. But...

The paper seeks to study the behavior of an executive newsvendor under stochastic ordering conditions. The participants have no prior knowledge of the newsvendor model. The demand pattern has been assumed to be normally distributed in both low and high profit situation. The results prove that...

The Government of India new agricultural policy envisages that "private sector participation will be promoted through contract farming and land leasing agreements to allow accelerated technology transfer, capital inflows and assured market for crop production, especially of oilseeds cotton and...