The application of Social Accounting Matrices (SAM) is well established at the national level and provides a comprehensive economic framework. The procedure for developing national SAMs is extensively documented in literature. However, it can also be constructed for smaller economies, such as a...

Employees' different levels of entrepreneurial work are likely to be asso- ciated with varying levels of knowledge and intentions in a country. This leads the current paper to argue how entrepreneurial work by employ- ees influences employees' approach to running their businesses in India and...

Integrating the impact of resources and institutional factors, this study compares and contrasts the dynamic relationships between product diversification, business group affiliation and firm performance in two major economies in Asia. India and Japan have been chosen as they represent different...

Canadian National Report prepared for the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Conference on tax secrecy and transparency, Rust, Austria, July, 2012. The aim of the project is to assess how different countries regard the treatment of tax information and tax secrecy. Topics include the...

With the advent of smart phones, everyone today is talking about Internet on mobiles, 3G speeds and so on. However, even today SMS, a traditional short message service on mobile, is pretty much the most frequently used feature after calling or even more than calling. Even professionals use it...

The Life Insurance Sector has witnessed colossal growth in the recent years making it a formidable part of the capital market in India. It now stands only second to banks in the mobilization of savings in Indian economy. As per the recent provisional report released by Life Insurance Council of...

"Admission for MBA means admission for big money", Is this true? Indian economy is creating a serious demand for high –quality managers to oversee the national's growing business. That makes pursuing an MBA a Value added and that ensure a young star a fast return on investment. Today young...

The formation of World Trade Organization is an important milestone in the history of international trade. It registered its existences in Jan. 1995. GATT in its initial stage covered only goods. Later, it included agriculture and textile in the fold of multilateral trade negotiations while WTO...

With the changing scenario of the banking industry in the liberalized era, the importance of improved performance has assumed a critical significance for the viability of commercial banks operating in India. The objective of the present chapter is to get the financial performance score (one type...

Global Innovation Index Report published by INSEAD, Cornell University and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in partnership with other organizations provides an overview of innovative growth of around 128 economies and provides rank (index) of each country annually which is known...