We use a state-level panel data set for the period 1969-2005 to analyze the relative importance of profitability (rate … of profit) and industrial disputes (man-days lost to all industrial disputes per worker) in explaining cross …-state variations of manufacturing sector performance in India. Using three different measures of manufacturing performance - net value …

slackening productivity, have led to a declining trend in the profits and profitability of the banks. The study enquires whether … there has actually been a declining trend in the profits and profitability of Indian commercial banks in the '70s and what … the main factors are that effect the profit performance of such banks. (DÜI-Sen) …