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COVER -- CONTENTS -- BANKING SECTOR REFORMS IN INDIA -- LAKSHMI N. MITTAL - MORGAN OF 21st CENTURY -- MERGER AND ACQUISITION (M&A)BY INDIAN COMPANIES OVER THEIR FOREIGN COUNTERPARTS -- RELIENCE INFOCOMM-FUTURE ORIENTED STRATEGY -- RELEVANCE OF ERP IN THE ORGANISATIONAL RESOURCE INTEGRATION (ORI)...

The three-broad behaviour of market prices: trending, mean-reversion and random walk can be studied using the Hurst exponent. The goal of this paper is to develop a comprehensive trading strategy for Asian Equity Index Futures by making use of Hurst exponent of the price series. This paper...

The interaction of business with politics is a ‘big strategy’ (Whittington, 2012) phenomenon. Political activities of firms have consequences not only for firms, but also for democratic systems. But little is known about impact of corporate political activity on either firms or society. The...

With air pollution growing at an alarming rate, it is becoming necessary to quantify correctly the level of toxicity in the air. The novelty in our system relies on a cheap, affordable and quick measuring index for the air quality around us. It uses a portable battery powered hub based on an...

The Light management is a fundamental study to improve the solar cell and photoelectrical devices conversion efficiency. Here, the spectral responses of reflection and absorption characteristics of random silicon nanowire (Si NW) arrays of different lengths and doping type is investigated. The...

Big Data in Governance in India: Case Studies / Mukesh Choubisa -- Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Computing ofSoC for IoT Applications / Ipseeta Nanda and Nibedita Adikari -- A Review of Different Data Mining Techniques Used inBig Data Applications / Chandrakanta Mahanty, Devpriya Panda,...

This study investigates the earnings management among family firms in India after taking into account the moderating the effect of board independence. Discretionary accruals have been used to measure the magnitude of earning management, which has been estimated using the Modified Jones model...