This paper looks at a conceptual model depicting the impact of high performing Team Leaders (TL) on their team members’ career advancement. Certain inherent factors present in high performing TLs are not usually linked to either the development or the career advancement of the team members;...

RBV implicitly assumes omnipotent nature for certain firms. These are the firms that can create rent generating capabilities anytime and therefore forever. While theoretically, it seems plausible, empirically it may remain a utopian imagery. This paper breaks free of such grandiose assumptions...

The National Knowledge Network (NKN) was set up to enhance collaboration amongst higher education (HE) and research institutes. The government of India implemented the NKN to provide connectivity to nearly 5000 institutions, including publicly funded higher education and research institutes. The...

The relationship between market concentration and innovative efforts by firms has attracted a lot of attention by researchers. However, a consensus is yet to emerge on the conceptual underpinnings and empirical manifestations of this relationship. While Schumpeter (1942) argued that existence of...

Against the backdrop of evolution of rural credit system in India as well as its observed failure to be inclusive in character, this paper makes use of a fairly large data set of the Center for Mangement in Agriculture in Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad to try to explain several...

Society for Research and Initiatives for Technologies and Institutions [SRISTI] has pioneered a knowledge intensive model for transforming institutional context of problem solving at community level. In this paper, the building blocks of a sustainable innovation eco system have been identified....

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers occupy a strategic position in Indian public governance system. Government has generally laid a lot of emphasis on the training programmes for IAS officers to ensure that they are equipped with the right set of knowledge, skills and attitude to...

Coupons continue to be one of the most favourite promotional tools for the marketers to influence, incentivize, and encourages customers towards trying the product. Mobile-coupon (m-coupon), an extension of the traditional coupons which is accessible on mobile device, has emerged as one of the...

For two independently drawn samples from continuous distributions, a statistical test based on the mutual information statistic is proposed for the null hypothesis that both the samples originate from the same population. Asymptotic properties of the test statistic under the null hypothesis of...

Variety seeking behavior and its corollary, purchase reinforcement have been looked at from diverse viewpoints in marketing literature. One specific viewpoint has involved looking at the effects of variety seeking behavior on purchase behavior and brand preference. In the area of marketing...