In this paper we focus on often neglected issue and inadequately studied area of commitment of public sector health professionals and some of the issues surrounding human resources as its determinants. The paper argues that success or failure of new initiatives in health sector critically hinges...

One of the important components of the private health care sector has been health care facilities set up by corporate sector. The financial sustainability of these facilities is closely linked to the financial performance of the main business. In this paper we examine a case of one such hospital...

Of the three phases of learning through the case method, instructors have focused on the in-class phase in training of both teachers and participants. The other two phases, pre-class preparation and post class-reflection, have not received much attention leading to lack of exploitation of the...

Short Duration Executive Development Programme (SEDPs) bear certain characteristics that pose significant problems to instructors and coordinators in the effective use of case method in achieving the learning objectives of these programmes. This paper identifies and analyses such problems and...

This paper describes authors’ experiences of designing a case based compulsory marketing course for Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management (equivalent to MBA) at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). Given the course objectives, set in context of the programme objectives, the...

This paper identifies and focuses on a specific type of environmental development called discontinuity. Discontinuities in the forms of rapid technological innovations, regulatory reforms, institutional overhauls, and socio-cultural developments are the source of opportunities and threats to the...

The research literature has looked at capabilities of a firm from various dimensions. Through this conceptual note, we aim to classify the literature on eight dimensions: Definition, Portfolio, Utilization, Level, Characterization, Demonstration, Lifecycle, and Development. These eight...

This paper presents the findings of a study aimed at understand the environmental scanning practices in large private sector corporations in India. The findings of the study are as follows: a) Developments in the input, marketing and regulatory environment are of primary concern to large Indian...

This paper reviews the development of the Indian machine tools industry since independence. It analyses the key capabilities and growth experiences of the industry in the domestic and international context. It presents the findings of field and mail surveys aimed at understanding the nature of...

The environment for doing business in India has changed substantially in the last couple of years and is likely to change almost radically in the coming years. This paper discusses some of these changes and develops a scenario of the emerging environment for doing business in India.