Onion is an indispensable ingredient of the Indian diet, and plays a vital role in Indian economy, society, and politics. The ongoing volatility in its prices leads to significant social unrest. In this paper, we are interested in helping decision-makers to rigorously evaluate policy proposals...

Problem Definition: MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) play a crucial role in the economic development of many developing countries (e.g., India), albeit facing a number of challenges that limit their growth and success. One crucial challenge is the lack of access to affordable...

Newly introduced price subsidy programs without physical procurement have resulted in an increased (vis-à-vis the subsidy programs with physical procurement) preponderance of deliberate quality degradation for certain crops by Indian farmers. The physical procurement of the crop from farmers...

With supply chains evolving into complex networks of diverse and independent economic entities, supply chain coordination has emerged as a key management capability for improving overall performance of the network. For long term sustainability, it is important that such networks remain stable...