The proposed book provides an assessment of an important yet controversial policy initiated by the government of India and the governments of several other developing countries. Marketing reforms, it is claimed, can be a crucial answer to solving the problem of rural poverty in agrarian economies where large sections of the populace are engaged in low paying agricultural work. On a wider front, these reforms could help in providing growth impetus to an economy and even the global economy at large. Yet, the subject of liberalizing agricultural markets is also part of a broad and perhaps a...
The proposed book provides an assessment of an important yet controversial policy initiated by the government of India and the governments of sever...
This volume s primary contribution to the field of Economics is that it addresses the issue of inter-linkages between money, finance and macroeconomics with a broad analytical perspective that has commonality with the Post-Keynesians. In an attempt to assess the consequences of economic reforms and the fallout of the global financial crisis on India and the world around, the book argues that with the onset of the crisis, as in most advanced economies, debates and discussions in India have been concerned with three main issues: monetary policy and asset prices, financial stability, and...
This volume s primary contribution to the field of Economics is that it addresses the issue of inter-linkages between money, finance and macroeconomic...
Issues linking climate change and economic growth are now at the centre of discussions regarding development strategies especially in the context of developing countries. This book contributes by analyzing the relationship between economic growth and GHG emissions in India with explicit reference to all major economic sectors. One of the most popular tools for macroeconomic policy analysis is Social Accounting Matrix (SAM). The book presents the methods and estimates of the latest Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for India, which provides a major data base describing the complete circular flow...
Issues linking climate change and economic growth are now at the centre of discussions regarding development strategies especially in the context of d...
This book is an attempt to capture and analyze several idiosyncratic features of industry and labor in the developing world. Available books and graduate-level texts in labor economics largely discuss industrial and labor market situations prevalent in developed countries, where well-defined institutional arrangements and regulations create a very different scope of analysis. The patterns of choice in training and contracts in the labor market more apparent in developing and transition countries are discussed, as are the information-theoretic results. The book also critically examines labor...
This book is an attempt to capture and analyze several idiosyncratic features of industry and labor in the developing world. Available books and gradu...
The purpose of this edited collection is to analyse the cultural aspects of Indian organizations. As the world's largest and most diverse democracy, Indian society can be best described as an amalgam of multiple cultures, value systems, socio-political and institutional orientations. This book offers a theoretical and empirical basis for understanding the evolving and changing nature of these aspects in Indian organizations.
The World Bank predicts that in the near future India will become the world's second largest economy. The recent high growth rates reported by businesses in the...
The purpose of this edited collection is to analyse the cultural aspects of Indian organizations. As the world's largest and most diverse democracy...
The book highlights the development disparities in India and attempts to integrate the three intricate areas of development namely economic wellbeing, human progress and agricultural development over a period of forty years since 1970s. The novelty of the book is its rich analytical foundation and the use of sophisticated statistical and economic tools to justify the reasons of socioeconomic disparity among Indian states. The trends of inequality, polarization and disparity among the states have been highlighted in respect of income, human development indicators and agricultural production...
The book highlights the development disparities in India and attempts to integrate the three intricate areas of development namely economic wellbeing,...
This book focuses on how companies are innovating with regard to the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BOP) - the lowest socio-economic segment, and the organizational conditions they need to be successful. The authors use several examples of disruptive innovations for this market, particularly in the Indian healthcare sector. Low-cost, specialty hospital chains like Aravind Eye Care and Narayana Hrudayalaya have brought down the cost of certain medical procedures significantly. The Indian conglomerate Tata Group and the American healthcare giant GE Healthcare have also developed affordable products...
This book focuses on how companies are innovating with regard to the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BOP) - the lowest socio-economic segment, and the organiza...
This book emphasizes the need for experimenting with more deliberate and rigorous policy processes to attain balanced regional development, which can promote both equity and efficiency in India s development discourse. The institutional mechanisms for dealing with regional imbalance in India have not been very successful so far. With rising discrepancies in development, demand for autonomy continues along with a new dimension of regionalism arising from submerged identity along with political and economic aspirations, which demanded new channels for solution. So far, attempts to create space...
This book emphasizes the need for experimenting with more deliberate and rigorous policy processes to attain balanced regional development, which can ...
This book examines the performance of organized retail chains supplying the agri-input and output services in terms of achieving their objective of utilising collective bargaining power in the marketing of their agricultural produce, integrating empirical experience from India and other selected developing countries. The scenario of marketing for agricultural products has been undergoing rapid changes with the rise of organised retailing (the Indian term for supermarkets ), a process that is likely to accelerate in years to come, with India being on the threshold of a supermarket...
This book examines the performance of organized retail chains supplying the agri-input and output services in terms of achieving their objective of...