Reference No: ECO0348Pages: 27Published on: 31, December, 2002
Abstract: This paper deals with the evaluation of the civil aeronautics sectors since the 1930s in the background of Government intervention & technological changes. The paper has tried to contrast the active interference by European nations in the domestic aviation sector with the comparatively "hands off" approach of the US, and the ... More
Reference No: PSG0084Pages: 11Published on: 24, October, 2002
Abstract: This case study discusses various issues in toll based BOT projects. L&T Transportation Infrastructure Limited (LTTIL), the BOT operator has been facing financial problems, experiencing a difficult time collecting tolls from the Athupalam Bridge segment of the Coimbatore Bypass project. Though LTTIL and the Government have been trying to ... More
Reference No: PROD0250Pages: 18Published on: 25, June, 2002
Abstract: The case describes the process followed by the RPO, Ahmedabad in issuing a passport. The resources available are described. The status of consumer response time is included. Adequate information is provided to redesign the process, to improve response time. The impact of technology is highlighted. The issues related to any ... More
Reference No: ECO0346TECPages: 20Published on: 18, March, 2002
Abstract: While the Indian economic reforms initiated 1991 were mandated by a crisis, their continuance by the successive non-Congress governments is not easily explained. This note attempts to understand the socio-political back drop of economic realities to explore the nature of the economic growth of Independent India, and argues that the economic ... More
Reference No: ECO0347EXPages: 19Published on: 18, March, 2002
Abstract: Coca cola is famous as an extraordinarily successful example of globalization; as well as of the expansion of "Americanization", when for many people, globally, the name ?Coca Cola' is synonymous with American culture. This wave of ?Americanization', however, is simultaneously adapted to national communities, blurring the fundamental distinction between the ... More
Reference No: ECO0345TECPages: 8Published on: 20, February, 2002
Abstract: This study estimates the Almost Ideal Demand System, using household level consumption data, from one village in India. The elasticity estimates obtained in this study are plausible and generally consistent with previous studies. The study also tests for demand homogeneity and the symmetry of compensated cross price effects. The symmetry ... More
Reference No: ECO0344TECPages: 16Published on: 19, February, 2002
Abstract: The thinking of leaders like Nehru, Savarkar and Ambedkar influenced the developing India; Savarkar's led to the Hindu/Non-Hindu axis, while Ambedkar's to the Dalit/Non-Dalit Axis, and high income-inequality provided the Rich/Poor axis. These three axes give rise to eight possible groups, which differ widely in their ?power' ... More
Reference No: ECO0343EXPages: 9Published on: 31, January, 2002
Abstract: The case provides time series data on significant macroeconomic variables for the G-7 and a few other selected countries. In particular, information is available to analyse the causes of and the roles of stabilisation policies during the Great Depression, Stagflation, Globalisation, and the recent Recession. The case offers good material ... More
Reference No: CMA0806TECPages: 12Published on: 1, January, 2002
Abstract: The capital-theoritic framework provides logical guide to incorporate changes in natural and environmental capital into the National Income Accounts. It is shown that the real Net National Product can, in principle, be estimated by subtracting from convetional GNP, the depreciation of man-made, natural, and environmental capital valued at their respective ... More
Reference No: PSG0083Pages: 24Published on: 19, June, 2001
Abstract: The Head, Gujarat, Tata Infotech Limited (TIL) was reviewing the financial bid for the Gujarat State Wide Area Network (GSWAN) project. The bid was for a uniform quarterly revenue to be received from the Government of Gujarat (GoG) over eight years for Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) concession of the project. Of the ... More
Reference No: PSG0080EXPages: 26Published on: 24, November, 2000
Abstract: In 1998, the Southern Railway (SR) undertook a project to qualitatively
upgrade its railway timetable, with the objective of making
it more user-friendly. The outcome of this effort, which resulted
in the publication of a significantly improved version of
the timetable in August 1998, had a dramatic impact in how it
was ... More
Reference No: CISG0062Pages: 17Published on: 21, November, 2000
Abstract: As a part of its initiative to bring the benefits of information technology to its citizens, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, in 1998, undertook the TWINS (twin cities network services) project, whose objective was to provide to the citizens several one-stop Government-to-Citizens (G2C) service centres called Integrated Citizen Service Centres ( ... More
Reference No: ECO0342TECPages: 14Published on: 8, September, 2000
Abstract: Provides a rigorous treatment of the two variable optimization theory. A proof of the one dimensional Kakutani's Fixed Point Theorem along with an application in economics is also provided in this note. ... More
Reference No: CISG0060Pages: 13Published on: 17, July, 2000
Abstract: This case describes a successful E-Governance application in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The application pertains to the State Department of Transportation in issuing Learner's licence, Driver's licence, Registration of vehicles, etc. The success of the application on the DOT network linking three RTO offices has led the department to ... More
Reference No: ECO0340TECPages: 5Published on: 30, June, 2000
Abstract: The note uses the concept of demand and supply, of elective courses in a business school, to bring out the conditions under which market failures may take place, requiring institutional co-ordination and interventions. The case exemplifies how imperfections in access to information and foresight, absence of future markets and externalities ... More
