Reference No: F&A0382Pages: 15Published on: 1, January, 1988
Abstract: The case depicts a real-life situation primarily concerned with overstocking of inventory in a trading activity (retailing of medicines). Other issues that are effectively brought out in the case relate to the development of appropriate incentive schemes for the entire staff involved directly or indirectly with the operations and development ... More
Reference No: MAR0297TECPages: 22Published on: 1, January, 1988
Abstract: This note traces the history of tourism behaviour, and depicts the current significance of the industry in terms of both traffic volume and receipts in money terms. It also explains the significance of the phenomenon in India. It provides a socio economic profile of tourists visiting India. ... More
Reference No: ECO0314TECPages: 8 Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: The note provides time series data on some important macro-economic variables that are useful for students of international banking and finance. Such data are included for both, the world as a whole as well as India, and comparison and brief analysis of them has been attempted. ... More
Reference No: PSG0057Pages: 16Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: This case examines the interaction between the Pallavan Transport Corporation and some of the agents in the environment like the consumer, the Madras Municipal Corporation, the Madras Metropolitan Development Authority, the Finance Department, and the Home Department. ... More
Reference No: ECO0316TECPages: 19 Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: The note provides a systematic discussion on the following aspects of product pricing: (a) price determinants, (b) optimum pricing under various objectives, varying competition, varying government interventions, discriminatory pricing, and pricing under multi-plant and multi-product situations, (c) pricing practices, and (d) synthesis between optimum pricing and pricing practices. The various ... More
Reference No: PSG0058Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: This case examines the composition of the board of the Pallavan Transport Corporation. The members are drawn from various departments of the Tamil Nadu Government. This in turn affects the decision-making. It also brings out the low-key role of the chairman, who is drawn from either the IAS or IPS. ... More
Reference No: PSG0055Pages: 20 Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: This case describes the organizational form and structure of passenger road transport undertakings in Tamil Nadu. Since nationalization in 1971, major decisions regarding the organizational form were taken. Road transport undertakings were set up in Tamil Nadu under the Companies Act, which is supposed to be RTC Act (which was the ... More
Reference No: BP0208Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: Gives results of a survey on the image of an extension counter of a nationalized bank located in an educational campus. Useful for discussing issues of how to audit the image of an organization and how to take the consequent remedial steps. ... More
Reference No: CMA0696TECPages: 8Published on: 1, January, 1990
Abstract: This note defines what econometrics is. The differences between models and economic models are brought out. The six steps involved in econometric model building are (a) statement of theory of hypothesis, (b) specification of theoretical econometric model for testing theory, (c) estimation of the parameters of the model, (d) evaluation ... More
Reference No: BP0225TECPages: 40Published on: 1, January, 1990
Abstract: The note on the television industry describes government policies governing the manufacture and sale of TV sets in the 70s and 80s. It also covers the trends in the world consumer electronics industry, which supplied the technology and some components of the Indian industry as well as trends in the ... More
Reference No: ECO0317TECPages: 7 Published on: 1, January, 1990
Abstract: The competitive behavior of a firm depends upon the structure of the market in which it operates. This note first explains the concept of market structure and then sets out the analytical criteria for classifying market structures. The essential, definitional characteristics go different theoretical modes of market structure (such as ... More
Reference No: ECO0322TECPages: 16 Published on: 1, January, 1991
Abstract: This note explains the various sources and causes of international financial flows; discusses various accounts of the balance of payments, their disequilibrium and their corrective devices, with particular reference to India; highlights the significance of decision making; and gives a set of self-assessment questions for practice. ... More
Reference No: CMA0707TECPages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1991
Abstract: The note provides a framework for analysing agricultural and rural development policies. Four models are used 4-S to link spatial, seasonal, sectoral, and social aspects of a policy. 3-A to link access, assurance, and ability. Socio-ecological paradigms to analyse the relationship between ecological variables and portfolio choices of the households. ... More
Reference No: ECO0326TECPages: 14 Published on: 1, January, 1991
Abstract: The note discusses the various components of the time series and the factors causing them. Using the monthly data on tea production for the period January 1981 through December 1990 and the multiplicative model for the time series, it decomposes series and the model are then applied to derive forecasts for tea ... More
Reference No: ECO0323TECPages: 19Published on: 1, January, 1991
Abstract: The note attempts to: (a) explain the significance of optimization techniques in decision-making, (b) discusses the various concepts and techniques for optimization under appropriate heads, and also, (c) illustrates the application of optimization techniques in decision-making. ... More
