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
Reference No: ECO0341TECPages: 8Published on: 30, June, 2000
Abstract: The note discusses the concepts of market failures and government failures, enumerates the conditions under which these might arise and summarizes the emerging views on market failures and government interventions. ... 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: CISG0061TECPages: 6Published on: 18, October, 2000
Abstract: This note introduces the notions of computational complexity, and the theory of NP Completeness in an informal and non-rigorous way. In designing decision support systems, the designers often use heuristics. For such designers, the ideas presented here provide sufficient conceptual clarity, and help them decide under which conditions and contexts, ... 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: CMA0808TECPages: 2Published on: 1, January, 2002
Abstract: The case focuses on understanding various quality attributes of food product such as the sensory and analytical attributes. It, further, motivates participants to identify attributes' relative importance as reveal by the consumers. This is accomplished by performing the price analysis. ... 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: 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: 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: CISG0068TECPages: 12Published on: 5, September, 2002
Abstract: This note introduces the Micro Soft Project 2000 package features, with examples on time resource analysis, functionally describing initial settings; data entry; time analysis; project tracking; resource sharing in multiple projects and linking different projects; viewing output and report generation. ... More
Reference No: OB0194TECPages: 6Published on: 20, May, 2003
Abstract: Values, beliefs and attitudes have specific meanings but are often used interchangeably in popular literature and in common parlance. This note defines values, beliefs and attitudes and explains their meaning and classification. It further distinguishes between values, beliefs and attitudes and clarifies their usage when applied to social and organizational ... More
