Research

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Time -varying relationship between geopolitical uncertainty and agricultural investment
Authors: Rabin K Jana, & Indranil Ghosh
Journal: Finance Research Letters
Volume: Volume 52, March 2023
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103521

This paper explores the relationship between Geopolitical Uncertainty (GPU) and agricultural investment. We apply wavelet-based techniques to capture the relationship at different time dimensions and explore the causal structure between the GPU and select indices from the agricultural market of the USA. We find that the GPU influences investment in agricultural spot markets in the medium run. The futures market investment is less susceptible to GPU than the spot counterparts. A clear shift in interplay is visible during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The results can offer diversification benefits and mitigate risk in distress and volatile periods.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Do travel uncertainty and invasion rhetoric spur Metaverse financial asset? -Gauging the role of media Influence
Authors: Indranil Ghosh, Esteban Alfaro-Cortes, Matiz Gamez & Noelia Garfa
Journal: Finance Research Letters
Volume: Volume 51, January 2023
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103434

The recent emergence and development of Metaverse platform have resulted in creating digital niche assets, which are argued to exert disruption in the global financial market. The dearth of dedicated research to demystify the dependence of Metaverse financial market on external factors is apparent. The current research endeavors to exemplify the dynamic nexus of select Metaverse coins on the prevailing media chatter pertinent to travel uncertainty and invasion rhetoric using wavelet-driven test for association, predictive modeling, and time series clustering technique. A long-run synergy between the Metaverse coins and the explanatory features is detected.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Financial Sector Development and Retail Sector Growth- Association, Spillover and Causality during Pre-Covid and Coved Regimes
Authors: Tamal Dutta Chaudhari & Indranil Ghosh
Journal: FACTA UNIVERSITATAS Series: Economics and Organization
Volume: Vol. 19, No 4, 2022, pp. 229 - 251
URL: https://doi.org/10.22190/FUEO220110017C

In this paper, we propose an alternative approach to understanding the relationship between financial sector development and real sector growth in India. We use stock market sectoral indices available on National Stock Exchange (NSE) like Capital Goods Index, FMCG Index, Energy Index, Infra Index, Metal Index, Realty Index, and Auto Index to represent the real sector. To represent the financial sector, we consider Bank Index and Financial Services Index separately. The proposed framework examines the relationships at a granular level to understand the extent of association, spillover, and causality. We also analyze the relationship between the financial sector and the real sector in Pre COVID and COVID periods separately. Our research methodology includes the use of Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis (DCCA), Wavelet Multiple Correlation (WMC), Wavelet Multiple Cross Correlation (WMCC), Diebold-Yilmaz spillover Framework, and Non-Linear Causality Test. Our granular approach has enabled us to examine the relationships in different periods and we observe that the results change. The intensity of the relationships also is different during the COVID period as compared to Pre COVID period.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Can financial stress be anticipated and explained? Uncovering the hidden pattern using EEMD-LSTM, EEMD-prophet, and XAI methodologies
Authors: Indranil Ghosh & Pamucar Dragaan
Journal: Complex and Intelligent Systems
Volume: Published online 26 December 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-022-00947-8

Global financial stress is a critical variable that reflects the ongoing state of several key macroeconomic indicators and financial markets. Predictive analytics of financial stress, nevertheless, has seen very little focus in literature as of now. Futuristic movements of stress in markets can be anticipated if the same can be predicted with a satisfactory level of precision. The current research resorts to two granular hybrid predictive frameworks to discover the inherent pattern of financial stress across several critical variables and geography. The predictive structure utilizes the Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) for granular time series decomposition. The Long Short-Term Memory Network (LSTM) and Facebook’s Prophet algorithms are invoked on top of the decomposed components to scrupulously investigate the predictability of final stress variables regulated by the Office of Financial Research (OFR). A rigorous feature screening using the Boruta methodology has been utilized too. The findings of predictive exercises reveal that financial stress across assets and continents can be predicted accurately in short and long-run horizons even at the time of steep financial distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The frameworks appear to be statistically significant at the expense of model interpretation. To resolve the issue, dedicated Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)methods have been used to interpret the same. The immediate past information of financial stress indicators largely explains patterns in the long run, while short-run fluctuations can be tracked by closely monitoring several technical indicators.

Name : Kalyana Chejarla
Title : Ease of Doing Business Performance comparison of G20 countries using Grey MCDM
Authors: Kalyana Chejarla & Omkarprasad S Vaidya
Journal: International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
Volume: Publication date 11 November 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1142/S021962202250078X

The ubiquity of data, and in particular in MCDM situations, makes it challenging for the Decision Makers (DM) to figure out a way of making proper use of data. This paper presents a three-stage decision framework for DMs to consider the performance range of alternatives holistically. The framework consists of (i) data preparation, (ii) two distance-based Gray Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM-G) methods using gray interval data to rank the alternatives and (iii) a decision analysis template. For comparison, gray Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) and gray Multi-Attributive Border Approximation area Comparison (MABAC) methods that rely on arithmetic and geometric mean respectively are used to generate the ranks. The mean-based ranking methods produce stable and efficient ranks in comparison to extremum-based comparison methods, due to their innate nature. The correlation of ranks is analyzed to conclude that the stability of ranks is better when gray interval data is considered. As an example, this paper considers performance range of the 10 criteria used in computing Ease of Doing Business (EDB) index as the gray interval. The sample performance of the G20 countries during the period 2004 to 2020 was used to illustrate the calculations. Further, a general analytic template based on the rank deviation on account of differences in upper and lower bounds of performance helped in classifying the economies as stable leaders, predictable middle and volatile followers. The paper contributes a suitable MCDM and analysis approach when the DM is presented with a gray interval as the alternatives’ performance.

Name : Sourabh Bhattacharya
Title : Barriers to Circular Supply Chain: the case of unorganized tire retreading in India
Authors: Sourabh Bhattacharya & Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Journal: International Journal of Logistics Management
Volume: Publication date: 3 November 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-04-2022-0162

To understand the role of the unorganized sector in the push toward a circular economy (CE), the authors consider the case of the unorganized tire retreading industry in India and examine the barriers it faces in contributing to a circular tire supply chain in India.

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : Barriers to Circular Supply Chain: the case of unorganized tire retreading in India
Authors: Sourabh Bhattacharya & Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Journal: International Journal of Logistics Management
Volume: Publication date: 3 November 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-04-2022-0162

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : Deliberation does not make attraction effect disappear: The role of induced cognitive reflection
Authors: Parvesh Kumar Padamwar, Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi & Jagrook Dawra
Journal: Journal of Business Research
Volume: Volume 154, January 2023
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113335

The human brain is known to process information using fast and intuitive processing (System I) and deliberative or reflective processing (System II). Both these systems work simultaneously and complementarily to aid decision-making and preference construction. The attraction effect is a choice anomaly that occurs when consumer preference between two alternatives polarizes toward one of the alternatives upon the inclusion of a third (asymmetrically dominated) option. Past studies have shown that suppression of System II magnifies the attraction effect and, thereby, concluded that the attraction effect is a result of System I. In our experimental studies, contrary to these past studies, we find a robust attraction effect when the reflective processing (System II) is induced using a priming procedure. We rule out several possible alternative explanations of our findings and discuss potential research implications.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Modelling Predictability of Airbnb Rental Prices in Post Covid-19 Regime: An Integrated Framework of Transfer Learning, PSO based Ensemble Machine Learning and Explainable AI.
Authors: Indranil Ghosh, Manas K Sanyal, & Dragon Pamucar
Journal: International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
Volume: 24 September 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219622022500602

In this research, an effort has been put to develop an integrated predictive modeling framework to automatically estimate the rental price of Airbnb units based on listed descriptions and several accommodation-related utilities. This paper considers approximately 0.2 million listings of Airbnb units across seven European cities, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Istanbul, London, and Milan, after the COVID-19 pandemic for predictive analysis. RoBERTa, a transfer learning framework in conjunction with K-means-based unsupervised text clustering, was used to form a homogeneous grouping of Airbnb units across the cities. Subsequently, particle swarm optimization (PSO) driven advanced ensemble machine learning frameworks have been utilized for predicting rental prices across the formed clusters of respective cities using 32 offer-related features. Additionally, explainable artificial intelligence (AI), an emerging field of AI, has been utilized to interpret the high-end predictive modeling to infer deeper insights into the nature and direction of influence of explanatory features on rental prices at respective locations. The rental prices of Airbnb units in Geneva and Brussels have appeared to be highly predictable, while the units in London and Milan have been found to be less predictable. Different types of amenity offerings largely explain the variation in rental prices across the cities.

Name : Mahesh Ramalingam
Title : Why do you look familiar? Exploring the role of Employee-Customer identification in adopting the service offering
Authors: Manoj Das and Mahesh Ramalingam
Journal: International Journal of Bank Marketing
Volume: Published 8 Sept 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-01-2022-0049

This study aims to explore employee-customer identification and its consequences in the banking, financial service and insurance (BFSI) sector. We also look at the mediating role of psychological ownership and work orientation (calling) between employee-customer identification and the adaptability of service offerings.

Name : Manoj Das
Title : Why do you look familiar? Exploring the role of Employee-Customer identification in adopting the service offering
Authors: Manoj Das and Mahesh Ramalingam
Journal: International Journal of Bank Marketing
Volume: Published 8 Sept 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-01-2022-0049

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Integrating Navier-Stokes Equation and Neotic iForest-BorutaStap- Facebook's prophet Framework for Stock Market Prediction: An Application in Indian Context
Authors: Indranil Ghosh and Tamal Dutta Chaudhari
Journal: Expert Systems with Applications
Volume: Recorded Version 12 August 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118391

The paper presents a framework for forecasting stock prices for normal time and pandemic period and tests its forecasting efficacy. It is based on the specification of dependent and independent variables drawn from the Navier-Stokes equation, which defines the relationship between velocity and kinematic viscosity, density, pressure, and external force field. We define stock market proxies for the variables used in the equation in modeling stock price behavior and extend our framework to build in aspects of behavioral finance like hindsight bias, representative bias, and anchoring bias. The predictive exercise has been carried out on stock prices of Indian companies belonging to different industrial verticals to test whether our framework can handle diversity. AI framework comprising Isolation Forest (iForest), BorutaShap, and Facebook's Prophet Algorithm has been used for automatic anomaly elimination, dedicated feature screening, and forecasting future stock price movements. The results reveal interesting insights into the varied response of stock prices of different companies to macroeconomic shocks and would be quite useful for fund managers, regulators, and policymakers. Several numerical and statistical checks indicate the efficiency of our proposed framework in yielding superior quality forecasts, both in normal and challenging times.

Name : Esha Saha
Title : Assessing impact of consumer perceived CSR on consumer attitude and purchase behaviour in retail segment: a stakeholder theory perspective
Authors: Pradeep Rathore, Esha Saha, Sayan Chakraborty, & Aviral Kumar Tiwari
Journal: Society and Business Review
Volume: Published 18 August 2022
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SBR-10-2021-0207/full/html

This study aims to examine the relationship between the perception of consumers about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and consumers’ purchasing behavior in the retail sector. Specifically, this study investigates the impact of perceived CSR on consumer attitude and behavior and the influence of attitude on the relationship between perceived CSR and purchase behavior

Name : Esha Saha
Title : Discovering hidden patterns among medinices prescribed to patients using Association Rule Mining Technique
Authors: Esha Saha & Pradeep Rathore
Journal: International Journal of Healthcare Management
Volume: Published 14 July 2022
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YHJ9WWVD4NWTYMSCEKEY/full?target=10.1080/20479700.2022.2099335

Hospital pharmacies are experiencing significant rise in demand for medicines for treatment and care of patients admitted to hospitals. Nevertheless, inefficient processes continue to be a problem in hospital pharmacy management, resulting in mismatch between demand and supply, time-consuming manual tasks, out-of-stock situations, medicine expiration, and excessive operating costs. Prior research has addressed various aspects of hospital pharmacy management, but limited studies have focused on discovering hidden patterns and knowledge from large volume of data stored in hospital information systems, which can help improve pharmacy operations. Primary goal of this research is to extract meaningful knowledge from hospital databases to improve pharmacy operations. Hospital pharmacy database from multispecialty hospital in India is used to examine associations among medicines prescribed to hospitalized patients using Apriori approach, which is one of the algorithms of Association Rule Mining. Data comprising 745,176 pharmaceutical item order records were gathered, processed and analyzed. Around sixty-three association rules were discovered. Different measures like support, confidence, and lift are used to evaluate the rules. Rule comprising medicines Atracurium, Febuxostat, and Multivitamins achieved the highest confidence of 87.35%. Discovered rules can help pharmacists to anticipate demand, develop better inventory system, improve operational efficiency and lead to effective healthcare system.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : The asymmetric impact of oil price uncertainity on emerging market financial stress: An quantile regression approach
Authors: Indranil Ghosh, Anupam Dutta, Rabin K Jana
Journal: International Journal of Finance and Economics
Volume: Published 6 th June 2022
URL: doi: 10.1002/ijfe.265

This study investigates the effects of the crude oil implied volatility index (OVX) upon emerging market financial stress (EMFS). We resort to a quantile regression framework as this approach is a better alternative to disentangle the relationship under different market conditions. Besides, we also examine how EMFS responds to the lags and asymmetries in the OVX. The empirical results show significantly positive impacts of OVX upon EMFS. Further, the effects of OVX become more assertive in the upper quantiles of EMFS, implying higher sensitivity to OVX when stress levels are high. In terms of the lagged effects, the relationship is transient as the OVX coefficients become weaker with increasing lag sizes. We further find that only positive impulses in OVX can significantly predict EMFS. Lastly, we report evidence that the Credit market stress is a crucial driver of EMFS.

Name : Chakrapani Cheturvedula
Title : Delisting and its impact on Shareholders wealth: Evidence from India
Authors: Chakrapani Cheturvedula & Soumya Malhotra
Journal: International Journal of Management
Volume: Publication date June 8 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04744-x

This study examines the impact of the delisting of shares from the stock exchanges on shareholders' wealth. We study a sample of 127 stocks delisted from the National Stock Exchange(NSE), India, during the period 2002 to 2018. We find that shareholders of delisted stocks get a negative return of 13.89 % over the car window (-30,-1).O'Donnell (1969) and Jarrell (1984) and Sanger and Peterson (1990) found an average decline of 9% and 8.5% on the stock returns around delisting. Our results are consistent with the existing literature, which show a significant loss of shareholders' wealth. The study’s finding points out the decline in shareholders' wealth and provides an evidence from the Indian Capital markets. The study's seeks the attention of regulators, policymakers and stock exchanges to manage or come out with better regulations and policies in delisting of Stocks. It also helps to provide suggestions to regulators to reduce the losses incurred to the minority shareholders

Name : Mahesh Ramalingam
Title : What drives product involvement and satisfaction with OFDs amid Covid-19
Authors: Manoj Das and Mahesh Ramalingam
Journal: Journal of retailing and Consumer Services
Volume: Publication date available online June 20 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2022.103063

Online food delivery services (OFDs) have gained the attention of researchers due to the rapid growth of society. With COVID-19 wreaking havoc on markets worldwide, it compelled retailers and service providers to adjust their way of doing business drastically. OFD’s emerged as an option either due to consumers’ inability to cook, fear of exposure to Covid if they leave the house, monotony of eating home-cooked meals, and safety measures practiced by them. Hence, during this pandemic, the OFDs created a win-win situation for restaurant owners and consumers. However, the current literature does not clearly picture the factors influencing customers’ behavioural intentions while using hospitality services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary objective of our study is to understand the factors influencing customer satisfaction during the pandemic. In addition, explore the mediating role of consumer resilience and consumer attitude to strengthen the relationship between product involvement and customer satisfaction in the OFDs context. We have used the social cognitive theory as the theoretical framework for framing our hypotheses. The present study focuses on Indian consumers who have used OFDs during the pandemic. We employed a cross-sectional survey method to test the proposed research model. Two hundred forty valid questionnaires were collected to empirically test the research model using tools like confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using AMOS-28, direct and indirect relationships were tested using SPSS PROCESS macro. The results indicate that all the proposed hypotheses were supported. Theoretical and Practical implications of the study along with limitations are discussed.

Name : Manoj Das
Title : What drives product involvement and satisfaction with OFDs amid Covid-19
Authors: Manoj Das and Mahesh Ramalingam
Journal: Journal of retailing and Consumer Services
Volume: Publication date available online June 20 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2022.103063

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Coivd 19 news and the US equity market interactions: An inspection through econometrics and machine learning lens
Authors: Indranil Ghosh, Rabin K Jana, Fredj Jawadi, Gazi Salah Uddin & Ricardo M. Sousa
Journal: Annals of Operations Research
Volume: Publication date June 8 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04744-x

This study investigates the impact of COVID-19 on the US equity market during the first wave of Coronavirus using a wide range of econometric and machine learning approaches. To this end, we use both daily data related to the US equity market sectors and data about the COVID-19 news over January 1, 2020-March 20, 2020. Accordingly, we show that at an early stage of the outbreak, global COVID-19s fears have impacted the US equity market even differently across sectors. Further, we also find that, as the pandemic gradually intensified its footprint in the US, local fears manifested by daily infections emerged more powerfully compared to its global counterpart in impairing the short-term dynamics of US equity markets.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : New Business capacity of developed, developing and least developing economies: inspection through state-of-the-art fuzzy clustering and PSO-GBR frameworks
Authors: Indranil Ghosh, Rabin K Jana, Paritosh Pramanik
Journal: Benchmarking: An International Journal
Volume: Publication date June 7 2022, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BIJ-09-2021-0528/full/html

It is essential to validate whether a nation's economic strength always transpires into new business capacity. The present research strives to identify the key indicators to the proxy new business ecosystem of countries and critically evaluate the similarity through the lens of advanced Fuzzy Clustering Frameworks over the years.

Name : Esha Saha
Title : The interplay of emerging technologies in pharmaceutical supply chain performance: An empirical investigation for the rise of Pharma 4.0
Authors: Esha Saha, Pradeep Rathore, Ratri Parida, & Nripendra P Rana
Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Volume: 181 available online June 3 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121768

The impact and the relevance of the emerging technologies on the supply chains have attracted researchers and practitioners alike worldwide. Based on the resource-based view and organizational information processing theory, this study attempts to investigate how emerging technologies influence supply chain performance, particularly pharmaceutical supply chain in regards to the rise of Pharma 4.0. The pharmaceutical supply chain processes are considered as the mediators and the emerging technology adoption barriers are proposed as the moderators. The study is evaluated using a survey of pharmaceutical companies in India. The findings indicate that manufacturing, distribution and consumption processes in the supply chain mediate the effects of emerging technologies on supply chain performance; however, mediating effects are weakened due to the presence of intricate barriers. This study thereby empirically investigates the interplay between emerging technologies in pharmaceutical supply chain performance and provides managerial insights with a proposed research framework on how to incorporate and encourage Pharma 4.0 for achieving sustainability in the supply chains.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : A hybrid approach to forecasting futures prices with simultaneous consideration of optimality in ensemble feature selection and advanced artificial intelligence
Authors: Indranil Ghosh, Tamal Datta Chaudhuri, Esteban Alfaro-Cortes, Matias Gamez,& Noelia Garcia
Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Volume: 181 available online June 3 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121757

The paper presents a framework to forecast futures prices of stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in India during normal (unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic) and new normal times (affected by COVID-19 and a macroeconomic slowdown). The model leverages a structural model that determines the relevance of the explanatory features used in the study; namely, spot prices, market sentiment, sectoral outlook, historic and implied volatility, crude price volatility, and exchange rate volatility. The proposed Ensemble Feature Selection (EFS) methodology comprising Boruta and Regularized Random Forest (RRF) algorithms is used to screen the explanatory features. Two advanced Artificial Intelligence techniques—Regularized Greedy Forest (RGF) and Deep Neural Network (DNN)—are used in conjunction with Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA) and Autoencoder (AE) for forecasting. To understand the extent and nature of the influence of the explanatory variables, the Explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) approach has been used. Statistical checks confirm that our hybrid framework is effective. The results indicate that the relative importance of the explanatory variables in forecasting futures prices differs depending on the company concerned and the period under consideration.

Name : Saikat Banerjee
Title : Imprinting effects of exposure to the Indian independence movement on export intensity of firms
Authors: Saikat Banerjee, Amith Karna & Sunil Sharma
Journal: Journal of Business Research
Volume: Vol 149 October 22 pp 548-557
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.033

Extending the concept of historical imprinting and organizational learning, we propose that the prior exposure to the Indian independence movement negatively influences the export intensity of firms. Firm-specific characteristics such as business group affiliation and entrepreneurial orientation act as dynamics of amplification and encourage to utilize the organizational learning gained from the historical imprinting. Business group affiliation strengthens the negative relationship between prior exposure to the Indian independence movement and export intensity. Entrepreneurial orientation strengthens the moderating effect of business group affiliation and prior exposure to the Indian independence movement on export intensity resulting in a three-way interaction effect. We test the hypotheses using panel data of 1,817 Indian firm-year observations for 309 firms from 2007 to 2016. We also discuss the theoretical and managerial implications of our findings.

Name : Manoj Das
Title : Its too Much to Handle: Effect of Advertisement Overload and its impact on satisfaction
Authors: Manoj Das
Journal: Emprical Economic Letters
Volume: Vol 20 No 4
URL: http://www.eel.my100megs.com/volume-21-number-4.htm

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Spillover Nexus of Financial Stress during Black Swan Events
Authors: Rabin k Jana, Indranil Ghosh, & Vijay Goyal
Journal: Finance Research Letters
Volume: Volume 48, August 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102892

This research investigates the dynamic volatility spillover among the financial market stress of the US, Other Advanced Economies (OAE), and Emerging Markets (EM) during the two Black Swan events - the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Global Financial Crisis (GFC). We conduct the spillover analyses on short, medium, and long runs. The findings suggest that during the GFC, the US financial market received the highest spillovers from OAE in the medium run. During the COVID-19 pandemic, financial stress in the US has induced maximum spillovers to the EM market in the long run

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : Multivariate Long Memory Structure in the Cryptocurrency Markets: The Impact of COVID-19
Authors: Ata Assaf, Husni Chariff, Avishek Bhandari, & Dr Ender Demir
Journal: International Review of Financial Analysis
Volume: Vol 82, July 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102132

In this paper, we study the long memory behavior of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Monero, and Dash with a focus on the COVID-19 period. Initially, we apply a time-varying Lifting method to estimate the Hurst exponent for each cryptocurrency. Then we test for a change in persistence over time. To model the multivariate connectivity, the wavelet-based multivariate long memory approach proposed by Achard and Gannaz (2016) is implemented. Our results indicate a change in the long-range dependence for the majority of cryptocurrencies, with a noticeable downward trend in persistence after the 2017 bubble and then a dramatic drop after the outbreak of COVID-19. The drop in persistence after COVID-19 is further illustrated by the Fractal connectivity matrix obtained from the Wavelet long-memory model. Our findings provide important implications regarding the evolution of market efficiency in the cryptocurrency market and the associated fractal structure and dynamics of the crypto prices over time.

Name : Shaon Sen
Title : A Short Communication: Monograph on Impulse Buying During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Shaon Sen
Journal: Indian Journal Of Marketing
Volume: Volume 52 No 4 15 April 2022 (Online)
URL: http://indianjournalofmarketing.com/index.php/ijom/article/view/169110

This article collated various findings on consumers' impulse buying, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. A detailed literature review revealed interesting facts about the pre-studied antecedents of impulse buying. It is found that perceived risk, which is known to hinder consumers' impulse buying earlier, surprisingly appeared to facilitate consumer impulse buying during the infamous global pandemic. The shift happened due to the various psychological changes that consumers experienced during the pandemic. This research monograph is interested in documenting the findings on impulse buying during the pandemic because it is essential to understand consumer changes. The post-pandemic world of consumers' buying behavior and the pattern is likely to change. Researchers correctly pointed out to this concern that whether the changes that the pandemic has caused will sustain or not. Moreover, scholars have also estimated what changes are probable to appear in the consumers' buying process. This study extensively puts forward the detailed findings, facilitating researchers and practitioners to devise their course of action post the COVID-19 pandemic.

Name : Shabnam Priyadarshini
Title : It’s nice to be nice at work: role of interpersonal skills for career success
Authors: Shabnam Priyadarshini
Journal: Strategic HR Review
Volume: Publication date 7 April 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/SHR-03-2022-0013

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of interpersonal skills in getting ahead in one’s . career. With the changing workplace from traditional to virtual office and now to work-from-home, the role of interpersonal skills has become even more critical. Across sectors, if you want to have a successful career, interpersonal skills are vital for getting ahead. The author emphasizes the need for continuous upskilling and reskilling of employees with respect to soft skills.

Name : Preeti Sharma
Title : Block Chain Adoption: Global and Indian Scenario
Authors: Preeti Sharma
Journal: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research
Volume: Volume 9 Issue 4 April 2022.
URL: https://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204248.pdf

The objective of this article is to assist readers and academics understand block chain adoption in the global scenario and India, together with the opportunities and challenges present for adoption of this nascent technology. Block chain, one of the most significant breakthroughs of the contemporary world, is poised to help us achieve new heights of development in nearly every industry in the world of globalization, where automation and technology have altered our lifestyles and the way businesses conduct business. However, Block chain, like all other technology, presents several problems that must be overcome before widespread adoption happens internationally. Mitigating these challenges and removing barriers to Block chain adoption will have a favorable impact on the economy. The aim of the research is to explore the opportunities and challenges India may encounter when it comes to implementing block chain technology.

Name : Shabnam Priyadarshini
Title : People Analytics: Data-Driven Appraoch to Manage People at Work
Authors: Shabnam Priyadarshini
Journal: International Journal of Novel Research and Development
Volume: Vol 7, Issue 3, pp.603-606, March 2022
URL: http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2203073.pdf

The paper is an attempt to understand the importance of analytics in the field of Human resource management and how data impacts and changes our traditional frameworks and understanding of concepts. The paper covers the current structure of analytical tools that facilitate decision-making on both micro and macro level in organizations. Also, how analytics is providing insights into every process by collecting data, extracting information, and then utilizing the information to make appropriate decisions and thus improving these processes. The paper also demonstrates how HR Analytics connects the people metrics with data from businesses to help create subsequent strategies. To conclude, some of the most popular tools used for HR Analytics have also been discussed.

Name : Sriharsha Reddy
Title : Does the Cashless transaction work? An analysis of policy challenges in an emerging economy
Authors: Debadutta K Panda, Sriharsha Reddy & Sridhar Viathianathan
Journal: Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance
Volume: ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. 14 March 2022.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/DPRG-01-2021-0007

This paper aims to study the adoption of a public policy (cashless transaction system by implementing demonetization) from the institutional and technology adoption theories.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Does the Cashless transaction work? An analysis of policy challenges in an emerging economy
Authors: Debadutta K Panda, Sriharsha Reddy & Sridhar Viathianathan
Journal: Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance
Volume: ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. 14 March 2022.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/DPRG-01-2021-0007

Name : Manoj Das
Title : Look at me: Exploring Phubbing in Organizational Contexts- Implications for Practice
Authors: Manoj Das
Journal: International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
Volume: Vol 9 No 1 March 2022
URL: https://www.ijrar.org/papers/IJRAR22A2301.pdf

This paper explores the phenomenon of phubbing in the organizational context, its implications, and potential remedies beneficial to the organization. This viewpoint is prepared by the author to offer practical suggestions to counter the phenomenon of phubbing by highlighting relevant academic studies. Phubbing is phenomenon which is rapidly increasing as a menace. Organizations need to put in place measures to help clearly set the norms of expected behaviour, leading to positive work culture. This article helps managers and researchers by condensing the knowledge to date in an easy-to-understand way, thereby saving time.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Taming energy and electronic waste generation in bitvoin mining: Insights from feedback prohet and deep neural network
Authors: Rabin K Jana, Indranil Ghosh. & Martin W Wallin
Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Volume: Vol 178 No 1 24 February 2022
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121584

The Bitcoin mining hosted in the blockchain network consumes enormous amounts of energy and generates electronic waste at an alarming rate. The paper aims to model and predict the future values of these two hazardous variables linked to conventional Bitcoin mining. We develop two predictive models using Facebook’s Prophet algorithm and deep neural networks to identify and explain energy consumption and electronic waste generation patterns. The models rely on several explanatory features linked to the blockchain microstructure and the Bitcoin marketplace. We assess the predictive performance of the two models based on daily data of energy consumption and electronic waste generation and eleven key input features. We use local interpretable modelagnostic explanation (LIME) and Shapley additive explanation (SHAP) for explaining how these inputs can predict and control energy consumption and electronic waste generation. The findings assist in accurately estimating the future figures of energy discharge and electronic waste accumulation in the present Bitcoin mining setup. The study also reveals the block size to be the major driver.

Name : Devi Prasad Ghosh
Title : E-Service Experience as the Antecedent of E-Trust & E Loyalty: An integration of Behavioral and Technology Perspective
Authors: Devi Prasad Ghosh
Journal: International Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume: Vol 7 No 2 February 2022
URL: https://kalaharijournals.com/resources/FebV7_I2_70.pdf

The study investigated e-service experience dimensions and their relationship with e-trust and e-loyalty by integrating behavioral and technology models. The paper integrated attitude formation theories in consumer behavior (TRA, TPB) and Information Technology theories (TAM, UTAUT) for building the proposed theoretical framework and conceptual model. The study developed that e-service experience is a multi-dimensional construct. The study categorized e-service experience into a tangible component as website functional experience, intangible component as service delivery experience, and emotional component as relational experience with the service provider. The paper also distinguished between user relational characteristics and user personal characteristics. Relational factors acted as an emotional component of the e-service experience, while users personal factors acted as control variables in the relationships. Therefore, the e-service experience is a holistic representation of the consumer-service provider encounter on the internet and is conceptualized as a value creation process. The paper also discussed applying the concept for developing digital strategies for managers and a conceptual model for future researchers in the internet space.

Name : Steven Raj Padakandla
Title : Testing the safe-haven properties of Gold and Bitcoin in the backdrop of Covid-19: A wavelet quantile correlation approach
Authors: Anoop S Kumar & Steven Raj Padakandla
Journal: Finance Research Letters
Volume: Publication available from 31 January 22
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102707

We test the suitability of Gold and Bitcoin as safe-haven instruments in the backdrop of the Covid-19 related equity market meltdown by implementing the newly proposed Wavelet Quantile Correlation. We employ daily returns of Bitcoin, Gold, DJIA, CAC40, NSE50, S&P 500, NASDAQ, and EUROSTOXX from 05–01–2015 to 31–12–2020. Our results show that Gold consistently exhibits safe haven properties for all the markets except NSE in the long and short run, while Bitcoin provided mixed results. We find that Gold can act as an effective hedge and diversifier as well.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : A residual driven ensemble machine learning approach for forecasting natural gas prices: analyses for pre-and during-COVID-19 phases
Authors: Indranil Ghosh and Rabin K Jara
Journal: Annals of Operations Research
Volume: Publication date 23 January 22.
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-021-04492-4

The natural gas price is an essential financial variable that needs periodic modeling and predictive analysis for many practical implications. Macroeconomic euphoria and external uncertainty make its evolutionary patterns highly complex. We propose a two-stage granular framework to perform predictive analysis of the natural gas futures for the USA (NGF-USA) and the UK natural gas futures for the EU (NGF-UK) for pre-and during COVID-19 phases. The residuals of the previous stage are introduced as a new explanatory feature along with standard technical indicators to perform predictive tasks. The importance of the new feature is explained through the Boruta feature evaluation methodology.

Name : Tumpa Dey
Title : Does Organizational Citizenship differ with differences in Gender: A Study of Government Sector Employees
Authors: Tumpa Dey
Journal: Global Journal of Business Management
Volume: Vol 15 No 2 December 2021
URL: http://goonebook.in/product/global-journal-of-business-management-vol-15-no-2-december-2021/

Organizations stress on the productivity of their employees. Therefore, they are in quest of finding means and methods that can augment employees ‘performance and efficiency. Organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) is said to be one of them. Among the variables that could affect the level of OCB, the differences in gender on OCB could be one of them. Just as personality differences could affect various job attitudes, so could differences in gender perceptions. Hence it is critical to investigate the significance of gender differences in OCB amongst employees. However, studies in this area are negligible. Hence this research proposes to minimize the gap identified. We got a total of 60 valid responses out of 100 to whom the survey was sent, from employees working in the government sector. The results revealed that there are no significant gender differences on both dimensions of OCB, namely OCBI and OCBO. Future research could look investigate the same with larger sample size as well as with longitudinal data.

Name : Devi Prasad Ghosh
Title : Barriers and Facilitators of B2B Degree of Digital Use in Travel Services Supply-Chain: An integration of Operational and Behavioral perspective
Authors: Devi Prasad Ghosh
Journal: International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management
Volume: Vol. 27, Iss. 4, December 2021, 383-398. Doi.org.10.46970/2021.27.4.5
URL: http://www.ijoqm.org/v27no4.asp

The paper aimed to develop a conceptual model of determinant factors as barriers and facilitators of B2B degree of digital use in the travel services supply chain by applying operational and behavioral theories. Based on the field study, we identified five facilitators and three barriers and added two new interorganizational barriers lack of supplier support and lack of offering flexibility in the travel services supply chain. The perceived cost was identified as an organizational factor and a facilitator. This study considered buyer firm size as a contingency variable and conceptualized it as a moderator. The study contributed to the understanding of the B2B digital usage domain in intermediary-supplier relationships. The study suggested practical implications for the industry.

Name : Sarath Babu
Title : Algorithmic Trading Efficiency and its Impact on Market-Quality
Authors: Ritesh Kumar Dubey, Sarath Babu, Rajneesh Ranjan Jha & Urvashi Varma
Journal: Asia-Pac Financ Markets
Volume: Publication date 21 October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10690-021-09353-5
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10690-021-09353-5

Algorithmic Trading (AT) has been despised by retail traders and market regulators for its speed. AT has taken the hit for creating un-intended volatility and hampering the market quality due to skepticism of quote-stuffing and front-running, however in reality the evidence pertaining to ill impacts of AT are yet to be found. This study takes a step in the direction to decriminalize algorithmic trading and give AT it’s due towards improvement in market quality. This study uses direct identification of AT from Indian Stock Market (National Stock Exchange, NSE) and uses Order-to-Trade Ratio (OTR) as a measure of AT efficiency and paves the way for regulators and traders to come forward and appreciate the positive impact of AT on market quality.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : How does dataveillance drive consumer online payment resistance
Authors: Rambalak Yadav, Amit Shankar, Abhishek Behl & Manish Gupta
Journal: Journal of Consumer Marketing
Volume: Publication date28 December 2021. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCM-03-2021-4555
URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/JCM-03-2021-4555

This study aims to examine the effect of dataveillance on resistance towards online payment. Using a moderated-mediation framework, the study also investigates the mediating effects of perceived privacy and security concerns and how these mediating effects are moderated by corporate credibility, consumer skepticism and consumer empowerment

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Positioning Strategies of Indian Nonprofit Organizations for Grant Acquisition
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: Public Administration Quarterly
Volume: Vol. 45, Iss. 4, (Winter 2021): 338-369. DOI:10.37808/paq.45.4.l
URL: https://paq.spaef.org/article/2013/Positioning-Strategies-of-Indian-Nonprofit-Organizations-for-Grant-Acquisition

This study examines (1) how grant-seeking nonprofit organizations (NPOs) position themselves and (2) whether the positioning of NPOs has any connection with their grant acquisition. A content analysis of 100 websites of Indian NPOs (phase 1) helped in generating 9 hypotheses. Furthermore, 380 websites of Indian NPOs were studied using a statistical model (phase 2). NPOs were found with two different positioning strategies: (1) reliability positioning and (2) customer orientation positioning. The reliability positioning elements were recognition, transparency, collaboration, and resources. The customer orientation positioning elements were length of service, geographic spread, service variety, depth of service, and service impact. Recognition, transparency, collaboration, resources, and service variety positively and significantly influenced NPOs' grant acquisition, and length of service and geographic spread negatively and significantly influenced NPOs' grant acquisition.

Name : Mahesh Ramalingam
Title : Does Impact of Campaign and Consumer Guilt help in exploring the role of National Identity and Purchase Decisions of Consumers
Authors: Gunjan Malhotra and Mahesh Ramalingam
Journal: Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
Volume: Available online 30 November 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102839
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969698921004057

Extant research emphasized the role of consumer guilt and the importance of campaigns in consumers' willingness to buy domestic-made products. The antecedents of willingness to buy domestic-made products have not been well understood in literature. This is because the experience of national identity vis a vis the understanding of the consumers' guilt feeling has partly been explained. To address these concerns, we developed a survey in the context of Indian cities. We note that consumers' experience with foreign-made products is negative when they feel uncomfortable buying them, and thereby develop a feeling of guilt. Marketing managers are more likely to prepare consumers' experiences with their products by emphasizing the high or low impact of the campaign on consumers’ willingness to buy domestic-made products.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : The green identity and green strategy: an interplay
Authors: Panda DK
Journal: Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
Volume: Publication date 3 December 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2021.2009796
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09537325.2021.2009796

This study examined the complex interplay between ‘green identity’ and ‘green strategy’. A longitudinal case research method was applied to study a mining organization in India. The study identified the three dimensions of ‘green identity’ and conceptualized four types of green identities. The green identities were the center of strategic thinking and resource planning. It enhances cognitive interplay to strategies. The ‘green strategy’ and ‘green identity’ were interdependent. The ‘green identity’ as the organization’s central phenomenon was affected by ‘green strategy’, ‘organizational attributes’, ‘personal attributes’, and ‘external environment’. At the same time, ‘green identity’ also influences ‘green strategy’. There were four types of green strategy based on organizational identity and strategic expectation. Also, there were four types of employee sense making in the ‘green strategy-making’ based on employee identity and leader identity. The ‘green identity’ influenced the green strategy sense making process and vice-versa.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Does gamified interaction strong consumer-brand connection? A study of mobile applications
Authors: Deepak Sangroya, Rambalak Yadav, & Yatish Joshi
Journal: Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Volume: Vol 25 November 2021 doi: https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v25i0.3105
URL: https://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/3105

In recent times gamification has increasingly been used by brands through smartphones to interact effectively with their consumers. The core assumption for creating gamified environment is that it will develop engagement with the consumer and motivate them to use their product or services. However, beyond this assumption, there is dearth empirical evidence regarding how much effective these gamified features are in engaging consumers. Therefore, this research analyses the relationship between flow, brand engagement, self-brand connection and brand usage intent among consumers (N = 360) of two gamified mobile applications. The findings show that the multidimensional construct flow formed by five dimensions i.e. challenge, feedback, autonomy, immersion, and interaction positively associates with cognitive brand engagement and emotional brand engagement. Additionally, both these forms of brand engagement further strengthen consumers’ brand connection and motivate them for further use. These results imply that gamified environment can augment consumer engagement with brand and further increase usage intention. Therefore, gamification can be an effective technique in brand management and brand managers can use it to strengthen relationship with consumers and increasing possibility of using their brands.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Linking brand personality to brand equity: measuring the role of consumer-brand relationship
Authors: Anees Ahmad, Swapnarag Swain, Pankaj Kuamr Singh, Rambalak Yadav & Gyan Prakash
Journal: Journal of Indian Business Research
Volume: Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 586-602. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIBR-01-2021-0017
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIBR-01-2021-0017/full/html

This study aims to examine the relationship between brand personality and customer-based brand equity (CBBE) by investigating the mediating role of consumer-brand relationship (CBR), which is represented through three variables, namely, brand trust, attachment and commitment.

Name : Saikat Banerjee
Title : The dark shadow of corruption on new product development
Authors: Banerjee S
Journal: Benchmarking: An International Journal
Volume: Publication date 22 November 202,doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-04-2021-0234
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BIJ-04-2021-0234/full/html

The study examines the effects of corruption activities on new product development of firms. The roles of senior managers in the relationship between corruption activities and new product development are also studies.

Name : Kalyana Chejarla
Title : MCDM application in logistics performance evaluation: A literature review
Authors: Kalyana Chejarla, Omkarprasad S. Vaidya & Sushil Kumar
Journal: Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Volume: Publication date Nov 1, 2021 pp1-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcda.1774
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mcda.1774

This paper presents a literature review of performance evaluation of logistics, and the use of multi-criteria decision-making methods (MCDM) in this area. For this purpose, we covered more than 120 research articles published from 2010 to 2019. The study identifies popular research methodologies, commonly used MCDM methods and 13 research themes that are likely to continue into the coming decade. The study highlights future research opportunities in each of the identified trends. The review comprehensively covers the descriptive and analytical papers providing a 360-degree view of the developments in the area.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Perceived government initiatives: Scale development, validation and impact on consumers' pro-environmental behaviour
Authors: Pradeep kumar Mohanty, Archana Patro, R.M. Harindranatha, N. Senthil Kumar, Debadutta Kumar Panda & Ritesh Dubey
Journal: Energy Policy
Volume: Volume 158,November 2021, 112534. doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112534 (A)
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421521004043

Recent Government Initiatives towards popularising energy efficient appliances in India have created public consciousness about energy efficiency and cost-saving. This study examines the public perception towards energy policy and the subsequent consumer purchase behaviour towards energy efficient appliances. The study developed a new scale on perceived government initiatives from consumers' perspective by exploring the social and psychological behaviour and subsequently operationalizing the construct. The reliability and validity of the developed construct, and their impact on consumers' pro environmental behaviour were estimated using maximum likelihood estimation. Public expectations from such government initiatives have been broadly categorized into four dimensions such as social influence, optimism, purchase preferences, and overall attitude. Overall findings reveal that the perceived government initiatives positively influences consumers' pro environmental behaviour. The study emphasizes the need for coordinated planning between manufacturers and the policy makers to further popularize energy efficient appliances among the public.

Name : Neetu Mohammed
Title : Tacit knowledge sharing and creative performance: A transformative learning perspective
Authors: Neetu Mohammed & TJ Kamalanabhan
Journal: Development and Learning Organization
Volume: 24 October 2021 doi/10.1108/DLO-09-2021-0161
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DLO-09-2021-0161/full/html

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between tacit knowledge-sharing and creative performance of employees from a transformative learning perspective.

Name : Steven Raj Padakandla
Title : Does climate impact vary across time horizons? A time–frequency analysis of climate-crop yields in India
Authors: Steven Raj Pedakandla & Avishek Bhandari
Journal: Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
Volume: Publication date: 12 Sept 2021 doi.org/10.1007/s00477-021-02088-9
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00477-021-02088-9

Climate change is a major concern the world over more so for a predominantly agrarian country like India. In this paper we analyze the time horizon dynamics of crop and climate variables at the regional level in India. We also analyze the co-movements of crop yields with temperature and rainfall to observe the coherence across heterogenous time horizons. We employ Bai-Perron structural break and Continuous wavelet transform methods on yearly data of seven crop yields and climate variables. Observed variables are analyzed from 1956 to 2010 for the un-divided state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Breakpoint analysis shows an increase of around 1.0° temperature with two observed break points. Rainfall depicts no systematic change with fluctuations being largely random. The framework of wavelets-based time–frequency analysis employed in this study captures climate and crop dynamics at heterogeneous time horizons, allowing one to study the impact of climate and crop yields at both short and longer time-horizons. Wavelet based coherence analysis exhibited significant co-movement between climatic and crop variables. Given shifts in climate patterns and subsequent shifts in co-movements across time horizons at the regional level, policy makers and crop scientists should design time specific and locally viable adaption and mitigation policies to tackle the impact of climate change on crops and livelihoods.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : The interplay of emotional value, trend affinity and past practices in sustainable consumption: An application of theory of reciprocal determinism
Authors: Yatish Joshi, Rambalak Yadav
Journal: Journal of Strategic Marketing
Volume: Published online 18 August 2021. DOI:10.1080/0965254X.2021.1914133 (A)
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0965254X.2021.1914133?journalCode=rjsm20

This study aims to examine the role of trend affinity, emotional value, and past sustainable practices on consumers’ sustainable consumption behaviour. The research employed a survey approach to collect responses; 282 usable responses were received. Results established trend affinity, emotional value, and supportive behaviour towards environmental organizations as significant determinants of individuals’ sustainable consumption practices. Using Theory of Reciprocal Determinism (TRD) framework and integrating personal, behavioural and social factors, the study provides a novel perspective to understand sustainable consumption behaviour. Policymakers and practitioners can use the outcome of the study to promote sustainable consumption behaviour among individuals to minimise damage to the environment.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Determinants of electronic waste generation in Bitcoin network: Evidence from the machine learning approach
Authors: Rabin K Jana, Indranil Ghosh, Debojyoti Das & Anupam Dutta
Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Volume: Online available, 15 August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121101 (A)Vol 173 December 2021
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162521005345?dgcid=coauthor

Electronic waste is generating in the Bitcoin network at an alarming rate. This study identifies the determinants of electronic waste generation in the Bitcoin network using machine learning algorithms. We model the evolutionary patterns of electronic waste and carry out a predictive analytics exercise to achieve this objective. The Maximal Information Coefficient (MIC) and Generalized Mean Information Coefficient (GMIC) help to study the association structure. A series of six state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms - Gradient Boosting (GB), Regularized Random Forest (RRF), Bagging-Multiple Adaptive Regression Splines (BM), Hybrid Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems (HYFIS), Self-Organizing Map (SOM), and Quantile Regression Neural Network (QRNN) are used separately for predictive modeling. We compare the predictive performance of all the algorithms. Statistically, the GB is a superior model followed by RRF. The performance of SOM is the least accurate. Our findings reveal that the blockchain's size, energy consumption, and the historical number of Bitcoin are the most determinants of electronic waste generation in the Bitcoin network. The overall findings bring out exciting insights into practical relevance for effectively curbing electronic waste accumulation.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Food waste and out-of-home-dining: antecedents and consequents of the decision to take away leftovers after dining at restaurants
Authors: Shalini Talwar. Puneet Kaur, Rambalak Yadav, Rajat Sharma & Amandeep Dhir
Journal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Volume: Published date: 28 July 2021, doi.org/10.10108/09669852.2021.1953512
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09669582.2021.1953512

The rising trend of eating out has contributed noticeably to the increase in food waste generated by the hospitality sector. Therefore, it is essential to understand the drivers of food waste generation and the mitigation intentions of diners. Academic research in the area so far is fragmented, with particularly limited insights regarding the intentions to take away leftovers after dining out. The present study addresses this gap by using the theoretical lens of Behavioral Reasoning Theory (BRT) to examine the antecedents of diners' intentions to take away leftovers and how these are associated with their food overs-ordering and leftover reuse routine. The hypothesized associations are tested by analysing data collected from 426 diners using a mixed-method approach. The findings suggest that moral norms are associated with reasons for and attitude towards taking away leftovers; these are further associated with intentions, which, in turn, associate positively with over-ordering behaviour. In comparison, the reasons against are negatively associated with attitude. The results also confirm the mediation effect of reasons for, attitude, and intentions on the proposed relationships and moderation effect of leftover reuse routine.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : What drives diners’ eco-friendly behaviour? The moderating role of planning routine
Authors: Shalini Talwar. Puneet Kaur, Rambalak Yadav, Anil Bilgihan, & Amandeep Dhir
Journal: Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
Volume: Volume 63, November 2021 doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102678
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969698921002447

Research focusing on diners' intentions towards leftovers, which are considered one of the main sources of consumer food waste in restaurants, is still at a nascent stage and requires further investigation. The present study attempts to address this gap by investigating the antecedents of diners' intentions to take away leftovers and thereby mitigate food waste in an out-of-home setting. Towards this end, we examined the role of personal and social norms as antecedents of the facilitators, inhibitors, and intentions of taking away leftovers. Using the theoretical lens of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) paradigm, we tested the proposed hypotheses by analysing data collected from 281 diners residing in the United States through a cross-sectional survey on Prolific Academic. The findings indicate that personal norms are positively associated with facilitators and intentions. In comparison, social norms are positively associated with facilitators but negatively associated with inhibitors. The results also confirmed the mediation effect of facilitators and inhibitors and the moderation effect of planning routine to provide valuable insights into the drivers of pro-environmental/eco-friendly behaviour in out-of-home dining to thus aid strategy formulation and future research.

Name : Nitin Gupta
Title : Influence of consumer cosmopolitanism on purchase intention of foreign vs local brands: a developing country perspective
Authors: Ankur Srivastava, Nitin Gupta & Nripendra P Rana
Journal: International Journal of Emerging Markets
Volume: publication date: 20 July 2021, doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-01-2021-0057
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOEM-01-2021-0057/full/html

This study investigates the role of consumer cosmopolitanism on consumer attitudes and purchase intentions (PIs) towards foreign and local brands.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Estimating the relative effects of raw materials prices, sectoral outlook and market sentiment on stock prices
Authors: Indranil Ghosh, Tamal Datta Chaudhuri, Esteban Alfaro-Cortes,Matias Gamez Martinez & Noelia Garcia Rubio
Journal: Resources Policy
Volume: Volume 73, October 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102158
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420721001720

Identification of key determinants responsible for driving stock prices across the world is of paramount practical importance. The task is extremely arduous owing to sensitiveness of financial markets to macroeconomic shocks, external chaos, political instability and natural calamities. In this work, effort has been made to critically evaluate the influence of raw material prices, sectoral outlook, and market sentiment on stock prices at a granular level in the Indian context. The research resorts to wavelet analysis and machine learning models to estimate time varying dependence and explanatory capabilities of respective constructs. Wavelet coherence and correlation analyses have been conducted to decode the interaction bond of three determinants i.e., raw material prices, sectoral outlook, and market sentiment with stock prices of a sample set of Indian companies during short, medium, and long run scales. Boruta feature selection algorithm has been applied in conjunction with three dedicated machine learning approaches namely, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, and Genetic Algorithm for ranking the three features based on their explanatory capabilities across different time intervals. Overall findings suggest that the influence of respective features varied across different time horizons which can be leveraged for portfolio management.

Name : Indranil Ghosh
Title : Tobins’ q and firm performance: MCDM and clustering-based approach for Indian companies
Authors: Roma Kumari, Tamal Datta & Indranil Ghosh
Journal: International Journal of Business Information Systems
Volume: Forthcoming, DOI.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2021.10039238
URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijbis

Tobins q has been interpreted as a forward looking indicator of firm performance. In this paper, we use it as a lead indicator in period t to find out its effect on firm performance in period t + 2. The conceptual framework used in the paper has Tobins q as the indicator of expected firm performance which is manifested through asset turnover ratio, gross profit margin, enterprise value/EBITDA, incremental output capital ratio, returns on retained earnings and free cash flow. Further, we do a size class analysis for the relationships. For a sample set of Indian companies, we seek answers to whether did Tobins q could predict business efficiency, business effectiveness, innovativeness and sustainability. After identifying the partial effects, to improve our understanding of the relationship between the realised variables and Tobins q in one go, we apply a clustering driven multi criteria decision-making model on the realised variables.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Investigating the role of electric vehicle knowledge in consumer adoption: evidence form emerging market
Authors: Deepak Jaiswal, Rish kant, Pankaj Kumar Singh & Rambalak Yadav
Journal: Benchmarking: A International Journal
Volume: Publication date: 8 July 2021 doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-11-2020-0579
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BIJ-11-2020-0579/full/html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss_journalLatest

The use of electric vehicles has received popularity as alternative fuel vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy cost, which are expected to perform a crucial role in the near future of emerging mobility markets. The purpose of this empirical study is to analyse the role of electric vehicle knowledge in predicting consumer adoption intention directly and indirectly in the backdrop of an emerging market.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Impact of organizational culture on strategic planning Management
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: Management Decision
Volume: Publication date: 16 July 2021 doi.org/10.1108/MD-10-2020-1375
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MD-10-2020-1375/full/html#loginreload

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of organizational culture on strategic planning and the role of leadership effectiveness in the association between organizational culture and strategic planning in Indian nonprofit organizations (NPOs).

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : How Does Online Engagement Drive Consumers’ Webrooming Intention?: A Moderated-Mediation Approach
Authors: Shankar A,Manish Gupta, & Charles Jebarajakirthy & Rambalak Yadav s
Journal: Journal of Global Information Management
Volume: Vol 29 No 6 DOI: 10.4018/JGIM.20211101.oa19
URL: https://www.igi-global.com/article/how-does-online-engagement-drive-consumers-webrooming- intention/273131

Based on the cognitive-motivational-relational (CMR) theory, this study empirically investigates the mechanisms through which consumers' online engagement impacts their channel switching intention. The present study examines the mediating effects of perceived value and the ways in which these mediating effects are moderated by online risk perception. Data were collected from 428 online Indian consumers using systematic random sampling. The results of the structural and process macro analyses indicated that consumer online engagement has a significant impact on consumer online search benefits which in turn leads to webrooming intention. Also, perceived value mediated the effects of online search benefits and offline purchase benefits on webrooming intention. The results advance the theory of CMR by explaining consumer channel switching behaviour and are expected to help multi-channel retailers to identify the key drivers that help engage consumers online.

Name : Arun kumar Biswal
Title : Product subsidy and expected consumption with inventory inaccuracy: Implications of RFID adoption in Indian Public Distribution System
Authors: Arun kumar Biswal, Jenamani M & Krishna Kumar S
Journal: Computers and Industrial Engineeringss
Volume: Vol 159 September 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107527
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835221004319?dgcid=author

In countries that fight malnutrition and hunger, governments and international agencies sponsor subsidy programmes to improve consumption of staple food among the poor. Although the donors in such programmes provide product subsidy to make it affordable and accessible, the supply chain used to deliver these products to the end beneficiary is prone to losses and diversion. Intervention of advanced technologies like RFID, GPS, and GIS are likely to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of such systems. However, considering budget limitation, a key concern for the donors is to investigate how diversion of fund in favour of technology would impact the product subsidy and expected consumption. We model the situation as a price-taking and price-setting newsvendor who implements the subsidy programme, and a donor who provides funding, to investigate the issue. We perform numerical analysis using actual data concerning to the food security system of India and our results show that, for both the price-taking and price-setting situation, the system with RFID generates more consumption as compared to that of the non-RFID situation at same donor budget. We also find that, fixing the price at suitable level the donors could control the profit of the implementing firm, and could generate more consumption as compared to that of the price decontrol situation

Name : Preeti Sharma
Title : Inequalities faced by Employees in the Workplace: A review Through Text and Visual Analytics
Authors: Preeti Sharma and Sarthak Goyal
Journal: MDIM Business Review
Volume: Vol II, No I January- June 2021 pp 11-35
URL: https://www.mdim.ac.in/wp-backend/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sharma, Preeti & Goyal, Sarthak Page 11 to 35.pdf

Name : Sriharsha Reddy
Title : Asset Quality of Commercial Banks in India: An empirical Analysis
Authors: Sriharsha Reddy & Sarath Babu
Journal: The IUP Journal of Applied Economics
Volume: Vol XX No 2 2021
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Non-performing Assets (NPAs) have termed out to be a major stumbling block affecting the performance of Indian Banks. Several measures were initiated by the Reserve Bank of India to reduce incidence of NPAs. For the first time in the last several years, public sector banks in India witnessed decline in gross NPAs for the year 2018-2019. In this paper, an attempt is made to understand the reasons for the incidences of NPAs during 2006 to 2019 by studying the public sector and private sector banks in India. Dynamic regression model was developed to understand the influence of past NPAs on incidence of current NPAs. Surprisingly, the influence of previous year asset quality is not significantly influencing current year asset quality. Size of the bank, profitability, credit growth, priority sector lending, accretion of NPAs and economic growth continue to have significant impact on the asset quality of the banks in India.

Name : Sarath Babu
Title : Asset Quality of Commercial Banks in India: An empirical Analysis
Authors: Sriharsha Reddy & Sarath Babu
Journal: The IUP Journal of Applied Economics
Volume: Vol XX No 2 2021
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Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Adoption of Electronic Banking services in India: an Extension of UTAUT2 Model
Authors: Vikas Chauhan, Rambalak Yadav & Vipin Choudhary
Journal: Journal of Financial Services Marketing
Volume: Published on 30 April 2021
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41264-021-00095-z

Indian banks have paid sufficient attention to recent innovations in banking services delivery such as e-banking, mobile banking, mobile payment, e-wallet, and e-money services, still the acceptance of these services among consumers is sluggish. Therefore, the present study aims to identify the intention of consumers to adopt various e-banking services. The study adopted the UTAUT2 model (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) and extended it with constructs such as consumer innovativeness, perceived risk, and security information availability. The extended research model was tested using a questionnaire-based response collected from 721 consumers. CB-SEM (Covariance-based structural equation modeling) was used to examine the hypotheses. An empirical examination of the model helped explain the impact of the UTAUT2 model's constructs in predicting adoption intention toward e-banking services. The study also revealed the importance and impact of newly incorporated variables in explaining consumers' adoption intention toward e-banking services. The study has provided some useful insight into the factors influencing consumers' intention to adopt e-banking services to shed new light.

Name : Preeti Sharma
Title : Use of Big Data Analytics in Operations Management: A Review Using Text Analytics
Authors: Preeti Sharma & Kartikey Nigam
Journal: MDIM Business Review
Volume: Volume 1, No 2 December 2020 pp 1-15
URL: https://www.mdim.ac.in/wp-backend/wp-ontent/uploads/2021/04/Preeti Sharma, Kartikey Nigam, Page-1-15.pdf

The companies integrate their operations with their supply chain partners and align their technological resources with that of their workforce resources on a global scale. In the wake of which Big data analytics (BDA) presents new capabilities and opportunities for Operations Management (OM). All such integrations in the companies result in the creation of a large amount of real-time data, including the different formats of storage, which could be used to optimize operational decisions. This work aims to figure out current industry trends and future implementation of BDA in OM and summarize the research gaps in the domain using Text analytics.

Name : Chakrapani Chaturvedula
Title : Under-Pricing of Initial Public Offerings in Indian Capital Markets
Authors: Chakrapani Chaturvedula
Journal: International Journal of Management
Volume: Volume 12, No 5 May 2021 pp 112-116
URL: https://iaeme.com/Home/article_id/IJM_12_05_010

This study looks at the underpricing of IPO in the Indian stock exchanges. We look at a sample of 186 stocks listed in the National stock exchange between the year 2010 to 2020 for evidence of Underpricing in the Indian capital markets. Our Findings provide evidence that underpricing continues in the Indian stock market. On an average the underpricing in the IPO’s is 19.7% on the listing day and the underpricing persists for the next 30 days and even after 30 days the underpricing is 17%.

Name : Saikat Banerjee
Title : Open Innovation for Better Governance: A Case Study of MyGov Platform of Government of India
Authors: Saikat Banerjee
Journal: Academy of Marketing Studies Journal
Volume: Volume 25, No 2 March 2021
URL: https://www.abacademies.org/articles/Open-innovation-for-better-governance-a-case-study-of-1528-2678-25-2-390.pdf

The process of open innovation is examined in the context of government organizations using the case study of “MyGov” platform of Government of India. In “MyGov” platform, both ministries of government of India and citizens of India actively participate in various discussions; do multiple tasks and share creative ideas relevant to contemporary policies. In this process, the amount of open innovation increases the quality of governance in the policy formation and implementation, and subsequently contributes to the social welfare of the country.

Name : Saikat Banerjee
Title : Financial Inclusion in India: A Giant Structure on Weak Foundation
Authors: Saikat Banerjee & S Ghosh
Journal: Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal
Volume: Volume 25, No 2 March 2021
URL: https://www.abacademies.org/articles/financial-inclusion-in-india-a-giant-structure-on-weak-foundation-10293.html

Recent developments in the financial inclusion policy of government of India confirm the importance of financial inclusion as a necessary criterion for inclusive growth. The aim of the paper is to analyze the supply side and demand side issues related to financial inclusion in India and find the gaps of the institutional mechanism in supply side and issues in demand side with the help of various theoretical and practical studies carried out in past literature. The paper also examines the comprehensiveness of existing indicators of financial inclusion in India.

Name : Saikat Banerjee
Title : Entrepreneurial Orientation, External Ties of Top Management Team, And Firm Performance: A Theoretical Model
Authors: Saikat Banerjee
Journal: International Journal of Entrepreneurship
Volume: Volume 25, No 2 February 2021
URL: https://www.abacademies.org/articles/Entrepreneurial-Orientation,-External-Ties-of-Top-Management-Team,-And-Firm-Performance:-A-Theoretical-Model.pdf

Extending existing literature on entrepreneurial orientation of firms, the paper theoretically explains the effects of the external ties of top management team members on entrepreneurial orientation–firm performance relationship. The intra-industry and extra industry ties of top management team members strengthen the positive relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance. Future research directions in the field are also discussed.

Name : Saikat Banerjee
Title : Self-Leadership, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Innovation Performance of Firms
Authors: Saikat Banerjee
Journal: International Journal of Entrepreneurship
Volume: Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2021
URL: https://www.abacademies.org/articles/Self-Leadership,-Entrepreneurial-Orientation,-and-Innovation-Performance-of-Firms.pdf

Based on theoretical discussions, the paper proposes that the self-leadership of strategic leaders helps to take strategic decisions, and influences innovation performance of firms. Entrepreneurial orientation of firms encourages the leaders to take risky entrepreneurial decisions, and positively influences the relationship between self-leadership and innovation performance of firms. The paper also discusses research gaps and future research directions.

Name : Tulika Sharma
Title : Self Image, Attitude Formation and Mall Revisit Intentions: A Propositional Model and Research Agenda
Authors: Mahesh.M, and Tulika Sharma
Journal: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research
Volume: Volume 8, No 3 March 2021 pp 367-374
URL: http://www.jetir.org/view?paper=JETIR210305

Modern shopping malls serve dual needs of shopping and entertainment. Modern shoppers are provided with choice, be it for shopping or entertainment. Mall visits are becoming more purpose driven than earlier times. Malls have to sustain their relevance and importance to induce shoppers to visit again and regularly. Novelty factors may not be adequate to sustain a competitive advantage. There is a need to understand the factors influencing mall revisit intentions, especially with respect to shoppers’self-image. This paper explores the need for such research and sets out a propositional agenda for research into the relationship between self-image and mall revisit intentions, especially in an emerging economy such as India where there has been a proliferation of shopping malls over the last two decades. Research agenda herein proposed may lead to new knowledge for academicians and practitioners alike.

Name : Manoj Das
Title : The impact of COVID on Tourism and Hospitality Sector
Authors: Manoj Das
Journal: International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
Volume: Volume 8, No 1 March 2021 pp 278-281
URL: http://www.ijrar.org/papers/IJRAR21A1369.pdf

Covid-19 has fundamentally altered our life with people and businesses slowly limping back to normalcy. One of the worst hot sectors due to covid-19 was the hospitality sector and tourism. Our paper attempts to shed light on these effects and what the future holds.

Name : Tulika Sharma
Title : Towards A Conceptual Linkage between Transvections and Mall Patronage Behaviour: Exploring New Research Directions
Authors: Mahesh.M, and Tulika Sharma
Journal: Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research
Volume: Volume XIII, Issue No 1, January 2021
URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gUNWKK_wTHX1889VHCt_PvmziwEpDuUg/view

This study attempts to explore the conceptual linkage between the construct of transvections sand mall image. Alderson (1965) proposed transvections as a set of sorts and transformations that enable the finished product to be made available to the consumer. Modern day malls provide benefits of shopping and entertainment to their consumers. This study examines the possibility of relating an old concept, namely transvections to a contemporary concept, such as mall patronage and initiates future research propositions for application of such a conceptual understanding for building sustainable competitive advantage in a retailing context.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : The impact of Shopping motivation on sustainable consumption: A Study in the context of green apparel
Authors: Sushant Kumar, and Ramblak Yadav
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume: Publication date: 10 February 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126239 Early Cite
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652621004595

The study aims to investigate the impact of shopping motivation on consumers’ intention to buy green apparel. The study adopted the theory of shopping motivation (utilitarian and hedonic motivation) as a framework. Further, the moderating roles of gender and family income were also examined in all the studied relationships. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings indicate a significant impact of information availability and customized offerings on utilitarian motivation, along with a significant impact of adventure, authority, and status on hedonic motivation. Both shopping motivations, utilitarian and hedonic, influence purchase intention regarding green apparel. Gender was found to have a moderating relationship for information availability with utilitarian motivation and for authority and status with hedonic motivation. The moderating effect of income was also confirmed. The findings will help managers and practitioners promote sustainable consumption through green apparel. This may, in turn, foster the cleaner production and practices of sustainable consumption, which is beneficial for the planet and people.

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : The impact of range extension on the attraction effect
Authors: Pravesh Kumar Padamwar, Jagrook Dawra & Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Journal: Journal of Business Research
Volume: Volume 126, pp 565-577, March 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.12.017
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0148296319307830

Using a series of three corroborative studies, this paper reconciles the conflicting results on the relationship between range extension and the attraction effect in extant literature. Prior seminal works on the attraction effect, including those of Huber, Puto, and Payne, have not found any impact of range extension on the intensity of the attraction effect. Some explanatory models of the attraction effect in the extant literature (e.g. the value-shift model), however, predict an amplification of the attraction effect upon range extension. In this work, we resolve this conflict by showing that range extension does significantly change the preference between core alternatives and that it systematically amplifies the attraction effect both in stylized and natural settings. In doing so, this paper furthers the conceptual understanding of the attraction effect. It also contributes to the growing literature exploring the boundary conditions of the attraction effect and provides relevant managerial insights.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : The impact of the institutional environment on green consumption in India
Authors: Naman Sreen, Rambalak Yadav, Sushant Kumar & Mark Gleim
Journal: Journal of Consumer Marketing
Volume: Publication date: 1 December 2020, doi.org/10.1008/JCM-12-2019-3536
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JCM-12-2019-3536/full/html

This paper aims to develop an institutional framework to examine the role of governmental and social pressures on green product purchase intentions. Because of the increased focus on environmental issues in emerging markets, an examination of the institutional environment in India can provide unique insights into the drivers of green consumption.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Understanding the impact of CSR domain on brand relationship equity
Authors: Amit Shankar & Rambalak Yadav
Journal: Marketing Intelligence and Planning
Volume: Publication date:, 25 December 2020 doi.org/10.1008/MIP-10-2020-0442 Early Cite
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MIP-10-2020-0442/full/html

The study investigates the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) domain on millennials' brand relationship quality (BRQ). It also attempts to understand how the relationship between CSR domain and millennials' BRQ is moderated by consumer moral foundation and skepticism.

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : Long Memory and Fractality among Global Equity Markets: a Multivariate Wavelet Approach
Authors: Avishek Bhandari and Bandi Kamaiah
Journal: Journal of Quantitative Economics
Volume: 19 Issue 1, DOI.ord/10.1007/s40953-020-00220-0
URL: http://www.springer.com/home?SGWID=0-0-1003-0-0&aqId=4152234&download=1&checkval=c5e9d65da99f06e792dd66bfdafd2f72

This paper seeks to understand global equity returns' long memory behavior using novel methods from wavelet analysis. We implement the wavelet-based multivariate long memory approach, which is the first application of wavelet-based multivariate long-term memory techniques in finance and economics. In doing so, long-run correlation structures among global equity returns are captured within the framework of wavelet-multivariate long memory methods, enabling one to analyze the long-run correlation among several markets exhibiting both similar and dissimilar fractal structures.

Name : Tumpa Dey
Title : A Study on The Relation between Music and Academic performance
Authors: Tumpa Dey & Manish Khayani
Journal: International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
Volume: Vol 7 No 2, July 2020
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Experimental study on effect of music on student’s academic performance” aims at determining the influence of music on the academic performances of college students. Many people claim that music has a significant effect on behaviour and development. Only limited research has been conducted to verify the effect of music on academic performance. Evidence has shown a connection between phonological awareness and competencies in literacy. It was proposed that a formal curriculum of music events could be used to help children build a multi-sensory perception and response to sounds. The study will also be helping to analyze students who lack concentration while studying in silence tend to have an increased efficiency in studying with the music on. A study that showed an association between rhythmic ability and reading examined the relationship between musical ability and literacy skills. Another study showed that music skills training is available additional strategy to help students with reading difficulties. Musical instruction has arisen as a potential technique owing to the parallels between the non-verbal language of musical performance and the verbal vocabulary itself. The research methodology adopted for this project will be experimental.

Name : Steven Raj Padakandla
Title : Climate sensitivity of rice yields: An agro climatic zone analysis in the undivided state of Andhra Pradesh, India
Authors: Steven Raj Padakandla
Journal: Journal of Public Affairs
Volume: Published in 16 Sept 2020
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pa.2261

Observational data shows that there have been significant regional variations in climate change patterns across India. This study examines the effects of climate change on yields of rice across different climatic zones in the former state of Andhra Pradesh. The study uses district level panel data for 30 years (1981–2010) to analyze the influence of climatic variables like rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum temperature on rice yields at the agro‐climatic zone level. Analysis of data shows that the degree of impact of climate on yield of rice is varied across different climatic zones in the former state of Andhra Pradesh. Climatic zones which have traditionally higher temperature and lesser rainfall are more susceptible to variations in climate than others. Though the negative impact of temperature is similar among all the zones, there are observable spatial variations and differences in the degrees of impact. The study also found that the impact of irrigation is significantly higher in traditionally drier zones than others. Given significant regional variations on climate change impact, policy makers, administrators and crop scientists have to design micro‐level mitigation and adaptation techniques.

Name : Ritesh Kumar Dubey
Title : Employee Review Websites as Source of Recruitment Communication: The Role of Source Credibility, Realistic Information, and Specific Information
Authors: Tavleen Kaur & Ritesh Kumar Dubey
Journal: Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organization
Volume: Vol 18 No 3, July-Sept 2020 pp 74-94
URL: https://www.igi-global.com/article/employee-review-websites-as-source-of-recruitment-communication/257196

Persuasive research shows that more credible sources of information are more influential in changing the attitude and gaining behavioral compliance. In this article, the authors examine whether perceptions regarding source credibility, realistic information and specific information in the web recruitment context differs on three different recruitment media. The three different recruitment media taken in this study are employee review website (www.glassdoor.com), professional networking website (www.linkedin.com) and the company's own webpages. The employee review website and professional networking website belong to the company independent website category since they are not controlled by a particular organization. The company's own webpages belong to a company dependent website category as every organization has its own website. This study compares and investigates company independent websites versus company dependent websites as a tool for providing recruitment communication on three different parameters, namely source credibility, realistic information, and specific information. The study is conducted in India and the results are based on responses obtained from 283 students actively looking for jobs. The results suggest that job seekers perceive company independent websites (employee review website and networking website) to be more credible. These websites provide more realistic and specific information than the company dependent website. The authors also examine the role of realistic information, source credibility and specific information as antecedents to organizational attractiveness. How social media can be instrumental in employee engagement is also discussed.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Insights for luxury retailers to reach customers globally
Authors: Charles Jebarajakirthy, Rambalak Yadav, &Amith Shankar
Journal:
Volume: Early Cite Accepted 1 Feb 2020
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MIP-10-2019-0493/full/html

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether customer intention to purchase luxury products from the online stores of fashion luxury retailers varies depending on their degree of corporate image and showrooming strategy, when the retailers do not have a wider store network in the region where customers live.

Name : Preeti Sharma
Title : Implementation and adoption of CRM and co-creation leveraging collaborative technologies: An Indian banking Context
Authors: Neejar Kumar Dubey,Preeti Sharma, and PurimaSangle
Journal: Journal of Indian Business Research
Volume: Vol 12 - Issue 1, 27 Feb 2020 pp - 113-132
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIBR-09-2019-0284/full/html

This paper aims to study the role of the emerging technology landscape and collaborative Platforms in customer relationship management (CRM) unravelling novel opportunities for mutual co-creation in Indian banking context.

Name : Saikat Banerjee
Title : Foreign Direct Investments: Examining the Roles of Democracy, Corruption and Judicial Systems Across Countries
Authors: Saikat Banerjee
Journal: Journal of Applied Business and Economics
Volume: Vol 21 (6) 9 December 2019 pp 32 -46
URL: https://articlegateway.com/index.php/JABE/article/view/2398/2284

The paper utilizes a novel agency theory perspective to argue that governments are opportunistic agents of citizens at the country level. Extending extant international business literature, this study theoretically integrates various antecedents of foreign direct investments examined discretely in past studies and explains how the natures of governments influence the foreign direct investment decisions. The paper proposes a moderated mediation model where control mechanism such as access to justice moderates the strength of the mediated relationship between democracy and foreign direct investments via absence of corruption, such that the mediated relationship will be stronger under high control mechanism than under low control mechanism. Based on a sample of 90 countries, the empirical results indicate that democracy positively influences the amount of foreign direct investments through absence of corruption. In addition, access to justice moderates the relationships. Theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.

Name : Shantanu Bagchi
Title : Demonstrating Push and Pull Manufacturing Strategies: An Experiential Classroom Activity Using Original Origami Art
Authors: Rik Paul, Shantanu Bagchi &Jighyasu Gaur
Journal: NjPOperations Management Education Review
Volume: Volume 13: 2019, pp. 173-190;
URL: https://www.neilsonjournals.com/OMER/abstractomer13paulbagchi.html

The classroom activity outlined in the paper demonstrates how a conceptual class in Operations Management can be transformed into an activity driven experiential learning exercise to demonstrate the concepts of Push and Pull manufacturing strategies. A six step simple assembly line is designed with the help of student volunteers producing an assembled origami fighter jet that mimics a real life assembly line with different subassembly processes. During the course of the origami fighter jet production, different strategies of Push and Pull manufacturing techniques are applied to the assembly line. The rest of the class observe and document key performance indicators on the basis of which a comparison and contrast is drawn during the debriefing session. This simulated experiential learning exercise is designed to be a part of Operations Management course work and can be performed both for undergraduate and graduate level courses in Operations and works best in classroom size of 30 students and above

Name : Sarath Babu
Title : Investors’ attention and American depository receipts pricing: evidence from India
Authors: Sarath Babu
Journal: Asian Journal of Empirical Research
Volume: Vol 9 No 12 December 2019, pp 381-386
URL: http://www.aessweb.com/journals/December2019/5004/4758

This paper is an attempt to examine the impact of investors? attention on returns and the traded volume of American Depository Receipts prices for selected ten Indian Stocks. The Google search volume index has been used as a proxy for investors? attention in this paper. However, factors such as size and book to market ratio were used to indicate as control variables. The results reveal that investors? attention variable significantly affects ADRs traded volume, but has no impact on the ADR prices.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Motivators and barriers to sustainable food consumption: Qualitative inquiry about organic food consumers in a developing nation
Authors: Rambalak Yadav, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Ankur Srivatsava Anees Ahmad
Journal: International Journal of Non Profit and Voluntary Sector marketing
Volume: Vol 24, No Nov 2019 1-10
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nvsm.1650

The present research attempts to qualitatively explore the motivators and barriers of organic food consumption in the Indian context. The data were collected using semi- structured in‐depth interviews and analyzed using grounded theory. The theoretical sampling technique was used to interview 34 consumers who have purchased organic food in the past. The findings reported health consciousness, environmental consciousness, social identity, consumer ethnocentrism, and concern for farmers as the factors that motivate organic food purchase among consumers. The factors such as high prices of organic food, unavailability, trust issues, and limited marketing communications from the firms were identified as major barriers to organic food purchase and consumption. The study is one of the initial attempts to qualitatively explore the consumers motivation for organic food consumption in the Indian context. The findings will help policymakers to devise suitable strategies so that they can effectively target the organic food choices by understanding the motivators/barriers, and promote the sustainable lifestyle in the society, as food consumption plays a crucial role in achieving environmental sustainability.

Name : Sriharsha Reddy
Title : Predictors of Microcredit Default in Indian Self-Help Groups
Authors: Debadutta Panda & Sriharsha Reddy
Journal: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Volume: Early View Nov 2019 pp 1-18
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/apce.12259

This exploratory study was conducted to examine the reasons behind credit defaults in Self‐help Group‐based microfinance programs in India. The study adopted the mixed‐method approach. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted to collect information, and thematic analysis was followed to analyze data to identify the possible causes of loan defaults in self‐help groups (SHGs). Further, 120 defaulting and 120 performing, SHGs were selected through stratified random sampling method. Finally, 960 respondents were randomly selected from 240 SHGs to collect information for quantitative inquiry. The ordinary least square (OLS) and profit models were engaged to process the data. This study identified three important attribution sets causing credit defaults, (i) bank‐related attributes, (ii) agency related attributes, and (iii) group dynamics. The probability of defaults in SHGs was predicted by the amount of loan disbursed by bank, agency's help in enterprise development, age of the microenterprise, micro-entrepreneurship of the SHG member, SHG visits to the bank, members dropped out from SHG, tenure of the president and secretary, and monthly membership saving in the SHG

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Brand it Green: Young consumers’ brand attitudes and purchase intensions toward green brand advertising appeals
Authors: Juhi Gahlot Sarkar, Abhigyan Sarkar, & Rambalak Yadav
Journal: Young Consumers
Volume: Vol 20 No 3 2019 pp 190-227 Aug 2019
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/YC-08-2018-0840/full/html

This paper aims to analyze the impacts of distinct advertising appeals on brand attitudes and purchase intentions toward green brands across two different product categories (technology- intensive and technology non-intensive)among the young adult consumers.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : EnviGreen Biotech: An Eco-friendly Alternative to Plastic Bags
Authors: Preshita Neha Tudu & Rambalak Yadav
Journal: South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases
Volume: Vol 8 No 2 2019 pp 207-214 August 2019
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2277977919833770

The case is about EnviGreen Biotech that produces an alternative to plastic bags that is 100 per cent organic, biodegradable and recyclable. The case focuses on how the concept of sustainability is being incorporated into the organization. Currently, the EnviGreen bags are manufactured in India and are being exported to South East Asian and Middle East countries. Along with this, the company has also started manufacturing bags for the organized retailers in India, but still to enter into the retail consumer market. The case ends up with the discussion that whether EnviGreen Biotech should enter into the B2C market in India or not as the products are costlier than plastic bags and price sensitive nature of Indian consumers is a major concern.

Name : Arun Kumar Biswal
Title : The Impact of RFID adoption on donor subsidy through for-profit and not-for-profit newsvendor: Implications for Indian Public Distribution system
Authors: Arun Kumar Biswal, Mamata Jenamani & Sri Krishna Kumar
Journal: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Volume: Vol 69 No 100687 March 2020
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038012118303392

Subsidy programs are sponsored by government and international agencies to improve affordability and accessibility of food and health products for socially deprived community. Although the donors in such programs allocate substantial resources to fund subsidies, a lot of it is wasted due to the inefficiency in the system arising out of product shrinkage and misplacement. This study analyzes the impact of private participation and advanced technology like RFID adoption on the donor subsidy under target consumption level. We formulate the problem as a donor funding the subsidy program through for-profit/not-for-profit newsvendor and compare the equivalent subsidy per consumption with and without RFID. We perform numerical analysis, collecting data from the public distribution system of India, and the results indicate that, unless the for-profit firm operates under a substantially reduced level of shrinkage and misplacement, the donor should always prefer a not-for-profit firm for program implementation. We also observe that among all the scenarios, a not-for-profit firm with advanced technology like RFID requires minimum donor subsidy to generate the target expected consumption.

Name : Mahesh Ramalingam
Title : Do Seasonal anomalies still persists? Empirical evidence post-global financial crisis
Authors: Mahesh Ramalingam, Muskan Kaur & Dinesh Jaisinghani
Journal: The Journal of Contemporary issues in Business and Government
Volume: Vol 25 NO 1 pp 44-65 Dec 2019
URL: http://cibg.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_1_4.pdf

The present study examines the presence of seasonal anomalies and volatility clustering in the Malaysian securities market in the post-global financial crisis period. An analysis has been performed for 11 different broad and sectoral indices of the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange. The time frame of one decade post the global financial crisis, that is, from 2009 to 2018, has been chosen for the empirical analysis. The results provide strong support for the existence of the presence of the day-of-theweek effect and the trading-month effect for the Malaysian market. However, there is weak evidence supporting the month-of-the-year effect. The results further highlight significant volatility clustering for the Malaysian market. Moreover, it is also observed that negative shocks generate higher volatility in the Malaysian market, as compared to positive shocks. The overall results confirm that the Malaysian market is not weak-form efficient in the post-global financial crisis period.

Name : Ritesh Kumar Dubey
Title : Impact of a Social Media Addiction on Employees’ Wellbeing and Work Productivity’
Authors: Ritesh Kumar Dubey, Chetna Priyadarshini, YLN Kumar and Rajneesh Ranjan Jha
Journal: The Qualitative Report
Volume: Vol 25 No1 12 January 2020 pp 181-196
URL: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/iss1/12/

The objective of this study is to gain insights into the experiences of employees regarding their social media usage and consequences of social media overuse at the workplace. Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) procedures. The qualitative data was collected from the employees working in renowned IT/ITES companies in India. The themes that emerged are lack of sleep; backache and eye strain; feeling of envy; lack of depth in the relationships; tendency to seek approvals; not meeting deadlines; compromise with the work quality; distraction from work. The present study intends to assist human resource managers in designing appropriate policies and guidelines pertaining to employees’ social media usage at the workplace.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : The Dynamics of business ecosystem identity An ethnographic study on an Indian microenterprise clusters
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
Volume: Early Cite Publication Date: October 24 2019
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/QROM-10-2018-1688/full/html

The purpose of this paper is to examine how business ecosystems evolve, what is the identity of business ecosystem and is the ecosystem identity static or dynamics. To understand the above questions, this paper is conducted on stone carving clusters in India.

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : Time-Varying Nature of Stock Market Interdependence: A Global Perspective
Authors: Avishek Bhandari & Kamaiah Bandi
Journal: Economic and Political Weekly
Volume: Vol 55 No 13, pp 62-71 March 2020
URL: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/13/smoney-banking-and-finance/time-varying-nature-stock-market-interdependence.html

In the literature on global market integration, the strength of interdependence has been measured in different ways. However, only an accurate measure of strength of interdependence helps in understanding the nature of integration among markets. This article, by employing novel time-frequency based wavelet techniques, analyses the interdependence of global equity markets from a heterogeneous investor perspective, with a special focus on the Indian stock market. With the wavelet framework effectively capturing the heterogeneity of market participants’ space of operation, an analysis grounded in this framework allows one to capture information from a different dimension than the traditional time domain analyses, where the multiscale structures of financial markets are clearly extracted.

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : Contagion Among Select Global Equity Markets: A Time-Frequency Analysis
Authors: Avishek Bhandari & Kamaiah Bandi
Journal: Global Economy Journal
Volume: Vol 19, No 4 December 2019
URL: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2194565919500234

This paper investigates the phenomenon of contagion among some selected global equity markets using novel methods from wavelet-based time-frequency analysis. It surveys some seminal literature on contagion and examines, using both continuous and discrete wavelet methods, the effects of major financial crises on Indian markets. Strong evidence of co-movements in the short run, which indicates contagion, between Indian and some East Asian markets is observed, signifying diversification risks for Indian investors during periods of financial turbulence.

Name : Surajit Ghosh Dastidar
Title : A Spreadsheet Template for Forced Grading System
Authors: Surajit Ghosh Dastidar
Journal: International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering
Volume: Vol 8 No 6 March 2020
URL: https://www.ijrte.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v8i6/F7155038620.pdf

Forced Grading Systems are popular and accepted for evaluating students, particularly in business schools. Under such systems students' numerical test scores are converted to letter grades (A, B, etc.) and awarded in mandated percentages. In common practice, schools mandate that 10% to 15% of students in a class receive As, 25% to 35% Bs, and 40% to 50% Cs. However, instructors must identify what numerical cutoffs satisfy mandated grade distributions, and that tedious effort might entail several solutions. This study introduces an Excel-based template with which instructors can establish numerical cutoffs that distribute students' grades in accord with mandated standards. Results indicate that the spreadsheet template is an efficient tool to evaluate students following the Forced Grading System

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Danone India: The Challenges of Expanding into an Emerging Markets
Authors: Pallavi Pandey, Rambalak Yadav
Journal: South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases
Volume: 27 March 2020 (Published)
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2277977920911904

The case is about struggles of Danone India, a French based firm that envisioned high stakes in the Indian dairy market but had to exit early due to its inability to adapt to the Indian market conditions. The firm had a vision of “giving fresh impetus to the business and conquering the world” that transcended boundaries by providing healthier dairy products to the customers. Danone plans to expand into emerging markets by 2020, an endeavor driving 12 percent of its dairy business. The 22-billion-USD French food giant entered in India in the year 2010. It forayed into India’s dairy market with milk products such as flavored yogurt, buttermilk, cold coffee, curd, and smoothies. Danone was known to excel in its nutrition-based products, which were more than 90 percent of the business in India. However, having covered 200,000 retail outlets in 20 cities once, Danone struggled to expand and failed to capture the Indian dairy market, leading to its exit in 2018

Name : Shantanu Shankar Bagchi
Title : Optimal sourcing policies for single and multiple period scenarios
Authors: Shantanu Shankar Bagchi and AK Rao
Journal: Int. Journal of Operational Research
Volume: Vol 38 No 2, March 2020
URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijor

Determining the optimum number of suppliers and the optimum quantities to order from each of them is a critical problem for any supply chain. The objective of this paper is to identify the optimal sourcing policy of a retailer for the single and multi-period context when the firm can source its order to multiple suppliers along with a back-up supplier for the emergency situations. The expected total profit is mathematically modelled for single and multi-period scenarios. The optimal sourcing policy is obtained by maximizing the expected total profit with respect to the order quantities. Closed form solution is obtained for uniformly distributed demand for both single and multi-period scenarios. It is observed that the multi-period solution is less sensitive compared to the single-period solution. Also, it is found that it is optimal for the firm to lessen the amount of supplier diversification in case of planning for multiple periods.

Name : Ritesh Kumar Dubey
Title : Role of tourism IT adoption and risk management orientation on tourism agility and resilience: Impact on sustainable tourism supply chain performance
Authors: Santanu Mandal & Ritesh Kumar Dubey
Journal: International Journal of Tourism Research
Volume: Published in 16 June 2020
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jtr.2381

The study explored the influence of tourism IT adoption and risk management orientation on tourism supply chain agility and resilience that may impact sustainable tourism supply chain performance using dynamic capability view. The study gathered 302 perceptual responses from hotels and tour companies and analyzed using structural equation modeling in AMOS. The study also evaluated for invariance of the proposed model across hotels and tour companies. Furthermore, it also explored if tourism IT adoption and risk management orientation moderates the relationship among agility, resilience and sustainable tourism supply chain performance. Implications for theory and tourism managers were provided.

Name : Shabnam Priyadarshini
Title : HR Professionals: Key drivers for implementing sustainable business practices
Authors: Shabnam Priyadarshini
Journal: Strategic HR Review
Volume: Published in 25 April 2020
URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SHR-03-2020-0025/full/html#loginreload

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of sustainable management practices sin the current era. The paper highlights the critical role that HR Professionals play in driving this sustainability agenda in organizations.

Name : Dhananjay Singh
Title : Branding during Recession: The Brand Managers Perspectives
Authors: Dhananjay Singh
Journal: Journal of Marketing Vistas
Volume: Vol 10 No 1 Jan-June 2020 pp2-12
URL: https://www.ipeindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IPE-JoMV-Jan-Jun-2020-FINAL.pdf

The paper intends to address the concerns of brand managers in managing the performance of their brands during recessionary times. This is an exploratory study that uses phenomenological approach for inquiry. The specific purpose is to explore the branding and marketing activities attempted by brand managers in India to increase brand value. The paper begins by evaluating the world of branding and brand equity and sets the context that the actual power of the brand confines in the consumers mind. The paper then discusses the research methodology, results and interpretations. The paper offers insights of branding activities that brand managers can use during economic recession. This paper analyses factors that influence brands’ value and also tries to understand the consumer drivers to buy an appropriate brand. The paper has implications for brand managers in developing economies and evolving markets like India, through which it is possible to effectively manage brands in recessionary times. This paper has great value for in-depth research in future. The paper concludes by stating the research limitations, reflects on the findings from the managerial perspective and identifies the future directions of research.

Name : Tumpa Dey
Title : Challenges of Social Entrepreneurship in India
Authors: Tumpa Dey
Journal: Global Journal of Business Management
Volume: Vol 13, No 1, June 2019
URL:

It has long been a struggle and a challenge to define Social Entrepreneurship. Researchers and practitioners over the years are slowly narrowing down to a definition. But that’s the least of the challenges for Social Entrepreneurship. For Social Entrepreneurs, the challenges are many and varied. Among them is the absence of support mechanisms, they have to take high risks in case of investment, lack of innovation, religious backlashes, financial constraints etc. In this paper, the researcher has specially studied two social enterprises: GRAIN and SAFA and enumerated the challenges faced by them. Though these are enterprise specific challenges, these are the barriers faced by all or most of the social enterprises that aims at challenging the socio-economic face of the Society.

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : Contagion among Indian and Some Developed Equity Markets: A Continuous Wavelet Investigation
Authors: Avishek Bhandari
Journal: The Empirical Economic Letters
Volume: Vol 18, No 6, June 2019
URL: http://www.eel.my100megs.com/volume-18-number-6.htm

The empirical research on contagion spans a huge body of work, each with diverse testing procedures, comprising of advanced modelling techniques where a vast majority of empirical studies on contagion rely on time domain techniques. This paper investigates the phenomenon of contagion among Indian and some selected global equity markets using wavelet based time-frequency analysis and examines the effects of contagion between these markets. Strong evidence of contagion between some developed markets is revealed. However, only long run co-movements between Indian market and developed markets exist, revealing long run interdependence but not contagion.

Name : Sivagnanasundaram
Title : Effect of product retail strategy on Frim Value : A Study on Indian Automobile
Authors: Sivagnanasundaram
Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Research in Business Management
Volume: Vol 10, No 6, June 2019
URL: http://skirec.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/APJ2June19-5811-1.pdf

Product recalls around the world is increasing every day. Whether it is a marketing gimmick or manufacturing problem, its impact on the stake holders is far reaching and can’t be discounted. In order to understand the financial impact on firms, four Indian automobile companies which recalled products were considered for the study. Results of the event study showed that product recall negatively influences the firm value. Strategies to be followed and implications of the same are also presented.

Name : Sarath Babu
Title : Risk and Return Analysis of Indian Banking Sector Stocks
Authors: Sarath Babu
Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Research in Business Management
Volume: Vol 10, No 6, June 2019
URL: http://skirec.org/category/apjrbm/current-apjrbm/

This paper examines the three methods of value at risk using stock prices of Indian banking sector. Ten banks stock prices were used for two years period of Oct 2013 to Oct 2015. Three methods of Value at Risk were employed in this paper namely, Historical, Covariance method and Monte Carlo method. Of the three methods examined, Monte Carlo method would help the portfolio manager to reduce the risk.

Name : Mahesh Ramallingam
Title : How Effective are your Actions? Impact of perceived consumer effectiveness on green purchasing behavior
Authors: Manoj Das and Mahesh Ramallingam
Journal: Academy of Marketing Studies Journal
Volume: Vol 23, No 1, June 2019
URL: https://www.abacademies.org/journals/academy-of-marketing-studies-journal-inpress.html

Although several firms are coming up with green products many of them have not been able to perform effectively. There is an increasing trend among millennials with regards to considering the impact of their purchases on the environment. Among the many factors considered by them two factors which are of prime importance are green trust and price fairness. Our study establishes that perceived consumer effectiveness leads to green purchasing behavior. We have found partial mediation effects for green trust and price fairness. This study offers important implications for academicians and policymakers.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Competitive dynamics in not-for-profit organizations: evidence from India
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Volume: Vol 10, No 5, May 2019 pp 7-15
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10490-019-09666-0

The Asia Pacific Journal of Management publishes original manuscripts on management and organizational research in the Asia Pacific region, encompassing Pacific Rim countries and mainland Asia. APJM focuses on the extent to which each manuscript addresses matters that pertain to the most fundamental question: "What determines firm success?" We seek to publish empirical or conceptual research which improves a broad understanding of this issue. APJM endeasvors to be the major vehicle for exchange of ideas and research among management scholars within or interested in the broadly defined Asia Pacific region.

Name : B Pavan Kumar
Title : Engaging Diverse Religions at Work
Authors: Pavan kumar Balivada
Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Research in Business Management
Volume: Vol 10, No 5, May 2019 pp 7-15
URL: https://skirec.org/engaging-diverse-religions-at-work/

The majority of work engagement studies have been conducted using a quantitative approach with limited attention to the institutional and social contexts. Meanwhile, the role of religion in shaping people’s philosophy and behaviour in life and work has been gaining attention from management researchers. The present paper is a explorative paper which focuses on the changing workplace diversity and coping strategies. This paper responds to calls for more focus on contexts and for deeper qualitative investigations into individual dynamics that concern religiosity and work engagement. It provides evidence that religiosity plays an important role in work engagement. Our findings have implications for people management in organizations that have a diverse workforce representing multiple religions.

Name : B Pavan Kumar
Title : Recruitment Process Made Easy
Authors: Pavan kumar Balivada Tulika Sharma
Journal: Journal of Human Resource and Customer Relationship Management
Volume: Vol 3, No 1, June 2019 pp 11-15
URL: http://mantechpublications.com/admin/index.php/JoHRCRM/issue/view/1948

With the increased complexity in workplaces of today, the task of hiring requires adapting to the changing times and needs. The article aims at identifying new hiring trends and endeavours to provide solutions thereof. This article is the result of search of online recruitment tools and gives insight into the various recruitment tools available online. These tools can go a long way to ease the recruitment processes.

Name : B Pavan Kumar
Title : Personality characteristics and the process of start-up: the moderating role of institutional environment
Authors: M Kannadhasan, Pankaj Singh, Parikshit Charan Pavan Kumar Balivada
Journal: Decision Official Journal of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Volume: Vol 45, No 4, December 2018 pp 287-300
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40622-018-0192-x

The study investigates the relationship between entrepreneur’s personality characteristics, i.e. need for achievement and internal locus of control, with the process of start-up. Besides, this study examines the role of risk propensity as a mediator in the relationship between personality characteristics and the process of start-up. Also, this study assesses the interaction effects of institutional environment on the relationship between risk propensity and the process of start-ups. Data were collected through a single cross-sectional survey from 478 entrepreneurs in India. The study used partial least squares approach to path modelling to examine the proposed relationship in the research model. After controlling the effects of risk propensity, the results reveal internal locus of control and need for achievement are signiﬁcantly related to start-up process. Furthermore,the relationship between risk propensity and start-up was moderated by institutional environment. Findings of the study indicate the importance of personal characteristics in the process of start- up. The study also emphasizes how the institutional environment enhances the level of the process of start-up. Moreover, this study is useful in differentiating personality characteristics from non-entrepreneurs.

Name : Devi Prasad Ghosh
Title : B2B Social Media Marketing Mix Optimization Model: A Case Study of a SME in Corporate Training Services
Authors: Devi Prasad Ghosh
Journal: Journal of Advance in Business Management and Accounting
Volume: Vol 5, Issue 5, May 19 pp 20-33
URL: https://jiaats.com/index.php/BMA/article/view/751/655

The paper conceptualized a B2B Social Media Marketing Optimization Model by using Linear Programming mathematical technique. Social Media Marketing as part of digital marketing mix is seen as an effective one-to-one communication and an interactive media.s But Social Media Marketing channels suffers from its poor reach compared to other digital media. As a practice, social media marketing is chosen as per ease of operation, lower cost and not on any quantitative measurements. The optimization model is first of its type since it uses media effectiveness (reach), media efficiency (Cost) and media quality (engagement) as the basis for building the optimization model. The concept presented takes into account complete cost of social media marketing that includes operations cost, production cost and design cost. The other model limits cost of Social Media Marketing to media cost only and usually account for production cost and design cost as a common marketing support cost, which in social media cases may consume a large portion of resources and cost. This also create problems to ascertain the cost in case of owned media or earned media where paid media cost is zero. The model also present a case that if Social Media Marketing Mix is chosen on basis of mathematical calculation, the outcome can be enhanced.

Name : Devi Prasad Ghosh
Title : Commercial Industrial Sector for Energy Storage Solutions in India: A Case Study of Exicom Power Solutions
Authors: Devi Prasad Ghosh
Journal: International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology
Volume: Vol 6, Issue 5, May 19 pp 6696-6705
URL: https://www.irjet.net/archives/V6/i5/IRJET-V6I5939.pdf

The report examines the role and value of energy storage in the context of electricity systems that are expected to absorb increasing quantities of time variable electricity generation from renewable sources in the years ahead. Particular attention is given to India with its vast renewable energy potential and limited interconnection with the major electricity loads. Energy storage technologies cover a wide range of levels of development from mature technologies like pumped hydro with over 50 years of operational experience, to technologies still under development such as solid-state batteries, flow batteries and flywheel- based energy storage solutions and all of these are reviewed. The competitive analysis is done to understand the strengths and weakness of Exicom in respect to its competitors. A secondary market research is done on the total scope and potential of Energy storage solutions in India and then particularly in the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) sector. Analysis and Assessment of state-wise scope of Energy storage solutions in India is also done to know about the most prominent states in which energy storage solutions would be more efficient for the penetration in the C&I sector. The key drivers for the Energy storage solutions are Power Cuts and outages, Diesel Generator Replacement and low carbon emissions. The projections are done for the year 2020 and 2022 and conclusions are drawn in the end with Rajasthan, J&K, and Delhi being few of the states where there is high potential for energy storage solutions.

Name : Sivagnanasundaram
Title : Effect of packaging on Perfume purchase decision of consumers
Authors: Sivagnanasundaram
Journal: Journal of Management Research and Analysis
Volume: Vol 6, No 1, March 2019 pp 6-20
URL:

Like any other cosmetics and personal grooming items, the purchase decision for perfumes is also a complex one. Consumers take in to account factors such as brand image, price, fragrance, and of course package of the product. This study was conducted to understand how the elements of packaging viz. Shape, color, and material of the perfume container. Further role of gender on preference also studied. The results obtained from the study showed that men prefer cubical or cuboid shape of containers over cylindrical whereas women preferred cylindrical containers over cuboid and cubical containers. When it comes to color of the container men preferred black containers over blue and red containers whereas women preferred red over blue and black containers. Similarly with regard to type of material no difference in terms preference in case of both gender. Implications for practice also discussed.

Name : Tulika Sharma
Title : Evolution of New Communication Patterns: A Case of Social Media
Authors: Tulika Sharma
Journal: Journal of Management Research and Analysis
Volume: Vol 6, No 1, March 2019 pp 50-58
URL:

Communication is basically the demonstration of exchanging data starting with one place to another. In spite of the fact that this is a basic definition, when we consider how we may convey the subject, it turns to be significantly more perplexing. There are different categories of communication and more than one may occur whenever. Through the study, the aim is to understand how communication has evolved and how patterns have emerged over the years giving special priority to the internet and social media. The study explores the new patterns that have emerged specifically in business communication and also how businesses have started interacting with their customers/potential consumers.

Name : Tumpa Dey
Title : Sexual harassment in organizations: An investigation of the #Me Too movement in India
Authors: Tumpa Dey
Journal: International Journal of Advance Research and Development
Volume: Vol 4, No 5, May 2019 pp 61-73
URL: http://www.jmraonline.com/current_issue.php

Sexual harassment has been and still continues to be a major issue across countries and different industries. It does not matter whether the workplace is a construction site with daily wage earners or an MNC where people come from highly qualified backgrounds. Often employees’ faces low job satisfaction and high attrition because of such unwanted incidents. An insecure and hostile work environment is created by Sexual Harassment, which hampers the person’s work efficiency by adversely affecting their social and economic growth. Safety of people is of grave concern and a lot has been written and talked about it. But these conversations have always been a hush-hush one. Majority of this harassment takes place because the victims prefer not to report and because people do not come forward to help the victims. The paper aims at highlighting different legal implications of sexual harassment along with the present situation of sexual harassment at the workplace.

Name : Manoj Das
Title : Employer branding and its impact on employee performance
Authors: Manoj Das
Journal: Journal of management research and analysis
Volume: Vol 6, No 1, March 2019 pp 248-253
URL: http://www.jmraonline.com/current_issue.php

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Name : Manoj Das
Title : Digitally extended seld: Are we happy or sad?
Authors: Manoj Das
Journal: International Journal of Research in Economic and Social Sciences
Volume: Vol 8, No 42, pp 36-46 April 2019
URL: http://euroasiapub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3ESS-April-19-Digitally-extended-self-6508-2.pdf

Over the last few decades consumers have become smore and more attached to their online consumption of goods and entertainment. With people increasingly spending so much time online for various things such as chatting on Facebook, creating stories on instagram etc., it has become an integral part of our lives. As a result of which there is a blurring of boundaries between the real world and the digital world, thereby attracting the fascination of academicians and they are trying to understand what implications it will have on people and how can it benefit companies. This study concludes by highlighting a review about digital extended self, its conclusions etc.

Name : Sourabh Bhattacharya
Title : Evaluating Manufacturer's Wholesale Price Policy Under Order Postponement WithBuyback Option
Authors: Sourabh Bhattacharya & Shantanu Shankar Bagchi
Journal: International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences
Volume: Vol 10, No 2, pp 49-69 April-June 2019
URL:

In this article, a decentralized newsvendor model is analyzed in the presence of demand uncertainty, where the retailer wishes to postpone his ordering decision by few days until the most accurate demand information is available. The impact of such order postponement on the equilibrium profits of both manufacturer and retailer with and without a buyback contract is subsequently examined to obtain a range of wholesale prices within which the marginal profits for both manufacturer and retailer, which are non-negative. Furthermore, it is observed that the possibility of implementing order postponement is higher when it is done in the presence of a buyback contract as it increase the marginal profits for both manufacturer and retailer and expands the feasible region of wholesale price, which leads to a provision of higher flexibility for negotiation between the manufacturer and the retailer.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Role of identity in the business ecosystem: an enquiry in Indian stone carving clusters
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Volume: Vol , Iss March 2019 pp 211-233
URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJOA-06-2018-1454

The purpose of this study is to understand the business ecosystem through the “identity” construct. “Identity” is a well-researched subject in sociology and psychology but as a construct, its application is limited in management and organization studies, especially in the ecosystem context. This study used “identity” to examine the management and organization of stone carving microenterprise clusters in India.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Misaligned Expectations and Non-Cooperative Behavior in Indian Microfinance: Evidences from a Survey
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: Journal of Economic Issues
Volume: Vol 53, Iss 01 March 2019 pp 211-233
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00213624.2019.1573087

This study examined the causalities of non-performance of self-help groups (SHGs) in the context of polarised institutional expectations in the microfinance ecosystem in India. Institutional approach and stakeholder approach were followed for the investigation. Focus group discussions (FGDs) and semi- structured interviews (SIs) were conducted to collect data from various institutional stakeholders. It was found that the institutional expectations of each institution from other institutions in the microfinance ecosystem were polarized, misaligned and were antagonistic in nature. Institutional behaviours were governed by their expectations from the microfinance ecosystem. Therefore, the polarized and antagonistic expectations created non-cooperative behaviours and attitudes in the key institutions, which further created a weak performance of the microfinance programs.

Name : Rambalak yadav
Title : Analyzing the impact of consumer innovativeness and perceived risk in internet banking adoption
Authors: Vikas Chauhan, Rambalak Yadav,Vipin Choudhary
Journal: Int Journal of Bank Marketing,
Volume: Vol 37, Iss 01 February 2019 pp 323-339
URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJBM-02-2018-0028

The purpose of this paper is to understand consumers’ intention to adopt internet banking. The study adopted the technology acceptance model with additional constructs (i.e. consumer innate innovativeness (II), domain-specific innovativeness (DSI) and perceived security risk (PR)). Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected through a questionnaire-based survey (487 usable responses) from Indian consumers. A two-step SEM approach (i.e. measurement model and structural model) was used to analyze the data.

Name : Rambalak yadav
Title : How psychological and contextual factors contribute to travelers’ propensity to choose green hotels
Authors: Rambalak Yadav, MS Balaji, CharlesJebarajakirthy
Journal: Int Journal of Hospitality Management
Volume: Vol 77, January 2019 pp 385-395
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-hospitality-management/vol/77/suppl/C

Despite the growing popularity of green hotels, there remains a dearth of research examining travelers’ intentions to choose green hotels. The study addresses this research gap by developing and testing an integrated model of green hotel behavior in an emerging market of India. We use a sequential approach of SEM and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis on 347 responses collected from Indian travelers to gain a more in-depth understanding of the role of biospheric value, green trust, willingness to pay premium, attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control in determining green hotel intentions. The findings show that presence of green trust is a significant and necessary condition for green hotel choice. Additionally, absence of willingness to pay premium, biospheric value, attitude, and subjective norm were found to deter travelers from choosing green hotels. These findings offer unique insights for managers in developing marketing strategies to enhance travelers’ green hotel adoption.

Name : Shantanu Kumar Bagchi
Title : Simultaneous Optimization of Capacity Decision and Pricing Policy of a Hotel in Stochastic Demand Environment
Authors: Shantanu Kumar Bagchi
Journal: International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences,
Volume: Vol 10, Issue 1, Jan-Mar 19 pp 10-22
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/european-journal-of-operational-research/vol/269/issue/3

Spare parts supply chains are highly dependent on the dynamics of their installed bases. A decreasing number of capital products in use increases the nonstationary supply-side risk especially towards the end-of-life of capital products. This supply-side risk appears to present itself through varying lead times coupled with supply disruptions. To model the nonstationary supply-side risk, we consider an exogenous Markov chain that modulates random lead times and disruption probabilities. Assuming that order crossovers do not occur, we prove the optimality of a state-dependent base stock policy. Later, we conduct an impact study to understand the value of considering stochastic lead times and supply disruption risk in spare parts inventory control. Our results indicate that the coupled effect of random lead times and disruptions can be larger than the summation of individual effects even for moderate lead time variances. Also, the effect of nonstationarity on total cost can be as large as the summation of all risk factors combined. In addition to this managerial insight we present a procedure for supply risk mitigation based on an empirical model and our mathematical model. Experiments on a real business case indicate that the procedure is capable of reducing costs while making the inventory system more prepared for disruptions.

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : Managing misbehaving retailer under demand and uncertainty and imperfect Information
Authors: Vinay Kumar Kalalbandi
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Volume: Vol 269, No 3, September 2018 pp 939-954
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/european-journal-of-operational-research/vol/269/issue/3

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Application of consumer style inventory (CSI) to predict young Indian consumer’s intention to purchase organic food products
Authors: Gyan Prakash, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Rambalak Yadav (2018),
Journal: Food Quality and Preferences,
Volume: Vol 68, September 2018 pp 90-97
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-quality-and-preference/vol/68/suppl/C

The present study attempts to investigate the consumer decision making styles (CDMS) in the organic food category. Sproles and Kendall’s Consumer Styles Inventory (CSI) instrument (1986) was modified and applied in the organic food-product context. Further, two additional constructs identified from the literature were included, namely; environmental consciousness and health consciousness. Responses were collected from 527 young consumers using convenience sampling approach and analyzed with the help of Exploratory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling. Out of eight CDMS, five styles, namely perfectionism (high quality consciousness); brand consciousness; recreational (hedonistic shopping consciousness); price consciousness and brand loyalty reported significant influences on consumers’ organic food purchase intention. Further, both the additional constructs (environmental consciousness and health consciousness) were also found significant. The finding of the study will help the organic food marketers in identifying the factors important for organic food purchases.

Name : Steven Raj Padakandla S
Title : A Post Crisis Analysis of Market Interdependence and Integration among India and Select Asian Markets
Authors: Steven Raj Padakandla & Sudarshan Bhattacharjee
Journal: The Empirical Economic Letters
Volume: Vol 17, No 12, December 2018 pp 1421-1431
URL: http://www.eel.my100megs.com/volume-17-number-12.htm

Integration of financial markets enables the convergence of risk adjusted returns on similar maturity across different markets and helps investors gauge the risk befalling their portfolios. Studies on Indian stock market integration with rest of Asia provide inconclusive results over different periods of time. This study analyzes the degree of stock market integration of India and selected Asian countries during the post crisis period of 2013-16 using Vector autoregressive model and Error correction Mechanism. Results report that there is no cointegration relation between India and the selected Asian economies in either the long run or the short run. Though there is an uptick in India‟s trade and financial integration with other Asian economies, policy reforms undertaken at a relatively low pace and magnitude is hindering India playing a major role.

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : Range effect on extremeness aversion
Authors: Pravesh Kumar Padamwar, Jaagrook Dawra & Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Journal: Decision Official. Journal of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta,
Volume: Vol 45 Issue 4, Dec 2018 pp 345-355
URL: https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/decision/v45y2018i4d10.1007_s40622-018-0197-5.html

Extremeness aversion is the tendency of choice makers to avoid extreme options and choose an intermediate option. This leads to an increase in the relative choice share of an extreme alternative (target) by the introduction of a new extreme alternative that makes the target an intermediate action. This paper examines the range effect, which is the impact of the increase in the perceived distance between the target alternative and the new extreme alternative, on extremeness aversion. TO examine the research question, an experimental study is conducted in a class- room setting using four product categories. The results show that extremeness aversion is the highest when the distance between the new extreme alternative and the target alternative is such that the target alternative is placed exactly at the center in the trinary choice set. This paper validates the existing models of extremeness aversion. The findings of this paper support the reference-dependent model, which is based on the principle of loss aversion. The findings of this paper have not noteworthy practical implications for the designs.

Name : Tulika Sharma
Title : Capturing the Policies of the Place: Nadine Gordimer’s A World of Strangers
Authors: Tulika Sharma
Journal: Glimpses (A Peer-Reviewed BI-Annual Refereed International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research
Volume: Vol 7 Issue 2 pp 12-25, June 2018
URL:

In A World of Strangers Gordimer unveils the inherent discrimination in South African society through the portrayal of excruciating living conditions of blacks which gets intensified by the depiction of comparatively luxurious lives of the whites. The novel bears stark similarities with South African socio-political realities of the time when compared historically. Besides, the novel also offers a critique on the inefficacy of the white liberal attitude in bringing about any change in the society.

Name : Nikhil Rastogi
Title : Qualified Institutional Placement Vs Preferential; Allotment: Choice of Seasoned Offering for Private Equity Placement in India
Authors: Nikhil Rastogi & Chakrapani Chaturvedula
Journal: International Research Journal of Finance and Economics
Volume: Issue 170 pp 92-97, Nov 2018
URL: http://www.internationalresearchjournaloffinanceandeconomics.com/ISSUES/IRJFE_Issue_170.htm

Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) and preferential allotment are two ways in which firms privately place equity in India. The paper looks at the private placements made between 2010 to2017 and finds that information asymmetry plays a role in one method of placement being chosen over the other. The variables of Size of the firm, institutional and promoter shareholding are a key determinant of one method being chosen over the other. Issue size in QIP is likely to be higher than that of preferential allotment. Further levered firms are more likely to choose preferential allotment over QIP.

Name : Chakrapani Chaturvedula
Title : The Effectiveness of Price Bands on Emerging Markets: Evidence from India
Authors: Chakrapani Chaturvedula & Nikhil Rastogi
Journal: Accounting and Finance Research
Volume: Vol 7, No 4, pp 195-199Nov 2018
URL: http://doi.org/10.5430/afr.v7n4p195

We study the impact of price bands in the Indian capital markets and following the methodology of Kim and Rhee (1997) we do not find evidence in support of the volatility spillover hypothesis. Our evidence that price limits does not hinder the price discovery process and may play an important role in reducing the volatility of stock prices in the emerging markets like India

Name : Pooja Kumari
Title : Value relevance of earnings and book value in India: significance of accounting reforms and intangible-intensity in an emerging market
Authors: Pooja Kumari & Chandrashekar Mishra
Journal: Int J Accounting Auditing and Performance Evaluation
Volume: Vol 14, No 4, 2018 pp 364-387 Dec 2018
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In this paper, we present evidence in favour of the overconfidence bias and its persistence in pre-, during and post-global recession sub-samples in China and India. The Chinese and Indian investors follow past market returns for the longer duration and trade excessively, which is posited as overconfidence bias. The global recession is facilitated as a structural break to examine the endurance of the overconfident trading activities. The Chinese investors are found to be more overconfident than the Indian investors in each sub-sample. We also explore that the Chinese and Indian investors are more overconfident in up than in down market states and overconfident trading behavior of the Chinese investors is more than that of the Indian investors in both market states. The endogenous structure of vector auto regression also considers liquidity as one of the drivers of overconfident trading behavior.Besides trading volume, market liquidity also follows market returns for a short duration, but not vice versa. The lead–lag relationship of volume–volatility and liquidity–volatility is also explored by considering volatility as the exogenous variable.

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : Overconfidence. trading volume and liquidity effect in Asia’s Giants: evidence from pre-, during –and post-global recession
Authors: Suman Gupta, Vinay Goyal, Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi and Sankarshan Basu
Journal: Decision Official. Journal of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Volume: Vol 45, Issue 3, Sept 2018 pp 235-257
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40622-018-0185-9s

In this paper, we present evidence in favour of the overconfidence bias and its persistence in pre-, during and post-global recession sub-samples in China and India. The Chinese and Indian investors follow past market returns for the longer duration and trade excessively, which is posited as overconfidence bias. The global recession is facilitated as a structural break to examine the endurance of the overconfident trading activities. The Chinese investors are found to be more overconfident than the Indian investors in each sub-sample. We also explore that the Chinese and Indian investors are more overconfident in up than in down market states and overconfident trading behavior of the Chinese investors is more than that of the Indian investors in both market states. The endogenous structure of vector auto regression also considers liquidity as one of the drivers of overconfident trading behavior. Besides trading volume, market liquidity also follows market returns for a short duration, but not vice versa. The lead–lag relationship of volume–volatility and liquidity–volatility is also explored by considering volatility as the exogenous variable.

Name : Tumpa Dey
Title : Union and Organizational Commitment: Are The Two Linked
Authors: Tumpa Dey
Journal: Global Journal of Business Management
Volume: Vol 12 No 1, June 2018 pp 13-20
URL: http://globalvisionpub.com/journal-detail.php?journals_id=1

This paper explores whether there is a link between Union Commitment and Organizational commitment and also understand the attitude of workers, managers and trade union leaders towards the HR practices and the union management relationship. Unions are believed to serve the equity interests of their members better than employees could achieve by acting alone. This paper has tried to understand if trade unions raise the utility of their members. This paper has followed the following trajectory: Firstly it introduces the subject; secondly, it talks about emotional attachment of organizational members to the organization, thirdly it discusses the different kinds of organizational commitment, fourth, it discusses the Union –management relationship, fifth, it talks about whether Union membership gives job satisfaction, finally the conclusion and the way forward.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Rambalak Yadav
Authors: Energy saving behavior among individuals in two different contexts: analyzing the Individuals ‘energy saving behavior at home and workplace
Journal: Int J Environment, Workplace and Employment
Volume: Vol 8, No. 4 July 2018 pp 347-363
URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=93438

The present research attempts to study the energy saving behaviour among individuals in two different contexts: at home and at the workplace. The study proposed and tested a model in which, value orientation, environmental concern, perceived consumer effectiveness (PCE) and personal norm to have an influence on the energy saving behaviour. A total of 359 usable responses was collected via an online survey in India. The data were analysed using structural equation modelling. The findings reported that the altruistic value positively influences the environmental concern, PCE and personal norm which further influences the energy saving behaviour at home (SBH). However, PCE was not found to have any significant impact on individuals energy saving behaviour in the workplace. Further, a significant difference between individual energy saving behaviour at two different contexts was also reported. Based on the findings of the study, implications for energy savings are also discussed.

Name : Pooja Kumari
Title : Equity Values and Prediction of Earnings with Disaggregation of Earnings in India
Authors: Pooja Kumari & Chandrashekar Mishra
Journal: Global Business Review
Volume: Vol 21, No 3 pp 1-21, June 2018
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/gbr/0/0

This article examined the relative performance of aggregated and disaggregated earnings for valuation of equity and prediction of earnings in India. We measured three levels of earnings disaggregation: aggregate earnings, total accruals and cash flows, and four major constituents of accruals, then we estimated pooled as well as individual industry-wise regressions. We adopted Barth, Beaver, Hand and Landsman’s (1999, Review of Accounting Studies, 4(3, 4), 205–229; 2005, Journal of Accounting, Auditing Finance, 20(4), 311–345) linear information structure grounded on generalized version of Ohlson (1999) model. We compared our results with the studies based on developed market. Our findings say that aggregated earnings and its disaggregated components are value relevant, and the adjusted R-squares of every next disaggregated systems are higher than aggregated systems, but in varying range across industries. We also find that the investors are not capable of judging total accruals and cash flows separately for investment decisions in this emerging market

Name : Pooja Kumari
Title : A Literature Review on Ohlson (1995)”
Authors: Pooja Kumari & Chandrashekar Mishra
Journal: Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting
Volume: Vol 9 No 2 Dec 2017
URL: http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ajfa/article/view/11492

This paper presents the review of the literature focussed on Ohlson, J.A., 1995. (Earnings, book values and dividends in security valuation. Contemporary Accounting Research 11, 661—687). Firstly an overview then theoretical and empirical research directly related to this work are presented, based on articles cited this work. Further, some bibliometric factss about the study are added. The bibliometric analysis is based on twelve reputed journals of accounting: Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Accounting Horizons, The European Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, Accounting and Business Research, A Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business Studies and The International Journal of Accounting. Our findings of bibliometric facts come up with most influenced author, university and country by Ohlson (1995) and followed by keyword analysis

Name : Debendra P Kar
Title : Linking HR Analytics to Organizational Process
Authors: Debendra P Kar
Journal: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
Volume: Vol 8 No 6 June 2018 pp 5-12
URL: Debendra P Kar

Human Behaviour is a very complex phenomenon. Focus is shifting towards study of human factor since human resource can be a decisive factor for an organization to sustain in cut throat competition. But human behaviour is very difficult to predict because it is very subjective in nature and comparatively hard to quantify for comparisons. This is when the role of HR Analytics comes to the picture. HR Analytics is the art of gathering Big Data and quantifying the qualitative as well as quantitative parameters which may help the organisations in predicting future trends and forming proper strategies. HR Analytics contain enormous amount of raw data. The raw data is both qualitative as well as quantitative. This raw data is analyzed using Data Mining and meaningful information is extracted out of it. This information is processed using advanced statistical techniques like regression analysis, Time Series Analysis, Cluster Analysis and many more.

Name : Tumpa Dey
Title : Public Private partnerships in urban solid waste management: A Review
Authors: Tumpa Dey
Journal: International Journal of Advance Research and Management
Volume: Vol 3 No 6 June 2018 pp 68-79
URL: https://www.ijarnd.com/manuscripts/v3i6/V3I6-1170.pdf

This paper is on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Solid waste management. After the bubonic plague in 1994, India tried to improve on its Solid Waste Management. The magnitude of funds required for in this area cannot be financed by the public sector alone. The private sector, therefore, has to play a major role in this sector. This paper followed the following trajectory in the understanding PPP in Solid Waste Management. First, it gives an overview of SWM in India, Second it talks about how the concept changed over time. Third, it gives the rationale for PPP in SWM. Fourth, it also issues and the different kinds of projects under SWM. Finally, it discusses the key considerations and conclusion

Name : Sivagnanasundaram
Title : Sustainability Practices in Indian Retail Industry: A Comparison with Top Global Retailers
Authors: Sivagnanasundaram
Journal: Emerging Economy Studies
Volume: Vol. 4, No 1, June 2018 pp 102-111
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2394901518770025

Globally retail industry has significant impact on economy and in the lives of the people. With fast deteriorating environmental conditions and widespread awareness of the consumers about it, retail industry is taking necessary steps to prove its concern for the environment. This article explores the sustainable practices adopted by the retail industry to protect the environment. Since the retail industry is growing at a faster pace in India, it is necessary to understand where the retail industry in growing economies such as India stands in comparison to global retailers in adopting sustainable practices. For the purpose of this study, secondary data was obtained from sustainability reports, annual reports, and policy documents published by the retailers available in the public domain besides their own websites. Indian retailers were compared with global retailers based on the key sustainable practice indicators. The results of the study show that sustainable practices in retail industry in India are still in ascent stage. The results also indicate that Indian retailers have to go a long way in sustainability reporting and leveraging it as a marketing tool.

Name : Mahesh Ramalingam
Title : Evaluation of Service Quality Attributes in Public Bus Transport Corporation Using Importance‐ Performance Map Analysis
Authors: Mahesh Ramalingam
Journal: International Journal of Advanced in Management, Technology and Engineering Sciences
Volume: Vol.8, No 5, May 2018. pp 65-70
URL: http://www.ijamtes.org/gallery/12. may ijamtes - 455.pdf

The aim of this research paper is to evaluate how service quality attributes are important to predict the customer attitudinal loyalty using PLS-SEM (Partial Least square structural equation model). Data were collected from 631 long distance bus travellers using a crosssectional survey. The research outcome of importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) revealed that the service quality attributes significantly important to increase the performance of customer attitudinal loyalty. Practitioners can be benefited using the present study findings and they may use the method adopted in the present study to evaluate the service performance of the bus transport

Name : Shabnam Priyadarshini
Title : Technology and The Management Workforce Management
Authors: Shabnam Priyadarshini
Journal: Journal of Human Resource and Social Sciences
Volume: Vol.5, No 5, May 2018. pp 47-55
URL: http://aarf.asia/hr.php

Changes in technology have affected businesses across the globe enormously and the workforce has had to adapt to these changes quickly. When utilized well, technology makes HR practices more efficient. However, when misused, it can have serious implications for managing the company’s HR. The present paper focuses on how advancement in technology has brought about the changes in the way HR departments operate in the organizations. It discusses both positive and negative impacts that advancement of technology has brought with it on the table.

Name : Pavan Kumar Balivada
Title : Shareholder Activism & Whistle Blower Protection: Governance Issues in Public Companies in India
Authors: Pavan Kumar Balivada
Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Research in Business Management
Volume: Vol 9 Iss 5 May 2018 pp 1-16
URL: http://skirec.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/APJ1May18-5010-1.pdf

The article reveals that the current state of whistle blower protection and the nature of shareholder activism in India. The law against whistle blower lacks uniformity and leaves the private sector employee exposed. It discusses the need to standardize the protections granted to both public and private sector whistle blowers through comprehensive legislation. It further suggests that in addition to legislation, organizational policy on whistle blowing is needed. The article also argues about the role of shareholder activism in organizational governance. This article suggests activists may recoup expenses through informed trading of target firms' stock when stocks are liquid. We show that stock liquidity increases the probability of activism but does less so for potentially overvalued firms. We also document that activists accumulate more stocks in targets when stock is more liquid

Name : Sridhar Vaithianathan
Title : Fresh look at understanding Green consumer behavior among young Urban Indian Consumers through the lens of Theory of Planned Behavior
Authors: Kahn Md. Raziuddin Taufique & Sridhar Vaithianathan
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume: Vol. 183, No 1, May 2018. pp 46-55
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652618304098

Rapid economic growth and resulting overconsumption have accelerated environmental deterioration worldwide, prompting escalated consumption-related environmental concerns. This study attempts to explore the antecedents of ecologically conscious consumer behavior (ECCB) among young urban consumers in India – an emerging market experiencing rapid economic growth with increased urbanization and changes in consumption patterns that are contributing to environmental hazard. The empirical study including a literature review uses Theory of Planned Behavior integrating environmental attitudes, subjective norms, perceived consumer effectiveness, and behavioral intention in the model to investigate their influence on ECCB. The results suggest that attitudes and perceived consumer effectiveness both have a significant direct and indirect positive influence on ECCB. In addition, it would appear that the subjective norm, a measure of social demand, does not have any significant influence on behavioral intention leading to ECCB – contrary to established findings in a collective society considered in this study. This paper concludes with policy implications of the findings for marketers and policymakers, as well as potential directions for further research.

Name : Pavan Kumar Balivada
Title : Sustainable Competitive Advantage through Employee Empowerment
Authors: Pavan Kumar Balivada
Journal: Journal of Advance Management Research
Volume: Vol 6 Iss 4 April 2018 pp 360-363
URL: http://jamrpublication.com/uploads/72/5522_pdf.pdf

Many organizational change and development interventions have centered around the concept of employee empowerment. Employee empowerment is usually understood as ‘getting workers to do what needs to be done rather than doing what they’re told’. Organizations during the last few decades have been propagating employee empowerment for organizational effectiveness through practices like Participative management, Quality of work life, Profit sharing, the Quality circle movements etc. Employee Empowerment is presently recognized as one means by which managers can effectively manage organizations, which are characterized by a greater variety of influence channels, a growing reliance on horizontal structures and peer networks, a blurred distinction between managers and workers and a diminished attachment of employees to organizations. It has been established through researches and studies that empowerment influences both satisfaction and performance of employees. Employee Involvement and Empowerment has been used as a strategic business tool to enable fast decision making for greater business results through decentralization of powers, building a salutary and unified work culture and environment for peak employee and organizational performance. In a nut shell, these are the factors which either individually or in combination are responsible for sustainable competitive advantage.

Name : Dinesh Jaisinghani
Title : Empirical Analysis of Cointegration of Indian Financial Markets with Other Markets
Authors:
Journal: Zenith International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Volume: Vol. 8. No.5, May 2018 pp109-115
URL: http://www.zenithresearch.org.in/https://www.imthyderabad.edu.in/assets/images/faculty/stories/pdf/2018/MAY/ZIJMR/10_ZIJMR_VOL.8_ISSUE5_MAY_2018.pdf

The main objective of the current study is to empirically examine the nature of cointegration of Indian markets with those of other developed markets. For the purpose of empirical estimation seven different economies have been selected. These include India, Franc Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey and the UK. The index considered for all the countries is their respective Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) index. MSCI has been considered in order to maintain the homogeneity across all the entire dataset. The time frame deployed is from January 5, 2009 to August 22, 2016. The results show the absence of cointegration of the Indian markets with the other markets considered. The only exception is Germany for which cointegration equation is found to be significant

Name : Sriharsha Reddy K
Title : Announcement of Payment Banks and Stock Performance of Commercial Banks in India
Authors: Sriharsha Reddy K & Sarath Babu A
Journal: Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
Volume: Vol. 23. No 1 April 2018
URL: http://www.icommercecentral.com/open-access/announcement-of-payment-banks-and-stock-performance-of-commercial-banks-in-india.pdf

Purpose: To outline the significance of introduction of payment banks in India and to understand its impact on the stock performance of commercial banks in India. Design/methodology/approach: The stock performance of commercial banks is captured through abnormal returns using market model. Event study technique is employed to understand the performance of stocks around the announcement period. For the present study, we considered daily returns of 39 listed banks in NSE for the period of June 2014 till August 2015. Findings: The paper provides empirical insights about the impact of introduction of payments banks on the stock performance of Indian commercial banks. It was found that abnormal returns of Indian banking stocks were significantly negative on the date of announcement and negative abnormal returns continued for the next day. This indicates that markets perceived announcement of payment banks as a threat to the growth in the revenues of existing Indian banks. Research limitations/implications: Present study can be extended to understand the influence of payment banks on the revenues, customer base and market share of existing commercial banks. Practical implications: The paper includes implications for the banks, investors and regulators to understand the degree of influence of the payments banks on the stock performance of Indian Banks Originality/value: This paper fulfills an identified need to study how introduction of payment banks affect the stock performance of Indian commercial banks

Name : Debendra P Kar
Title : Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Job Satisfaction
Authors: Debendra P Kar
Journal: Journal of Advance Management Research
Volume: Vol. 6, No 4, April 2018 pp 264-275
URL: http://jamrpublication.com/uploads/72/5496_pdf.pdf

The concept of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is comparatively new in the area of behavioral research. However, very quickly it could manage to grab full attention of researchers and now is one of the most studied aspect of organizational behavior. The concept basically talks about the extra-role behaviour of employees which are helpful to maintain the overall effectiveness of the organization. This is much more critical to the organization because these behaviors can not be managed or manipulated through any actions or sanctions of the organizational processes. A lot of research works have been carried out on OCB since its inception in 1983. These research works deal with identifying measures, designing a construct, evaluating the antecedents and consequences of OCB etc. However, a lot many of those researches directly or indirectly are getting connected to the area of Job Satisfaction of employees. The present paper tries to give a theoretical perspective of the relationship between Job Satisfaction and OCB

Name : Devi Prasad Ghosh
Title : Application of linear Programming for Direct Marketing Media Mix Optimization Model: A Case Study of a Company promoting its IT Training Services
Authors: Devi Prasad Ghosh
Journal: International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology
Volume: Vol. 05, No 4 April 2018
URL: https://www.irjet.net/volume5-issue4

The paper conceptualized a Direct Marketing Media Mix Optimization Model by using Linear Programming mathematical technique. Direct Marketing as part of communication mix is seen as an effective one-to-one communication and with the advent of digital as an interactive media. But Direct Marketing usage suffers from its poor responses. As a practice, direct marketing media is chosen as per ease of operation, lower cost and not on any quantitative measurements. The optimization model is first of its type since it uses media effectiveness, media efficiency and media impact quality as the basis for building the optimization model. The concept presented takes into account complete cost of direct marketing that includes media operations cost, production cost and design cost. The other model limits cost of Direct Marketing to media operations cost only and usually account for production cost and design cost as a common marketing support cost, which may consume a large portion of resources and cost. The model also present a case that if Direct Marketing Media Mix is chosen on basis mathematical calculation, the outcome can be enhanced

Name : Devi Prasad Ghosh
Title : Application of Linear Programming for Developing Distribution Optimization model for Services: A Case Study of Hospital Specialty Services Distribution
Authors: Devi Prasad Ghosh
Journal: Journal of Advance Research in Business Management and Accounting
Volume: Vol. 4, No 4, April 2018
URL: https://jiaats.com/ojs31/index.php/bma/article/view/696

The objective of the paper was to extend the tangible goods distribution model to services and develop a decision making tool that services distribution company such as hospital chain could use to derive a more efficient and effective distribution of scarce and expensive resources of specialists to its hospitals. The paper attempts to optimize the creation of specialty services infrastructure at a hospital location and planning for specialists resources. The paper developed the problem definition, the formulation of Linear Programming Model, the procedure is designed as a solution to the problem, and the outcome as benefits to the company is presented. Linear programming model is formulated that can be solved using commercial software. This paper demonstrates the potential for using linear programming in managing large-scale distribution problems for services. The model resulted in the creation of new metrics for measuring the performance for services distribution, the model will help the company understand conditions that results in hospital specialty services shortages, and the model lead to the discovery of inefficiencies in company specialty services distribution strategy. The model is directly beneficial to any company in hospital services distribution particularly specialty or super-specialty services. With a large proportion of specialty services sales is accounted by referral of physicians direct to customers, the distribution of specialty procedure services not only defines the cost but also customer satisfaction by managing services delivery quality & time and return-of-patients for post procedure check- ups. The model is also applicable for cases in any other services industries which operates in multiple markets and have large variety of Services Units

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : On the Dynamic of Inflation-Stock Returns in India
Authors: Avishek Bhandari & Kamaiah Bandi
Journal: Journal of Quantitative Economics
Volume: Vol. 16, No 1, March 2018
URL: https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/on-the-dynamics-of-inflation-stock-returns-in-india/12048252

Abstract In this paper, an attempt is made to examine the relationship between inflation and stock returns in India using spectral and time-frequency methods. Scale specific relation between inflation and stock returns is unraveled, allowing us to capture the relationship at varying investment horizons. The results based on monthly data from 1994:5 to 2014:11, obtained using spectral and wavelet techniques, reveal that there exist no significant pro-cyclical interdependencies between inflation and stock returns, implying that stock returns is no longer an adequate hedge against inflation

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : A Long Memory in Stock Returns; A Analysis using a Wavelet Based Semi-Parametric Estimator
Authors: Avishek Bhandari
Journal: The Empirical Economic Letters
Volume: Vol. 17, No 2, February 2018
URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3170917

The estimation and the analysis of long memory parameters have mainly focused on the analysis of long-range dependence in stock return Volatility using traditional time and spectral domain estimators of long memory. The definitive ubiquity and existence of long memory in the Volatility of stock returns is an established stylized fact. The presence of long memory requires major revisions in the standard estimation procedures without which the estimated results can be seriously biased. Therefore, a wavelet based semi-parametric estimator of long range dependence is applied to test for the presence of long memory in the Indian stock returns and returns Volatility. We find the presence of long memory in the Volatility of the stock returns as well as the returns themselves, when the analysis is performed using rolling windows. The presence of long-memory implies that distant observations in each of the Volatility series are related to each other. This implication leads to the rejection of efficient markets as long range dependence in returns Volatility seems to be incompatible with market efficiency.

Name : Manoj Das
Title : Engaging Employees for Quality of Life: Mediation by Psychological capital
Authors: Manish Gupta, Musarrat Shaheen & Manoj Das
Journal: The Service Industries Journal
Volume: Vol. 17, No 2, April 2018
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02642069.2018.1462799

The objective of this study is to examine the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap) between work engagement and the six dimensions of quality of work life (QoWL). Data were collected from the employees working in the accident and emergency department of tertiary hospitals in India involved in rendering emergency healthcare services. Structural analysis showed that PsyCap fully mediates the relationship between work engagement and control at work and partially between work engagement and the other five dimensions of QoWL. These results augment broaden and build theory by explaining the role of PsyCap in channelizing the positive effect of work engagement to improve employees’ QoWL. Hospitals with the accident and emergency department are encouraged to recruit psychologically capable employees. Such employees can transfer the benefits of their personal resources and engagement to the quality of life at work and be less prone to burnout

Name : Chakrapani Chaturvedula
Title : The effect of ADR & GDR on Shareholder’s Wealth: Evidences from India
Authors: Chakrapani Chaturvedula
Journal: Accounting and Finance Research
Volume: Vol. 7 No. 2, May 2018
URL: http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/afr/article/view/13199

During the period January 2000 to December 2007, seventy nine companies raised capital through the ADR/GDR issues 99 times. This paper looks at the impact of ADR/GDR listing on shareholders wealth. Using an event study methodology and for the sample consisting of 13 ADR and 86 GDR listings the present study finds that ADR/GDR listing negatively effects shareholders wealth. The present study indicates that the potential drawbacks outweigh the benefits in international listing in Indian markets in the short run

Name : Shantnu Kumar Bagchi
Title : Aligning Aggregate Planning with (s,S) Inventory Model in a Stochastic Demand Environment
Authors: Shantanu Shankar Bagchi & Rik Paul
Journal: International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences
Volume: Vol. 9, No 1, 2018 pp 29-44
URL: https://www.igi-global.com/article/aligning-aggregate-planning-with-ss-inventory-model-in-a-stochastic-demand-environment/198944

Designing an aggregate plan is essential for firms to improve the efficiency of their inventory management as well as maintaining supplier relationships over a long run. Aggregate plan is primarily a function of demand uncertainty and the inventory policy in place. Firms tend to follow either a periodic review model (system) or a perpetual model (system) for managing inventory time to time; the former being more prevalent due to lower inventory monitoring costs associated. The article proposes a mathematical model that incorporates the principles of inventory model in deciding on the key components of an aggregate plan for each period in a multi-period stochastic demand environment for both stationary and non-stationary demand scenarios. The article also provides numerical illustrations to demonstrate the application of the model.

Name : Dinesh Jaisinghani
Title : Capital expenditure and persistence of firm performance: an empirical study forth Indian Automobile industry
Authors: Dinesh Jaisinghani, Deepak Tandon & Dharminder Kumar Batra
Journal: Int. J. Indian Culture and Business Management
Volume: Vol. 16. No.1, 2018
URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=88595

The purpose of the present work is to analyse the dynamic relationship between capital expenditure (CAPEX) intensity and firm performance for the automobiles industry in India. A dynamic panel Consumer behaviorethodology has been deployed. A sample of 95 listed automobiles firms in India for the period 2005 to 2014 has been considered. The results show that there exists a negative and persistent relation between performance and CAPEX. Also, a moderate level of persistence in the firm performance is observed for the sample companies. The results also indicate a possible U-shape relationship between CAPEX and firm performance. The study highlights the need for proper identification of the appropriate capital expenditure levels. This may lead to positive benefits for the Indian automobiles firms in the long-run.

Name : Shantnu Kumar Bagchi
Title : Optimization of postponement process for a two stage modular manufacturer
Authors: Shantanu Shankar Bagchi, Jighyasu Gaur
Journal: Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing
Volume: Vol. 11, No 1, 2018 pp.39-54
URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JGOSS-03-2017-0009

Firms have increasingly been using postponement as one of the supply chain strategies to respond to rapid changes in customers’ demands. The purpose of this study is to identify the optimum level of postponement in the context of two-stage modular manufacturing setting, given the information about trade-off between level of postponement and associated cost is known.

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : Overcoming the effect of low self-esteem on public speaking anxiety with mindfulness-based interventions
Authors: Mukesh Kumar, Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi Sanjeev Prashar Neelu Archana Parashar
Journal: Decision Springer
Volume: Volume 44, No 4 December 2017 pp 287–296
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40622-017-0166-4

Although public speaking anxiety (PSA) is the most commonly experienced type of anxiety, the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on PSA is not firmly established. To shed light on this relationship, the present study proposes a model examining the mediating effect of self-esteem in explaining this link. The data for the present study were collected from 227 executives pursuing a 2-year management education program. Public speaking being an essential part of this program, the participants voluntarily completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety. Based on a quantitative approach, the study demonstrates that the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on public speaking anxiety could be better understood by taking into account the mediating variable—self-esteem. The study concludes by discussing conceptual contributions, limitations and future research avenues

Name : Dhananjay Singh
Title : Haats and Meals – Facilitating Rural Reach and Accessibility
Authors: Dhananjay Singh
Journal: International Journal of Marketing and Management Research
Volume: Vol. 9, No 5 May 2018
URL: http://skirec.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IJMMR1May18-5007-1.pdf

This research paper examines the issue of effective and efficient reach of rural markets because of the geographical spread and the low density population in the interior villages of the rural markets. Rural population is scattered over a large land area and it is almost impossible to ensure the availability of products and brands all over the country. Reaching rural consumers is the most difficult as it requires maximum time and resource to service these markets, spread across 600,000 villages and a 3.3 million sq.km area, economically. The traditional multi-level channel provides reach and breaks bulk but these too are not effective and efficient in reaching the interior rural markets. Innovations to overcome the barriers of reach and volume include the use of Haats and Melas to facilitate rural reach and accessibility. This research paper understands the important role played by Haats and Melas in rural way of life and examines their critical distribution role in facilitating rural reach and accessibility.

Name : Dhananjay Singh
Title : Reaching out to Rural Consumer: A Study of FMCG Sector
Authors: Dhananjay Singh
Journal: Journal of Marketing Strategy
Volume: Vol. 5, No 3 December 2017
URL: http://jmspublication.com/uploads/104/4602_pdf

India’s vast rural market offers a huge potential for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) marketers facing stiff competition in the urban markets. The opportunities in the rural market are unprecedented and humongous. As per a study, two-thirds of the middle-income households are in rural India and if the rural income goes up 1 percent, purchasing power of rural India will go up by Rs.10,000 crore. There are nearly 42,000 rural supermarkets (haats) in India which exceeds the total number of retail stores in U.S (35,000). Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) in rural India far exceeds credit and debit cards in urban India. Though the rural market potential for FMCG goods is huge, reaching out to 600,000+ villages remains the biggest challenge. Issues concerning rural distribution include fragmented markets, poor road connectivity, dispersed population and trade, high credit-driven market and low investment capacity of retailers. The challenge lies with FMCG companies in innovating with their reach and delivering their market offerings to the rural masses at their place. The paper analyzes, studies, and suggests innovative distribution channels that corporate India is and will be using to tap rural hinterland. The focus is on studying innovation by corporate in other sectors and their effectiveness in FMCG Sector. An attempt has been made to analyze the role of small time entrepreneurs in enhancing distribution capabilities of FMCG majors

Name : Manoj Das
Title : Destination Marketing-A Conceptual model for decision making
Authors: Manoj Das
Journal: Journal of Advance Management Research
Volume: Vol. 5, No 5 December 2017
URL: http://jamrpublication.com/uploads/72/4500_pdf.pdf

There is a widely held view that the marketing of places requires “a special type of marketing” and that the branding of places as destinations requires more complex managerial activities than product brands. The marketing of places has been receiving increased interest and has become more sophisticated over the last three decades. However there is a lack of a conceptual model integrating the various strand of literature. Our paper attempts to propose a conceptual model linking destination marketing efforts and its allied components

Name : Manoj Das
Title : Behavioral Outcomes of Patient experience
Authors: Manoj Das
Journal: International Journal of Research in Economics & Social Sciences
Volume: Vol. 7, No 12 December 2017
URL: http://euroasiapub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/55ESSDec-5898ESS-1.pdf

With the emergence of service economy the focus of companies is slowly changing from being good quality service provider to excellent experience providers. In fact in India primary healthcare is one of the most dominant forms of healthcare accessed by around 50-60% of population. But so far no study has tried to look at the behavioral outcome of patient experience. We propose a moderated mediation conceptual model wherein patient experience mediates to behavioral outcomes such as word of mouth, gratitude patient adherence moderated by benevolence.

Name : Avishek Bhandari
Title : Wavelets based multiscale analysis of select global equity returns
Authors: Avishek Bhandari
Journal: Theoretical and Applied Economics
Volume: Volume 24, Nov (2017), (613)
URL: http://www.ectap.ro/wavelets-based-multiscale-analysisof-select-global-equity-returns-avishek-bhandari/a1308/

This paper examines the relationship between Indian equity prices other developed markets, in the time-scale domain, using wavelets based multiscale analysis and cross wavelet analysis. Stock markets are analyzed at different levels of resolution which makes it possible to perform a scale by scale analysis enabling us to detect the correlation and cross-correlation structures at time periods with high frequency oscillations and also the relatively low frequency structures. There seems to be a weak integration between BSE and other developed markets at almost all levels of time-scale resolution and a strong relationship between French and German Markets. Analyzing the stock returns at different multiscale resolution makes it easier for agents dealing with different trading horizons

Name : Nitin Gupta
Title : Consumer behavior towards Purchase of Green Products vis-à-vis Ayurvedic Products
Authors: Supratim Kundu & Nitin Gupta
Journal: Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Volume: Vol. 3, No 7, 2017
URL: https://www.onlinejournal.in/IJIRV3I7/096.pdf

The objective of this paper is to understand the reasons that motivate people to buy ayurvedic products. The paper also tries to understand if the reasons for purchasing green products and ayurvedic products are same, since there are similarities between these two categories of products.

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Entrepreneurial Orientation, Intermediation Services, Microfinance,and Microenterprises
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: Managerial and Decision Economics
Volume: Vol. 38, No 7, 2017
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mde.2900

This study was conducted to examine the influence of intermediation services on microfinance‐supported microenterprises. Information was collected by using a structured pretested questionnaire from a random section of 366 respondents (from 366 enterprises) from 2 Indian states. Econometric models were used to test the hypotheses, and reliability and validity testing and data analysis were also performed. It was noticed that proactiveness and risk‐taking ability of microenterprises were enhanced when intermediaries emphasize more on the business development services, financial intermediation services, and social intermediation services. Intermediation services of intermediaries impacted on entrepreneurial orientation of microenterprises where networking of micro entrepreneurs positively moderated the relationship

Name : Surajit Ghosh Dastidar
Title : Restaurant Recommendation System
Authors: Surajit Ghosh Dastidar
Journal: International Journal of Business Analytics and Intelligence
Volume: Vol. 5, No 2, October 2017 pp.22-29
URL: http://www.publishingindia.com/ijbai/54/restaurant-recommendation-system/616/4369/

In the present paper a restaurant recommendation system has been developed that a recommends a list of restaurants to the user based on his preference criteria. There are two kinds of data files that have been used: restaurant master and customer master. Restaurant master consists of restaurant specific data and customer master consists of customer specific data. We have used decision tree algorithm to classify the customers into high, medium and low budget buckets based on customer demographics and purchase behaviour variables. Similarly, restaurants are also classified based on price category. The rules given by the decision tree algorithm are fed into a dashboard designed using MS Excel. The user can use this dashboard to get a list of restaurants based on his individual preference. The restaurant list is sorted based on users location details with the closest restaurant coming at the top of the list

Name : Dinesh Jaisinghani
Title : Testing dynamic trade-off theory of capital Structure: an empirical study for the textiles industry in India
Authors: Dinesh Jaisinghani, Barnali Chaklader
Journal: Afro-Asian J. Finance and Accounting
Volume: Vol. 7. No.4 2017
URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=87516

The prime objective of the current study is to compare the dynamic behaviour of capital structure across firms operating in the textile industry in India and China. The study has been conducted by analysing 92 publicly listed textiles firms in India and 33 publicly listed textiles firms in China. The time period from 2005 to 2016 for Indian firms and from 2004 to 2015 for the Chinese firms has been considered. The Arellano and Bond (1991) and Blundell and Bond (1998) based dynamic panel estimation techniques have been deployed to generate the results. The empirical results confirm the applicability of the dynamic trade-off theory for the textile industry in India and China. Further, the results show that the speed of adjustment towards the targeted debt level is very low for the Indian textile companies as compared to that of the Chinese textile companies. The results strongly convey that Indian firms bear significant costs while moving from their observed leverage to their target leverage. The overall results support partial applicability of dynamic trade-off theory for the Indian firms and strong applicability of the theory for the Chinese firms

Name : Debadutta Kumar Panda
Title : Impact assessment of group-based credit-lending projects with controlled project placement bias and self-selection bias
Authors: Debadutta Kumar Panda
Journal: Decision Official Journal of Indian Institute of Management Calcultta
Volume: Vol.44, No 3, Sept 2017, pp 227–238
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40622-017-0148-6

A large number of microfinance impact assessment studies were conducted in different parts of the world in last two decades, but most of the impact assessment methods were put to questions. There were methodological concerns associated with both external validation and internal validation. Many microfinance impact assessment studies have suffered from issues related to counterfactual selection, project/ programme placement bias and self-selection bias. To address those problems, this paper studied some of the important impact assessment frameworks. This study involved extensive literature scanning. Important impact assessment models were analysed and discussed focusing on unit of analysis, selection of impact variables, selection of comparison group and control of self-selection bias and project placement bias. The study concluded that a methodical analysis of counterfactual would help in avoiding self-selection bias and project placement bias

Name : Shabnam Priyadarshini
Title : Missing women in the boardrooms: across the board
Authors: Shashi Kartikeyan, Shabnam Priyadarshini
Journal: Human Resource Management International Digest
Volume: Vol. 25, No 5, 2017 pp.4-6
URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/HRMID-04-2017-0062

This paper highlights the under-representation of women in leadership positions across the world and reveals that the rest of the world has an opportunity to leapfrog in getting their women the rightful place they deserve without wasting further time.

Name : Dinesh Jaisinghani
Title : Non-linear dynamics of size, capital structure and profitability:Empirical evidence from Indian manufacturing sector
Authors: Dinesh Jaisinghani, Kakali Kanjilal
Journal: Asia Pacific Management Review
Volume: Vol. 22, No 3, 2017 pp.4159-165
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1029313215302281

The identification of optimal level of capital structure has been a topic of research for many years now. Yet, none of the theories on capital structure has been able to provide a convincing answer to this optimum debt problem. The current study aims at advancing the research on non-linear relationship between capital structure and firm performance for manufacturing sector in India. This has been accomplished by analyzing the non-linear associations among firm size, capital structure and profitability. The study deploys panel threshold regression methodology as proposed by Hansen (1999) to find out the different regimes in which capital structure differentially impacts profitability of firms based on their respective sizes. The study is based on a sample of 1194 publicly traded manufacturing firms in India. The time frame considered is from 2005 to 2014. The results confirm the significance of a single threshold for size, thereby indicating the presence of two separate regimes in which capital structure differentially impacts profitability. This threshold or cut-off size level is estimated to be around 148 million rupees. It is found that firms which exceed the threshold size are positively impacted by the use of debt in their capital structure and vice versa. The findings have useful implications for small size firms as they can reduce their overall costs of doing business by reducing the debt in their total capital. The empirical evidence supports both trade-off and asymmetric information theories of capital structure

Name : Pradeep Kumar Mohanthy
Title : Measuring Farmer’s satisfaction and brand loyalty toward Indian fertilizer brands using DEA
Authors: Pradeep Kumar Mohanty & N Senthil Kumar
Journal: Journal of Brand Management
Volume: Vol. 24, No 5, 2017 pp.467-488
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41262-017-0039-3

The present study has attempted to identify Indian farmers’ level of satisfaction and loyalty pertaining to the purchase and use of different fertilizer brands. Fertilizer brands have to operate under certain prevailing constraints, such as uncertainty in weather conditions, the nature of the product and its usages. Added to this, there has been a reduction in the subsidy offered by the government of India, resulting in the escalation of complex fertilizer prices from INR 500 per bag to more than INR 1200 per bag. In order to gain competitive advantage through larger market share and increased profitability under the aforementioned constraints, retention of existing customers and strengthening brand loyalty have become significant preferences for fertilizer-selling firms. The study has employed data envelopment analysis as a tool to measure farmers’ satisfaction and brand loyalty efficiency toward existing fertilizer brands. The European Customer Satisfaction Index model has been used as a reference for the paper. The data analysis reveals that Paradeep Phosphates Limited featured as the most preferred brand. The study has several implications. Managers can use these findings for their self-assessment of the fertilizer brands and then improve upon or manage the farmers’ satisfaction and loyalty patterns

Name : Vinay Kumar Kalakbandi
Title : Predictive Skill Based Call Routing Using Multi-Label Classification Techniques
Authors: Vinay kumar Kalabandi & Sankara Prasad
Journal: International Journal of Business Intelligence Research
Volume: Vol. 8, No 2, pp 49-61
URL: https://www.igi-global.com/article/predictive-skill-based-call-routing-using-multi-label-classification-techniques/197404

This article is in the context of a call centre whose agents possess a heterogeneous skillset. The significant challenge for such a call centre would be skills based call routing: to match an inbound customer call to a call centre agent possessing the relevant skillset. This article will present an alternative to the usual Interactive Voice Recording (IVR) menu based approach to skill based call routing. This article will also make use of a multi-label classification techniques to predict the purpose of the customer call in advance and route it to the appropriate call centre agent without the customer's intervention. This hassle-free call routing technique produces efficient interactions and helps enhance customer experience, resulting in higher customer satisfaction and better cross-sell opportunities.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Patanjali Ayurveda Limited: Attraction of Ayurveda Products
Authors: Rambalak Yadav
Journal: South Asian Journal of Business Management Cases
Volume: Vol. 8, No 6, June 2017
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2277977917698300

Patanjali Ayurved Limited (PAL) is a company in India that deals in Ayurveda and herbal products in food, personal care and home care categories. The company started with an aim to link the rising destiny of millions of rural masses on the one hand and many more suffering and leading an unhealthy lifestyle on the other. The company within a very short span of time had succeeded in getting its foothold in the competitive Indian fast-moving consumer goods(FMCG) market and has reached a gross revenue of ₹25,000 million (about US$380 million) in the fiscal year 2015. The case discusses the marketing mix strategy adopted by PAL and how it helped the firm get a competitive advantage over other players in the industry. Further, the case also discusses the challenges and road ahead for the PAL

Name : Tumpa Dey
Title : A Cultural Perspective on Wisdom and Leadership - A Literature Review
Authors: Tumpa Dey
Journal: Global Journal of Business Management
Volume: Vol. 11, No 1, June 2017, pp 17-27
URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/author/Bhattacharya,+Sourabh

This study is a literature review of a cultural perspective in the understanding of wisdom and leadership. Specifically, it seeks a comparison between the understanding of wisdom and leadership literatures taking into account both the eastern and western concepts of wisdom. In the initial section, a literature review of wisdom and leadership has been undertaken. A critical analysis of studies linking wisdom and leadership has been put forth. Limitations of the study and directions for future research have been addressed.

Name : Dhananjay Singh
Title : Marketing Innovations for Inclusive Growth-A Study of LIC OF India
Authors: Dhananjay Singh
Journal: International Journal of Marketing and Management Research
Volume: Vol. 8, No 6, June 2017
URL: http://skirec.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IJMMR1June17-4276-1.pdf

India accounts for 16% of the world population, but only about 1.68% of the world insurance market. In terms of insurance penetration and density, the figures are even more disappointing. Though life insurance sector was opened to private players in the year 2000 with the prime objective of taking insurance to the large disadvantage rural masses of India, the results have been disappointing. Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDA) has prescribed certain rural obligations on all life insurance companies. These regulations are however being followed as obligations only. Life insurance firms in India do not focus on rural markets as servicing costs are high. The unavailability of life insurance products for rural population breeds insecurity and inhibits growth and initiative. However Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has brought in many product and process innovations to address insurance needs of rural masses. This paper is an attempt to study marketing and service delivery innovations of LIC in the last decade (2000 -10) to reach rural hinterland of India

Name : Shantanu Bagchi
Title : A Content Analysis of the Leadership Styles of Steve Waugh and Sourav Ganguly: Leadership Lessons from the Game of Cricket
Authors: Pratyush Banerjee & Shantanu Bagchi
Journal: TQR The Qualitative Report
Volume: Vol. 22, No 5 2017
URL: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol22/iss5/8/

In this study, the researchers focus on the leadership styles of two of the game of Cricket’s most charismatic leaders of the twenty-first century – Steve Waugh of Australia and Sourav Ganguly of India in a bid to relate their styles with classic leadership theories. Both Waugh and Ganguly have been arguably recognized as the most successful cricket captains of their respective countries and have earned accolades from cricket pundits as brilliant leaders of men. In this study, a content analysis of the articles about these two legendary captains published in the highly-acclaimed Wisden almanac, electronic media such as Sportstar, Cricinfo Magazine and standard newspapers of India, Australia and other neutral countries was undertaken. The content analysis of eighty-seven articles spreading over a page length of 127 A-4 size papers revealed Waugh to be a more result-driven autocratic leader who led more by example, while Ganguly showed traits of a transformational leader who led by motivating his teammates. The study is expected to contribute to the existing body of leadership research with some new knowledge of the construct of leadership, which have been discussed at length in this paper

Name : Sarath Babu A
Title : Testing for Random Walk Behaviour in Indian Bond Market
Authors: Sarath Babu A
Journal: Theoretical Economic Letters
Volume: Vol. 7, June 2017 pp728-736
URL: https://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=76260

This study examines the random walk behavior of Indian bond market. Bond indices published by Clearing Corporation of Indian (CCIL) were used in this study. The hypothesis is tested with multiple variance ratio tests from daily and weekly data, from 3-Jan.-2011 to 30-Dec.-2016. This paper also applies the bootstrap procedure on all the tests used because it shows desirable small sample properties under conditional heteroscedasticity. Variance test ratios show that Indian bond market does not follow random walk behavior.

Name : Shantanu Bagchi
Title : Optimal Order split between local and global suppliers under stochastic yeild and demand
Authors: Shantanu Bagchi & PS Sundararaghavan
Journal: Int. J. of Mathematics in Operational Research
Volume: Vol. 11, No 2 May 2017
URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=86288

Consider a firm facing an infinite horizon inventory problem with two suppliers, a local one with zero lead time and a global one with positive lead time. Assume that both suppliers have variable yields with known mean and standard deviation of yields, but no assumption made about the distribution of yield. Order cycle length is assumed to be a given industry standard supply window of unit length. Depending on the lead time taken t by the global supplier, the unit period is divided into two segments, 0 to t and t to 1. Demand is independent and uniform with different parameters for each of the two segments. The firm also has different holding and shortage costs in each segment and has the same selling price per unit for the entire period. We solve the problem of finding the optimal order quantities for each supplier that maximises the expected discounted profit for the entire horizon. We also solve an extension of this problem, where the length of the period along with order quantities are decision variables by proposing a robust heuristic procedure

Name : Mahesh Ramalingam
Title : A Hierarchical Model of Service Quality of Indian Railways website: Mediating Role of Customer Satisfaction
Authors: Mahesh Ramalingam
Journal: International Journal of Research in Finance and Marketing
Volume: Volume 7, No 5, May 2017
URL:

CThe aim of this research paper is to reassess the multiple-item scale (E-S-QUAL) for measuring the service quality delivered by the Indian Railways Web site. Conceptually, we studied service quality as a hierarchical, reflective construct, incorporating efficiency, fulfillment, privacy, and system availability. The data was collected from 151 participants using an online questionnaire. To assess the parameters of a hierarchical, reflective model with mediating effects, we used the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) with bootstrap method. The results showed that service quality is a second-order, reflective construct that has a significant direct and indirect effect on customer loyalty. It also confirms that customer satisfaction plays the key, mediating role between service quality and customer loyalty. Finally, we conclude by discussing theoretical contributions, managerial implications, limitations, and future research directions of the study

Name : Debendra P Kar
Title : Development and Implementation of an Employee Empowerment Plan for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Authors: Debendra P Kar
Journal: An International Multidisciplinary Research
Volume: Vol. 7, No 5 May 2017pp:15-22
URL: http://www.indianjournals.com/Mobile/Home.aspx

Many organizational change and development interventions have centered around the concept of employee empowerment. Employee empowerment is usually understood as ‘getting workers to do what needs to be done rather than doing what they’re told’. Organizations during the last few decades have been propagating employee empowerment for organizational effectiveness through practices like Participative management, Quality of work life, Profit sharing, the Quality circle movements etc. Employee Empowerment is presently recognized as one means by which managers can effectively manage organizations, which are characterized by a greater variety of influence channels, a growing reliance on horizontal structures and peer networks, a blurred distinction between managers and workers and a diminished attachment of employees to organizations. It has been established through researches and studies that empowerment influences both satisfaction and performance of employees. Employee Involvement and Empowerment has been used as a strategic business tool to enable fast decision making for greater business results through decentralization of powers, building a salutary and unified work culture and environment for peak employee and organizational performance. In a nut shell these are the factors which either individually or in combination are responsible for sustainable competitive advantage. The present paper is a combination of review of literature available in the area of empowerment research and the insight of the author as a practicing professional. The author has tried to suggest a step by step designing and implementation approach for employee empowerment in any organizational context.

Name : Shabnam Priyadarshini
Title : Effect of Personality on Conflict Resolution Styles
Authors: Shabnam Priyadarshini
Journal: IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences
Volume: Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2017 pp. 196-207
URL: https://research-advances.org/index.php/RAJMSS/article/view/819

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between personality and conflict handling styles. The study was conducted using a sample of 270 post graduate business students in the Chandigarh region. While NEO-FFI was used to measure the big five dimensions of personality, ROCI II was used to measure the scores of students on the five conflict handling styles. The findings show a strong relationship between the big five personality dimensions and the five conflict handling styles.

Name : Rambalak Yadav
Title : Determinants of Consumer’ Green Purchase Behavior in a developing Nation: Applying and Extending the theory of a Planned behavior
Authors: Rambalak Yadav & Govind S Pathak
Journal: Ecological Economics
Volume: Vol. 134, April 2017, pp 114-122
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800916307613

The green consumption among individuals can be an effective way to minimize the negative impact of consumption on the environment. The research related to green consumption behavior in developing nations such as India is few and far between. Considering this, researchers in the present study have attempted to understand the consumer behavior to buy green products in context of a developing nation; India. The study has used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and further extended the TPB including additional constructs namely; perceived value and willingness to pay premium (WPP) and measured its appropriateness in determining consumer green purchase intention and behavior. A total of 620 usable responses were collected with the help of a questionnaire survey using the convenience sampling approach. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate the strength of relationships among constructs. The findings reported that TPB fully supported the consumers' intention to buy green products which in turn influences their green purchase behavior. Inclusion of additional constructs was supported in the TPB as it has improved the predicted power of the TPB framework in predicting consumer green purchase intention and behavior. At the end, discussion and implications have been discussed.

Name : Sourabh Bhattacharya
Title : The dominant influence of Logistics capabilities on integration: Empirical Evidence from Supply Chain resilience
Authors: Sourabh Bhattacharya
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
Volume: Vol. 8 No. 4, 2017 pp. 357-374
URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/author/Bhattacharya,+Sourabh

Using dynamic capabilities theory, this paper aims to posit logistics capabilities (namely information, demand, supply, cooperation and coordination) when integrated at the supply chain level gives rise to supply chain resilience. The current investigation explores further on the inter-relationship among dominant logistics capabilities and integrated logistics capabilities.

Name : Dinesh Jaisinghani
Title : Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Empirical Evidence on Strategy and Performance in the Indian Context

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