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Deliberations on Borrower Behaviour in the Context of Micro-finance
Micro-finance, a popular tool for poverty alleviation, has witnessed a cycle of reaching out to the credit strapped, recording high recovery rates, scaling up exponentially and facing mass defaults, world-over. The two ... -
Demand Response Planning in a Transitioning Electricity System
Globally, the electricity systems are undergoing major transitions from robust, carbon intensive, and firm power conventional systems to uncertain, intermittent and variable renewable energy integrated low carbon systems. ... -
Design of Increasing Block Tariff (IBT) for Pricing Domestic Water: A Simulation Approach
In recent times, urban water utilities have shown increasing preference for increasing block tariff (IBT) for pricing domestic water. Although appealing at the outset, IBT’s can fall short of achieving its goals such as ... -
The Determinants and Phases of Tech Startup Emergence: An Empirical Analysis of Hardware-Based Tech Startups in India
Given the distinctive features of hardware-based tech startups that produce physically embodied systems (including electronics, electrical, electromechanical, mechanical, molecules, formulation, Biotech/Meditech devices, ... -
Determinants Of Subscription Levels Of Indian IPOs
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Deterministic Scheduling Of Parallel Discrete And Batch Processors
(2009-03-03)Scheduling concerns the allocation of limited resources to tasks over time. In manufacturing systems, scheduling is nothing but assigning the jobs to the available processors over a period of time. Our research focuses on ... -
Developing an Analytical Model to Predict Customer Churn for Customer Satisfaction (CS) and Customer Loyalty (CL) with respect to Automobile After Sales Service Centres (AASSC)
Customer Satisfaction has always been a key to success for any automobile after sales service centre (AASSC). To retain customer satisfaction (CS) and customer loyalty (CL), it is crucial for any AASSC to track the important ... -
Development and Validation of Novel Methods for Measuring and Tracking Clean Energy Transitions: Case Studies from Rural India
Modern energy sources are crucial to gain all the benefits that modern living affords and is central to our idea of holistic human development. While they pose multitude benefits over their traditional counterparts, they ... -
Development Of A Multi-Construct Framework For Assessing Work-Life Balance : Validation And Its Applicability In the Indian Context
(2016-09-09)Introduction Work-Life Balance is an area of interest to both researchers and organizations who strive to understand the various facets of work, life and work-life. For an individual and society today, balance is of ... -
Development of a Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Continuous Evaluation of Employees to Offer Reward And Recognition
(2017-10-31)In today’s dynamic global environment, organizations need to be agile and adaptive by practicing innovative strategies in order to sustain and remain competitive. One indicator of organizational sustainability is its ... -
Development of a Structural Model with Prioritizing and Ranking of Vital Enablers for Successful Adoption of Lean Production System in Indian SME
In today's competitive global business environment, every businesses must refine their manufacturing strategies to survive and thrive. Among various manufacturing strategies, the Lean Production System (LPS) stands out as ... -
Development of Efficient Scheduling Algorithms for Dynamic Real Time Scheduling of Burn-in Oven(S) in Semiconductor Manufacturing
This study addresses dynamic and real-time scheduling of a bottleneck batch processing machine, particularly Burn-in Oven (BO) used in the testing stage of Semiconductor Manufacturing (SM) process to perform Burn-in operation ... -
Development of Mathematical Models for a Class of Component Remanufacturing Problems With Break-even Analysis
The aim of the research is to propose and address a class of Component Remanufacturing (CR) problems. This class of CR problems arise for any Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) who produces durable products and, acquires ... -
Development of Solution Methodologies for Berth Allocation Problem with Discrete Berth Layout (DBL), Dynamic Arrival of Vessels (DAV), Deterministic Handling Time (DHT) of Vessels, Vessel Time Windows (VTW) and Vessel Eligibility Criteria (VEC)
The Container Terminal (CT) act as an important node in a supply chain industry that connects water and land for transportation of the containers carrying goods. A CT facilitates a vessel by allocating a berth for unloading ... -
Development of Solution Methodologies for Multi-Product, Multi-Component, Production-Inventory Planning Problem in a Component Remanufacturing Environment considering Backorders and Quantity Discounts
Closed loop supply chain has been an area of research which has evolved over the years. This thesis aims to address a problem in this domain, specifically from the perspective of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) ... -
Dimensions of Social Capital, Learning Culture, and Individual Performance : A Case of an IT Organization
The study explores the predictors of the individual’s learning through socialization in the context of a learning organization. The process of socialization or social learning is understood through the lens of Social Capital ... -
Do-it Yourself Market In India : Exploring Development And Servicing Of Demand For Products Related To Household Painting And Carpentry
(2010-07-13)Do-it-yourself (DIY) is the practice of household members undertaking home improvement or maintenance on their own, instead of hiring professional help. While DIY is a substantial and steadily growing cultural and economic ... -
Dynamic Control Mechanism For Customer Buy Down Behavior
(2009-04-24)Revenue Management (RM) has become one of the most successful application areas of Operation Research. What started off as an obscure practice among few airlines in U.S in early seventies, has attained the status of ...