Journal of Advances in Management Research: Volume 7 Issue 1

Micro‐enterprise supply chain management in developing countries

Sameer Prasad, Jasmine Tata

A majority of citizens in the developing world rely upon self‐employment and micro‐enterprise operations as their primary and only source of income. The purpose of this paper is…

Informational efficiency of implied volatilities of S&P CNX Nifty index options: A study in Indian securities market

Alok Dixit, Surendra S. Yadav, P.K. Jain

The purpose of this paper is to assess the informational efficiency of S&P CNX Nifty index options in Indian securities market. The S&P CNX Nifty index is a leading stock index of…

Assessing the efficiency and managing the performance of Greek tax offices

Maria Katharaki, Marios Tsakas

The aim of this paper is to study the technical and scale efficiency of a set of tax offices (Inland Revenue) in Greece during the period 2001‐2006.

New ways of thinking about nurse scheduling

Deisell M. Diaz, Murat Erkoc, Shihab S. Asfour, Edward K. Baker

The purpose of this paper is to present a new look at solving the national nursing shortage problem by discussing new approaches to minimize the impact of nursing miss‐utilization…

A discrete dynamic programming approach towards optimal outsourcing policy in supply chain management

Navin K. Dev, Sanjeev Swami, Rahul Caprihan

As global markets become more customer oriented, rapid response rates are now often among the most important metrics in business. To achieve the required agility, many companies…

An empirical examination for enhancing the utilization level of advanced manufacturing technologies in India

Harwinder Singh, J.S. Khamba

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the enablers for improving the utilization level of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) in Indian manufacturing industry.

Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry: study of select parameters

Meenakshi Khemka, Vinayshil Gautam

Innovation is the key to sustained competitive edge, especially for organizations functioning in a fast changing environment. The purpose of this paper is to understand select…

A tight rope walk in management research: complexity vs simplicity

Surendra S. Yadav, Ravi Shankar

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh