Innovation in Indian Business Groups

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Kale ◽  
Harbir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Internal Markets ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Organizational Mechanisms ◽  
Learning Interventions

Innovation is a critical to the success of large, diversified Indian business groups and this chapter explores the specific organizational mechanisms they have adopted to enable and foster innovation in their organizations. First, these groups provide internal markets for much needed capital and talent necessary for innovation to make up for sufficient lack of these institutions externally. In addition, they have pursued the following actions: (a) significantly upped their investments in R&D and innovation, (b) created internal leadership councils to oversee and promote innovation, (c) created an innovation culture that encourages and celebrates entrepreneurship, risk-taking, and tolerance for failure, (d) undertaken formal learning interventions to build the innovation capabilities of their managers, and (e) set-up formal units to in-source innovation from external sources. Indian companies are yet in the early stages of this journey and will have to sustain these practices to demonstrate durable success with innovation.

scholarly journals Initial tasks

2019 ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Ted Lankester
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
House Staff ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Health Team ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Project Cycle ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Training ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Health Programme

This chapter explores how the community and the health programme can work together in selecting and training appropriate health team members at different levels of expertise. It identifies situations that require caution and understanding, and describes the project cycle. It outlines how to set up a project base, house staff, and identify security needs. It describes options for transport, how transport may be perceived by the local community, and includes questions that should be asked when considering buying a vehicle. It describes methods for ordering supplies, equipment vital to the project, and medicines that should be considered. Finally, it gives a range of ideas on how to fund a project, both from internal and external sources, and provides examples of each.

scholarly journals Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Still Work That “Most of the Confirmed Cases Had Been Vaccinated”? A Content Analysis of Vaccine Effectiveness Discussion on Sina Weibo during the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Nanjing

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Hao Gao ◽  
Qingting Zhao ◽  
Chuanlin Ning ◽  
Difan Guo ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Sina Weibo ◽  
The Public ◽  
External Sources ◽  
The Media ◽  
Set Up

In July 2021, breakthrough cases were reported in the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nanjing, sparking concern and discussion about the vaccine’s effectiveness and becoming a trending topic on Sina Weibo. In order to explore public attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine and their emotional orientations, we collected 1542 posts under the trending topic through data mining. We set up four categories of attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines, and used a big data analysis tool to code and manually checked the coding results to complete the content analysis. The results showed that 45.14% of the Weibo posts (n = 1542) supported the COVID-19 vaccine, 12.97% were neutral, and 7.26% were doubtful, which indicated that the public did not question the vaccine’s effectiveness due to the breakthrough cases in Nanjing. There were 66.47% posts that reflected significant negative emotions. Among these, 50.44% of posts with negative emotions were directed towards the media, 25.07% towards the posting users, and 11.51% towards the public, which indicated that the negative emotions were not directed towards the COVID-19 vaccine. External sources outside the vaccine might cause vaccine hesitancy. Public opinions expressed in online media reflect the public’s cognition and attitude towards vaccines and their core needs in terms of information. Therefore, online public opinion monitoring could be an essential way to understand the opinions and attitudes towards public health issues.

Reallocation Effects of Antimonopoly Policy

2015 ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
T. Radchenko
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Price Cap ◽  
Efficient Market ◽  
Internal Markets ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Macroeconomic Instability ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Shifts

The article argues that application of antimonopoly remedies can reallocate costs and benefits between market participants. Efforts of competition authorities to implement “price cap” indicators on concentrated markets do not always lead to reallocation of recourses to more efficient market participants and value added. A static choice of indicator can set up new adaptational risks. Also macroeconomic instability and shifts of distribution channels bring more uncertainty for business. The paper shows how much application of different price indicators for internal markets of export-oriented goods may cost to suppliers and consumers.

Gender difference and readiness for entrepreneurial trait of agricultural graduates

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Serene Shekhar ◽  
Bhavika Joshi ◽  
Sarita Sanwal
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Gujarat State ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Range Correlation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Mass Media Exposure

Creation and development of enterprise is shouldered by men and women equally. The study was undertaken in seven colleges of Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University of Gujarat State; to seek the answer that whether the revised curriculum is able to attain its objectives of creating entrepreneurs among both the genders. A pre-structured interview scheduled and a standardized tool was used to measure independent variables (basic profile) and dependent variable (entrepreneurial talent and willingness to set-up enterprise) respectively. Frequency, percentage, range, correlation coefficient were used to tabulate the data. Significant difference was obtained when overall entrepreneurial talent was compared among girls and boys. Risk taking ability, problem solving ability, persuasiveness and leadership ability of both the gender were found to be non significant. Girls were found to have higher self-concept and achievement motivation in comparison to their counterpart while boys had more positive attitude towards other entrepreneurs’ trait. Only about 12 per cent of the respondents were ready to set-up their enterprise and among them only 14 per cent were girls. The reason stated by boys for non willingness for entrepreneurial venture was ’lack of financial assistance’ and for girls it was ’lack of family support’. Programme of study, year of study and mass media exposure showed positive correlation with entrepreneurial talent, thus enhancing these can bring change entrepreneurial talent of agricultural graduates.

Acoustic determination of early stages of intravascular blood coagulation

2008 ◽  
Vol 366 (1880) ◽  
pp. 3649-3661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana G Uzlova ◽  
Konstantin G Guria ◽  
Georgy Th Guria
Keyword(s):  
Blood Coagulation ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Simultaneous Detection ◽  
Coagulation System ◽  
Complex Biological System ◽  
Ultrasonic Methods ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Major Disadvantage ◽  
Set Up

The blood coagulation system (BCS) is a complex biological system playing a principal role in the maintenance of haemostasis. Insufficient activity of the BCS may lead to bleeding and blood loss (e.g. in the case of haemophilia). On the other hand, excessive activity may cause intravascular blood coagulation, thromboses and embolization. Most of the methods currently used for BCS monitoring suffer from the major disadvantage of being invasive. The purpose of the present work is to demonstrate the feasibility of using ultrasonic methods for non-invasive registration of the early stages of blood coagulation processes in intensive flows. With this purpose, a special experimental set-up was designed, facilitating the simultaneous detection of optical and acoustic signals during the clotting process. It was shown that (i) as microemboli appear in the flow during the early stage of blood coagulation, the intensity of the Doppler signal increases twofold, and (ii) microemboli formation in the early stages of blood clotting always reveals itself through an acoustic contrast. Both of these effects are well defined, so we hope that they may be used for non-invasive BCS monitoring in clinical practice.

Prosodic accommodation in language contact: Spanish intonation in Majorca

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (221) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Romera ◽  
Gorka Elordieta
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Native Spanish Speakers ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Contact Situation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractIn this article we study a language contact situation in Majorca, Spain, in which adult monolingual speakers of Spanish who arrived recently in Majorca acquire aspects of Majorcan Catalan prosody. Although the possibility that the adoption of features can take place directly from Catalan is not rejected, we provide evidence that it can be an indirect process, through a process of accommodation (Trudgill 1986; Giles and Coupland 1991) to the L2 variety of Spanish spoken by L1 Majorcan Catalan speakers. An experiment was set up in which we recorded four native Spanish speakers who arrived recently in Majorca holding a semi-directed conversation in Spanish with a native speaker of Majorcan Catalan. The results showed consistent adoption of prosodic features of L2 Majorcan Spanish in interrogative sentences (not in declaratives). The results support the idea that the adoption of prosodic features of Majorcan Catalan by monolingual Spanish speakers can take place in early stages of contact. Our article also shows that subjective factors such as determination towards integration play a fundamental role in determining the degree of accommodation. Finally, salience of prosodic features is claimed to play a role in the selection of transferred features.

scholarly journals Business Group Affiliation and Firm Performance—Evidence from Pakistani Listed Firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-371
Author(s):  
Waseemullah . ◽  
Arshad Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Agency Theory ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Business Group ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Sample Period ◽  
Group Affiliation ◽  
Internal Markets ◽  
Excess Value ◽  
Business Group Affiliation

This study analyses the financial performance of business group affiliated firms relative to stand-alone firms in Pakistan. The investigations are done across the sample period of 1993-2012. The study employs ‘Chop shop’ methodology to construct the excess values (performance measure); in order to compare the results with earlier well documented studies of both developed and emerging countries. Both univariate and regression analyses clearly demonstrate that group affiliated firms are trading at discount (underperform relative to stand-alone firms) during the sample period. Despite the historical success in the past, the findings suggest that business groups evolve differently in the post financial reforms and privatisation programs era. The findings are consistent with the market failure argument and agency theory. However, the study finds a little evidence of efficient internal markets of Pakistani business groups. Keywords: Business Groups, Group Affiliation, Excess Value, Market Failure Theory, Agency Theory, Chop Shop Methodology

scholarly journals The Effect of External Technology Cooperation and Internal Relation on Innovative Behavior in Technology Intensive Organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.4) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won Il Lee ◽  
. .
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
Internal Relationship ◽  
Innovation Behavior ◽  
Technology Cooperation

This study set up a research model based on theoretical research as a study of the effects of external technology cooperation activities and internal relationship competencies on innovation behavior in high technology companies. Based on the research model, hypotheses were set up and tested through questionnaires. The research hypothesis is largely based on the internal and external cooperative activities of companies and the effect of the introduction of open innovation on innovation behavior. H1. The more internal cooperation activities in the enterprise, the more innovative behavior will occur. H2. The more active external cooperation activities within the enterprise, the more innovative behavior will occur. H3. The more internal collaborative activities and external cooperation in the enterprise, the more open innovation will be active. In this paper, I propose that internal cooperative activities, external collaborative activities, and establishment of an open innovation culture are important variables that influence innovation behavior.  

scholarly journals Business advisory services and risk among start-ups and young companies: a gender perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kremel ◽  
Darush Yazdanfar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Advisory Services ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Start Ups

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the demand for business advisory services by owners of start-ups and young companies by taking a gender perspective. The study also examines whether risk-taking is more characteristic of masculine than feminine behaviour in this context. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review examines business advisory services and risk aversion from a gender perspective. The empirical data are derived from interviews with owners of more than 2,700 start-ups and young companies in Sweden. A number of key variables compare how the company owners (women and men) view business advisory services as a way to overcome risk and to gain access to information in networks. Several statistical tests are used to analyse these data. Findings – Women owners of start-ups and young companies use more and different business advisory services than men owners. There are differences among the men owners and women owners with regard to the amount of start-up capital, company size and industry sector. Given the risks associated with start-up, business advisory services are important to women in helping them reduce their risk in the start-up and early stages of their companies. Research limitations/implications – Companies in Sweden’s largest city, Stockholm, were not included in the sample. Financial data were not used as variables. Practical implications – Policymakers should address women owners’ greater demand for business advisory services in their companies’ early stages. Originality/value – This study’s originality is its gender perspective on the demand for business advisory services by start-ups and young companies and its challenge to previous findings about entrepreneurial behaviour and risk-taking.

Investigating the Transient Flooding and Sloshing in Internal Compartments of an ITTC Damaged Ro-Ro Passenger Ferry: Part I—Experimental Setup

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chadi Khaddaj-Mallat ◽  
Jean-Luc Toularastel ◽  
Jean-Marc Rousset ◽  
Pierre Ferrant
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Ocean Engineering ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Experimental Campaign ◽  
Physical Background ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Passenger Ferry

Passenger Ro-Ro ferries have proved to be extremely vulnerable regarding their hydrostatic stability when damaged. This is not only due to the design of their car decks. After an abrupt ingress of water caused by a maritime accident, the spaces below the car deck can experience intermediate flooding stages that might be more severe than the final condition, and the ship could actually sink in these early stages. The intermediate flooding stages depend upon hosts of factors pertaining to the vessel itself, the accident that caused the damage, as well as the environment. These factors are interdependent, and some of them interact during the flooding. An experimental campaign using the midsection of the PRR02 - ITTC/SiW passenger Ro-Ro ferry was devoted to provide a thorough insight to the flooding physics by quantifying these interactions using a novel-to-ocean-engineering methodology, the so-called DOE method, and try to find and then optimize a model for the transient flooding phase of Passenger Ro-Ro ferries. The present paper presents the physical background of the problem, as well as the innovative experimental set up that have been conceived to attain the objectives and hopefully lead to sound conclusions.

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