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An Analysis of Product Life Cycle Orientation in PLM Software Tool Vendors
Authors:   Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Mathew Mary , Aseri D. ,   Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Isaac R. ,   Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Published: February 2020

A challenge in implementation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools is the selection of the right vendor and the solution. Implementing PLM entails huge financial investment on the part of the user and hence precise knowledge as to where each tool can be applied is a must. In this paper, seven PLM tool vendors are compared on their definitions of PLM and also their product offerings in different Product Life Cycle (PLC) phases, including the extreme ends of PLC viz. R&D and end-of-life phase, which are usually ignored. An integrated PLC model is developed and the tools are then mapped onto different phases of PLC. Vendors are compared based on number of tools offered in different PLC phases. The results reveal an uneven distribution in the applicability of various tools, with majority of them focusing on the product development phase and an astonishingly low number on the R&D and end-of-life phases.
Understanding Interactions between Researches Institutes and Industry: Indian Perspective
Authors:   Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, Mohan S. Rama
Published: February 2020

The tangible potential benefits of interactions between public research institutes and industry are often not realized in practice due to many complexities underlying these interactions. As the interaction is between two diverse organizations, it needs considerable management effort at all stages to make it successful and to get the maximum benefit. Therefore, there is every need to study these interactions, and critically examining different dimensions and identifying key factors that matter in institute-industry interface. This will provide an insight into effective management of their interactions. The present study attempts to assess the situation existing in Indian context. It tries to understand the interactions from the perspective of actual researchers and managers of these interactions at research institutes. The study resulted in identifying key factors at different stages of interaction which if managed correctly, increase the probability of effective and successful interactions leading to development of good technologies. The study also tries to explore whether there is any difference in the perception of researchers across the experience levels and disciplines, and also between researchers and managers.
Resonance between Innovation and Consumers: Suggestions for Emerging Market Customers
Authors:   Tokyo Seitoku University, Japan, Watanabe Chihiro , Zhao Weilin ,   Center of Waseda Business School, Waseda University, Nasuno Mitsuko ,   Tokyo Seitoku University
Published: February 2020

Consumption increase in emerging markets is significant for global sustainability as it helps in overcoming structural impediments that impede investment inducement. In this light, the paper aims at demonstrating a hypothesis that resonance between innovation and consumers triggers co-emergence of investment essential for an emerging market and further analyses resonant behavior between attractive goods and consumers. The elevation in face temperature of consumers looking at attractive goods was measured at the event corner of a Japanese supermarket by utilizing thermography. Noteworthy findings obtained include that consumer temperatures increase as they perceive, recognize and decide to purchase attractive goods while elevated temperatures decrease when the goods are not attractive enough to purchase. Consumer couples also incorporate a general tendency to converge toward the same decision in a resonant way. Through correlation analysis of sales records, it was demonstrated that sales of attractive goods represents innovation which increases by resonating consumer demand through construction of a spirally developing virtuous cycle. These findings provide a constructive suggestion for stimulating latent consumer vitality in emerging markets as a way of inducing investment.
Building Consumer Loyalty – Challenge for Global E-healthcare Organizations
Authors:   University of Economics in Katowice, Poland, Smyczek Slawomir , Matysiewicz Justyna ,   University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Published: February 2020

In this study authors provide a conceptual investigation regarding the role of consumer loyalty for e-healthcare organisations. The main aim of the article is to identify the level of consumer loyalty and factors which determine this phenomenon. Further the paper suggests a consumer loyalty model on e-healthcare market. The survey was conducted using structured questionnaire. Scale to measure each of factors in the model were developed based on previous literature and using existing scales where possible. A total of 1000 questionnaires were distributed by the Internet to the patients. The results demonstrated that level of consumer loyalty towards e-healthcare organizations is relatively low – lower than what it is, towards traditional healthcare institutions. The most important factors determining consumer loyalty in this market are: trust on ehealthcare institutions, satisfaction from e-medical services and technological factors, like security and privacy. Results of research can be applied by managers of e-healthcare organizations, particularly by departments responsible for establishing relationship with patients and IT units that are involved in the process of developing new electronic marketing channels. The target audience can be characterized as all researchers and practitioners interested in health care services and marketing issues.
Government Initiatives for Developing Technologies in Public Research Institutes through Strategic Relationship with Industry
Authors:   Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Mohan S. Rama
Published: February 2020

The relationship between The country that facilitates strategic relationships among research institutes and industries, through appropriate mechanisms, gains a competitive edge through faster technology development, transfer and commercialization. Successful technology development and transfer, needs early identification of potential technologies and assessment of their commercial potential. This study examines various models for technology selection and technology development available in the literature. Also, this communication presents various government initiatives that promote technology development, transfer and commercialization in Indian public research institutes. These initiatives try to bridge the gap between research institutes and industry and help research institutes to commercialize the technologies emanating from it. Important initiatives and their implementation were identified using an explorative study through a review of secondary sources and websites of concerned government departments.
Innovation through Emergence of Technology Communities: Some Management Lessons
Authors:   Institute for International Management and Technology, Gurgaon, India, Jauhari Vinnie
Published: February 2020

Networks play a key role in developing next generation innovations. Technology led innovations are led by technology developers and communities. There is an evidence of success of innovations in technology development through networking with technology communities. Some of these are formal networks and some of these are informal networks. This paper explores at some of the successful developments in the technology domains such as development of Android applications and I-phone applications. Each of these interventions involved collaborations between academic communities, corporate firms as well as independent technical professionals. The success of Apple and Android communities opens up many new research questions as both the organizations have followed a very different approach in developing new technologies. Android which is developed by Google has followed a different approach as compared to development of Apple applications. The paper would throw insights into these approaches. Some of the technology communities had a more open approach and some of the communities have a more closed approach. This paper documents the differences in approaches of development of these communities. The paper is a qualitative study which provides an insight into the differences in approach of development of select technology communities. The paper also draws leadership lessons and factors which contribute to the success of such initiatives. The paper assesses the challenges that these firms faced in developing such communities.
https://tmg.chitkara.edu.in/2012/innovation-through-emergence-of-technology-communities-some-management-lessons/
Authors:   Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Ahuja Ajay , Gautam Vinayshil ,   Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Published: February 2020

Data Centers are sub organizations within an IT organization and form an integral part of e-enabled services infrastructure. Their effectiveness is essential for effectiveness of overall IT organization leading to efficient and effective delivery of e-services. Data Center organizations aim for Organizational Effectiveness. Many factors and measures can contribute to Organizational Effectiveness of Data Centers. This paper presents some of the findings from a research study on “Select aspects of Organizational Effectiveness of Data Centers”. As an outcome of this study, amongst other measures, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) was derived as a critical measure for effective Data Centers. Lower TCO leads to cost effective Data Centers, leading to overall effectiveness. In this paper, we briefly introduce various measures of Data Centers’ Organizational Effectiveness and present a detailed analysis of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) as a key measure of Data Centers’ Organizational Effectiveness. We also present various factors contributing to reduced TCO and a comparison between the factors contributing to TCO for Government and Corporate Data Centers.
Innovations Around Mobile Applications: Scope for Indian Developers
Authors:   Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi, Rishi Meghna
Published: February 2020

This paper explores innovations around mobile applications, globally, and brings out the scope for monetization of these trends, by Indian Application Developers. The paper is based on qualitative research and utilizes Content Analysis Technique for tabulating and reporting the data. A thorough literature review has been conducted to understand the innovations around mobile applications globally and to identify the top 5 categories of mobile applications. These categories serve as variables for understanding the scope for Indian mobile application developers. Data on Indian Mobile application market has been sourced from mass media: Top 3 English newspapers (Indian) and 6 online sources. Recommendations for Indian developers have been generated on the basis on data which was reported under 5 identified categories of mobile applications. Scope for Indian Mobile application developers is in (but not limited to) the following areas; Developing cloud enabled applications, developing customised Indian applications, working on innovations based on global acceptability through multi-language apps., synchronising data with backend systems and addressing security threats, reducing costs through prudent locations and newer API’s (Application Programming Interface), beta testing applications and appropriate keyword tagging for marketing and making applications oriented towards customer delight so that in the process of diffusion of the innovation, the application becomes an integral part of the customer’s life. Methodical content analysis brings out the scope for Indian application developers and offers them valuable insights on monetization tactics. Since the findings are based on published data from Indian Mass Media, it makes the paper very contemporary and the recommendations very implementable for the industry. Academicians working in this area too, will also find an avenue for further exploration. This research work is distinctive because of the lack of scholarly studies in this area, especially in the Indian context. Data from mass media and use of content analysis – a widely used qualitative analytic method for a scholarly study, increases its value by making the work recent, contemporary and worthy of further scholarly explorations.
A Transition from Consumption-Dependent Development to Investment-Driven Development: A Comparison of 40 Countries
Authors:   National University, Singapore, Fukuda Kayano , Watanabe Chihiro ,   National University, Singapore
Published: February 2020

Following up the contrasting behaviors that growing economies suffer from an autarky cycle between consumption and economic growth. Advancing and advanced economies allow GDP growth for inducing investments efficiently. An empirical analysis was conducted in 40 countries, inspired by Samuelson’s multiplier-accelerator model, to examine a mechanism for switching from an autarky cycle to an investment-inducing virtuous cycle. The results suggest that a correlation between consumption growth and investment intensity is crucial to enable a shift from an autarky cycle to a virtuous cycle. The transition dynamism of economic cycles in these countries in the last three decades is also analyzed.
Government’s Catalytic Role in Emerging Economy: Critical Comparison of China’s Conspicuous Strength in Wind and Solar Industry
Authors:   National University of Singapore, Singapore, Srikanth Narasimalu , Watanabe Chihiro ,   Tokyo Seitoku University, Japan
Published: February 2020

In light of a conspicuous strength in China’s solar and wind industry in recent years this paper analyses the catalytic role of the government in inducing the institutional source of its strength. Critical comparison of the two industries show China’s renewable energy policies for wind industry was more effective than the solar industry through adopting a self-propagating functionality development through fusing the external technology with domestic industries know-how to co-evolve both production and diffusion through effective assimilation. This suggests a new insight for growing economy to devise effective policy framework to develop a globally competitive industry.
Co-emergence of Institutional Innovation Navigates the New Normal in Growing Economies
Authors:   Fujitsu Research Institute, Japan, Zhao Weilin , Watanabe Chihiro ,   Tokyo Seitoku University, Japan, Tou Yuji ,   Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Published: February 2020

Increasing fear of the global simultaneous stagnation derived from the Euro-crisis together with the New Normal in growing economies reveals the limit of individual strength leading to the significance of fusion with global best practices. Dramatic advancement of the Internet has enabled consumers in any nation to choose and learn from world’s strongest suppliers. Both trends inevitably necessitate co-emergence of institutional innovation between suppliers and consumers for sustainability. On the basis of an empirical analysis comparing institutional systems in 100 nations, this paper demonstrates the significance of this co-emergence thereby navigating the New Normal in growing economies.
Urbanisation and Managing Energy: Opportunities and Challenges
Authors:   Director, IIMT Gurgaon, Jauhari Vinnie
Published: February 2020

As the world gets increasingly urbanised, there will be a consequence for energy generation, consumption and distribution. As the world population increases, there will be an increased demand for services- healthcare, transport, housing, infrastructure, information technology among others. The growing economies like India would have even greater challenges. The choice of forms of urbanization should needs to be assessed. What kind of cities would be sustainable is a question that needs more exploration? Walkability, compact housing, sustainable transport, alternate forms of energy generation are all aspects which need to be looked into. The paper focuses on what forms of urbanisation should India look at and how energy choices should be built in the planning process.
Do Frugal and Reverse Innovation Foster Sustainability? Introduction of a Conceptual Framework
Authors:   University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Brem Alexander , Ivens Björn ,   University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Published: February 2020

The fields of frugal and reverse innovation as well as sustainability and its management have received tremendous interest in recent times. However, there is little literature on how both fields are related to each other. Hence, this paper gives an overview of research in both areas and provides a view of the relationship between frugal and reverse innovation, sustainability management and performance constructs. The link between frugal and reverse innovation on the one hand and sustainability performance on the other hand is established through a differentiated perspective on dimensions representing different fields of sustainability management, i.e. the sustainability of resources used in value creation, the sustainability of the actual value creation processes, and the sustainability of the outcomes of value creation processes. Moreover, we also argue for a positive link between the three dimensions of sustainability management and a company’s market performance.
Contribution of Decision Support System in Enhancing Productivity and Profitability of the Firm
Authors:   GD Goenka University, Gurgaon, Kaushik Tanuja , Bhardwaj Monica ,   Institute for International Management and Technology, Gurgaon
Published: February 2020

The business paradigms are changing amidst changing business environment. There are newer technologies at disposal, rising customer awareness and their expectations from the need to attain efficiency and effectiveness in business processes for survival and competitive advantage. This paper provides insights on the significance of business decision making and present state of organizations that are striving to achieve optimal utilization of limited business resources. The paper highlights the nature of linear programming model and its importance in effective business decision making. The business impact of model is illustrated in the case using the linear programming model and transportation method through excel solver in computer manufacturing firms to help in deciding optimum quantity to produce within limited resources and how the computers manufactured can be distributed to market places at minimal cost. The paper elicits the effectiveness of the linear programming model to realize good decision making in business by meeting the business objectives through optimal utilization of resources. It concludes that model driven decision support system enhances the productivity and profitability of the firm in a constrained environment and is a highly effective model for solving business problems.
Institutional Sources of Resilience in Global ICT Leaders - Harness the Vigor of Emerging Power
Authors:   National University of Singapore, Singapore & University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, Watanabe Chihiro , Naveed Kashif ,   University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, Zhao Weilin ,   Fujitsu Research Institute, Japan
Published: February 2020

In light of the significant impacts on global economy both nations and firms witnessed a dramatic advancement of information and communication technology (ICT). There was particularly bi-polarization between ICT advanced and growing economies compelling a vicious cycle between ICT advancement and its productivity decline in these economies. The institutional sources of resilience were analyzed. On the basis of an empirical analysis comparing technopreneurial performance in world top 500 ICT firms by market value, sales and profit over the last decade, resilient firms maintaining world top 100 position by all three values over the whole period were identified. Institutional sources enabling resilient firms maintain leading position can largely be attributed to co-evolutionary acclimatization ability, which harnesses the vigor of emerging power of counterparts both in home countries and in advanced countries as well as growing economies in a co-evolutional way. Such ability maximizes synergy between efficiency and resilience in their technopreneurial management. Contrasting business model in global ICT firms with and without resilience structure suggests the sources of emerging trap due to ICT advancement and endorsed the significance of co-evolutionary acclimatization. This suggests the significance of institutional co-evolution between ICT advanced and growing economies that enables both economies to harness the vigor of partners for global sustainability.
Human Body Food Supply Chain and Inventory Models Analogy: An Empirical Validation
Authors:   ITM University, Gurgaon, India, Vrat Prem , Agarwal Alpana ,   ITM University, Gurgaon, India
Published: February 2020

The purpose of this paper is to empirically validate or discard analogies between human body food supply chain and inventory flow in material management based on the paper titled ‘Inventory Models and Human Body Food Supply Chain: Some Managerial Insights’ by Vrat in which some conjectures were proposed by him. This paper is an attempt to take these conjectures forward to the level of postulates. This is an empirical study administered through two-phase surveys for determining shared perception of a wider group. This study also investigates the effect of age, gender and education on the perception of people on these conjectures. A-G-E (Age-Gender-Education) analysis is applied for this purpose. The findings indicate a strong parallel between Vrat’s conjectures and survey results. Findings of the A-G-E analysis indicate that the difference in the perception due to demographic factors is significant for many conjectures. It is hoped that this research will bring new insights for managers in handling various issues in a supply chain and also the scientific inventory models can help persons to gain better insights about food intake policies in human body.
Insights from an Entrepreneur: Interview with Dr. Sushil Bhatia, Founder of JMD
Authors:   Institute for International Management and Technology, Gurgaon, India, Jauhari Vinnie
Published: February 2020

This article is presented in the form of an interview with Dr. Sushil Bhatia conducted by Dr. Vinnie Jauhari. This interview with Dr. Sushil Bhatia, President and CEO of JMD, an organization based in USA provides insights into how new products are developed. The interview also documents challenges faced in new product development. The discussion with Dr. Bhatia also involves discussing the challenges in developing new technologies and difficulties associated with the process of commercialization. The lessons learnt therein would be valuable for both practitioners and academics.
Strategic Option of ICT Driven Development Trajectory in Myanmar
Authors:   National University of Singapore, Singapore, Sandar Khin , Watanabe Chihiro ,   National University of Singapore, Singapore, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
Published: February 2020

While Myanmar shared one of the richest lands in South Asia with affluent natural resources and qualified human resources, it has suffered long-lasting economic stagnation since 1962. However, conspicuous economic growth, after the take off-strategy 1997 (1999-2007), was highest among 10 member countries of ASEAN, China and India, and has demonstrated their potential ability to transform their constraints into a springboard for innovation. This reminds us of Information CommunicationTechnology (ICT) driven development trajectory demonstrated by the world ICT top leaders, Finland and Singapore. Both transformed their indigenous constraints into India, and has springboard for ICT advancement and prompts us a hypothetical view that such a trajectory could be a promising strategic option for Myanmar in awaking its latent competitive power. This paper presents an empirical analysis consideringICT driven developing trajectory in 146 countries. The analysis involved four major steps. Firstly, Myanmar’s possible development trajectory was estimated, based on innovation diffusion theory, by identifying its current position in the global ICT versus per capita income development trajectory. Secondly, Myanmar’s current position in the global ICT driven economic development trajectory was identified based on the theories of timing of emergence of functionality development and CHASM (deep trench compelling new ventures start-up). Thirdly, given Myanmar’s position in anticipating support from ICT advanced countries for its ICT advancement, effects of support were analyzed by decomposing the governing factors to ICT advancement. In addition, Myanmar’s institutional identity supportive to effective utilization of ICTsupport was analyzed. Fourthly, based on the foregoing analyses together with the analysis of the similarity and disparity between world ICT top leaders, Finland and Singapore, possible scenarios for Myanmar’s ICT driven development trajectories, growth-oriented or welfare and happiness seeking were compared.
On Security Analysis of Recent Password Authentication and Key Agreement Schemes Based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Authors:   Guru Nanak Dev University, Regional Campus, Jalandhar, India, Kaur Prabhdeep , Kalra Sheetal ,   Guru Nanak Dev University, Regional Campus, Jalandhar, India
Published: February 2020

Secure and efficient mutual authentication and key agreement schemes form the basis for any robust network communication system. Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) has emerged as one of the most successful Public Key Cryptosystem that efficiently meets all the security challenges. Comparison of ECC with other Public Key Cryptosystems (RSA, Rabin, ElGamal) shows that it provides equal level of security for a far smaller bit size, thereby substantially reducing the processing overhead. This makes it suitable for constrained environments like wireless networks and mobile devices as well as for security sensitive applications like electronic banking, financial transactions and smart grids. With the successful implementation of ECC in security applications (e-passports, e-IDs, embedded systems), it is getting widely commercialized. ECC is simple and faster and is therefore emerging as an attractive alternative for providing security in lightweight device, which contributes to its popularity in the present scenario. In this paper, we have analyzed some of the recent password based authentication and key agreement schemes using ECC for various environments. Furthermore, we have carried out security, functionality and performance comparisons of these schemes and found that they are unable to satisfy their claimed security goals.
Significance of Supplier Selection Criteria Evolvement in IT Outsourcing to Emerging Economies – Lessons from a Global IT Outsourcing Project
Authors:   Outotec, Finland, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, Hyvonen Harri , Helminen Mikko ,   Outotec, Finland, Watanabe Chihiro ,   University of Jyvaskyla, Finland International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
Published: February 2020

In line with the increasing significance of the acceleration of information technology (IT) advancement and also of harnessing the vigor of emerging economies, IT outsourcing to emerging economies has become global concerns. This enables global companies to enjoy a critical competitive edge by choosing the best option in outsourcing strategy and supplier selection. Consequently, supplier selection criteria have become critical issues for both suppliers and customers. This paper attempts to provide insightful suggestions to these issues. An empirical analysis was conducted taking supplier selection criteria evolvement in global IT outsourcing project focusing on action research in a multinational company. Noteworthy findings include impacts of manager’s change, identification of creative moment and weighting of supplier selection criteria.
A Principal-Agent Explanation for Technology Transfer
Authors:   Taipei College of Maritime Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Kuo Beryl Zi-Lin , Lin Chien-Hsin ,   Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan
Published: February 2020

Technology licensing and transfer is subject to problems of asymmetric information including moral hazard. This study explores the effects of informal governance, knowledge tacitness, and organizational receptivity on the preference of variable royalty scheme in the context of technology licensing. Drawing on the classic principalagent model, we assume that the variable royalty scheme is a process-based contract where the licensee is the principal and the licensor is the agent. The results show that informal governance facilitating goal alignment is positively associated with the variable royalty scheme (i.e. the process-based contract). Organizational receptivity promotes the legitimacy to imposing routines, evaluating the technology, and forming expectation, and is positively associated with the variable royalty scheme. Knowledge tacitness is negatively associated with the variable royalty payment, which implies less transfer programmability moves payment from variable royalties to a fixed fee. Our arguments are significantly different from classic principal-agent relationship that does not involve the dimension of licensee transfer and monitoring capacity.
Learning Region and Performance of Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Two Indian States
Authors:   Centre for Studies in Economics and Planning, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Husain Tareef
Published: February 2020

In the extent literature, availability of critical regional and technology-based factors have been recognized as the constituents of learning region which in turn lead to the rising performance of enterprises located in the region. These regional factors subsume sub-national policies, vertical industries, knowledge institution, skill, demand and infrastructural factors. Pharmaceutical industry is one of the knowledge-intensive industries, which is theoretically believed to be performed better in a learning region. The present study takes into account two Indian states namely, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and describes the status of pharmaceutical industry in the light of learning region. The descriptive explanation based on time series data for the last two decades revealed that the rising trends of pharmaceutical industry in the state of Himachal Pradesh, sourced by the conducive policy supports, rising share of chemical industry, rising enrolements in higher education and availability of good infrastructure. On the other hand, despite encompassing considerable infrastructure, skilled labour, knowledge and demand, Gujarat has reported constant or marginally declining trends of pharmaceutical industry, in terms of number of units, output and employment during last decade.
A Demographic Study of Buying Spontaneity on E-Shoppers: Preference Kolkata (West Bengal)
Authors:   Institute of Management Study (IMS), Kolkata, Ghosal Indrajit
Published: February 2020

Online shopping or e-shopping has increased extremely in the past few years in India. Kolkata (West Bengal) is not so far behind. Lot of Online portals has been launched in india (like ebay, Amazon, Flipkart, Jabong, Myntra, Snapdeal etc.) and they have given a lot of opportunity and facility to buy products easily. It has improved the lifestyle of people in the country. Consumers tend to be attracted by the offers on the online shopping portals. This has resulted in increased impulsiveness among the buyers online. The study is an attempt to understand the effect of spontaneity among online buyers. For this research, online shoppers from Kolkata City were taken. The study indicated the fact that various factors contributed to the impulsiveness among buyers while they do online or e-shopping. Amongst them, unplanned tendency, online shopping mood and online shopping experience were identified as major factors. Demographic factors like age, gender, income and occupation of shoppers were also analyzed to know its effect on e-shopping spontaneous behaviour.
Review of Microfinance Schemes in Haryana with focus on Mewat
Authors:   The North Cap University (formerly ITM Unviersity), Gurgaon, Mehra Archana , Aggarwal D. R. ,   The North Cap University (formerly ITM Unviersity), Gurgaon
Published: February 2020

Inspite of the fact that Haryana is a fast developing state of India, yet it is grappling with the problem of development of a backward district like Mewat (newly carved out district from Gurgaon and Faridabad). Since Microfinance is considered as one of the major tools of poverty alleviation, this paper describes the various microfinance schemes in Haryana with focus on Mewat. The Mewat Development Agency has been set up at the district level to overview and to monitor the progress of various schemes being implemented under the Mewat Development Board, set up by the Government of Haryana in 1980, as an extra effort of development apart from the normal plan schemes. The Mewat Development Agency is actively promoting Self-Help Groups (SHGs) through its Federation. Mewat has been severely lagging behind in terms of socio-economic parameters of development and the problem is further aggravated due to the rigid socio-cultural mindset of the area. Besides examining the various microfinance schemes in operation in Haryana, an attempt has also been made to highlight the shortcomings of the schemes.
Co-evolution between Trust in Teachers and Higher Education Enabled by ICT Advancement – A Suggestion to ICT Growing Economies
Authors: Chihiro Watanabe  , Kashif Naveed  , Pekka Neittaanmäki
Published: February 2020

In light of the increasing significance of trust-based higher education towards digitally-rich learning environments, co-evolution dynamism between trust in teachers and higher education enabled by ICT advancement was analyzed. Using the rate of trust in teachers for good education in the Global Teacher Status Index, together with statistics on higher education level and ICT advancement, an empirical numerical analysis of 20 countries was attempted. It was identified that while ICT advanced countries have constructed a co-evolution between ICT, higher education and trust, ICT growing countries have not succeeded due to a vicious cycle between ICT and trust. Finland’s educational success can be attributed to this co-evolution while an education productivity paradox can be attributed to a disengagement. It is suggested that steady ICT advancement by making full utilization of external resources in digitally-rich learning environments can be essential to ICT growing countries for their higher education. A new approach for constructing the foregoing co-evolution in a systematic way was thus explored.
Green Computing
Authors:   Chitkara University, Punjab, India, Singh Jagwinder
Published: February 2020

Green Computing is the concept to improve environmental conditions. Green Computing has begun to spread in the past few years, gaining increasingly popularity. It includes manufacturing, designing and efficiently using computers and associated subsystems- such as LED,RAM, Processor, Mouse and Keyboard with minimum impact on the environment. We are doing the study and practice of developing Information Technology resources in an environment friendly manner such that our environment get protected. As we all know usage of electronic devices is very popular these days, of which Laptops and Tabs are the most common. Surveys were conducted to analyze power consumption, pattern of devices, components like RAM, Rom processors and LED displays. Furthermore recommendations were made to make them more energy efficient. To promote the idea of green computing, energy star rating were introduced for electronic devices. The more is the star rating, the less is the power consumption. This type of computing can facilitate us to safe and make healthy environment all over the world. Present study will help us to take some initiatives to save vast amount of power which is wasted on very large scale currently under the field of computers/ electronics industry.
Characterizing and Profiling Global Segments of Responsible Consumers – A Narrative Review
Authors:   Department of Commerce, Kurukshetra University, Haryana, Gupta Karnika , Singh Narendra ,   Department of Commerce, Kurukshetra University, Haryana
Published: February 2020

The prime purpose of the paper is to examine and identify the determinants of responsible consumption behaviour by synthesizing the determinants’ structure as available in varied literature. Further, it profiles responsible consumers according to their identified categories of determinants. Content analysis is exercised on wide literature of more than one hundred research papers, articles and reports that narrate, characterize and profile responsible consumers. The identified demography of the responsible consumers includes: females, young, highly educated, academically intelligent, non-business academics, employed in high-status and leadership positions, members of small families and married with children living at home. According to sociological features, responsibles are the children of highly educated parents, get full support from their family, have liberal and democratic political views and hold time and availability to contribute for responsible acts. Viewing from an economic and geographic perspective, these consumers are average in income, satisfied with their income levels, not much wealthier and majority of them lives in urban areas and larger cities. The cultural features support them as collectivists with feeling of universalism. These consumers trust others, open to change, believe in civic-cooperation, like fun, have a network as members of environmental organizations, religious with extreme religiosity and love their country having highest national pride. As far as psychological features are concerned, they originate from a very good psyche, are initiators, internally controlled living indulgent lifestyles, future minded, less sceptic with high civic sense, creative, have harmony and believe in self efficacy. They are also environmentally concerned and settle in balance with nature. The paper will direct marketers in locating and serving the desired segment of responsible consumers. Information on various segmentation dimensions will facilitate easy policy making for STP model and favourable segmentation strategy formulation. The findings in the paper are based on the results of various studies which may be applicable only on the population similar to sample frame of the individual studies. Future researchers thus get a cue for a more refine research to supplement and enlarge the present inference of responsible consumer segments to disparate markets. The paper synthesizes vast varied literature for the first time in an evolving field of responsible consumption behavior. The outcome will provide base in theory formulation.
Harnessing Women’s Potential as a Soft Engine for Growth – Lessons from Contrasting Trajectories between Finland and Japan for Growing Economies
Authors:   Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland., Watanabe Chihiro ,   International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, Naveed Kashif ,   Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Neittaanmäki Pekka ,   Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Published: February 2020

Harnessing the vigor of women’s potential is essential for inclusive economic growth in a digital economy moving toward aging society. This can be a soft engine for sustainable growth substitutable for costly hard investment. While there exists explicit evidence of a virtual cycle between economic growth and gender balance improvement, emerging countries cannot afford to overcome the constraints of low income. Given the foregoing, this paper analyzed possible co-evolution between economic growth, gender balance improvement and digital innovation initiated by information and communication technology (ICT) advancement. Using a unique dataset representing the state of gender balance improvement in the function of economic growth and ICT advancement, an empirical numerical analysis of 44 countries was attempted. These countries were classified as emerging, industrialized and with a specific culture. It was found that while industrialized countries, typically Finland, have realized high performance in co-evolution, emerging countries have been constrained by low ICT advancement, and countries with a specific culture have, notwithstanding their high economic level, also been constrained by a traditional male-dominated culture. Japan is a typical case. Based on these findings, lessons from contrasting trajectories between Finland and Japan for emerging countries were analyzed. It is suggested that advancement of ICT, not only quantitatively but also qualitatively in such a way as constructing a self-propagating system, is crucial for emerging countries. A new practical approach for harnessing the potential resources for sustainable growth was thus explored.
Roles of Exogenous Technologies in Vehicle Innovation: Cases from a Japan’s Automotive Parts Manufacturing Firm
Authors:   Tokyo City University, Japan, Nakagawa Masahiro , Watanabe Chihiro ,   University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Published: February 2020

This paper explores the roles of technological innovations in the growth of Japan’s motor vehicle industry, mainly from technology spillover perspective from the early 2000s to today. An empirical analysis focusing on business performances, R&D investments, and patent applications taking a noteworthy unique case in Japan was attempted. Empirical analyses on the productivity of patent to technology stock, use of exogenous technologies for their own technological innovation on its Automotive Business Unit elucidated that innovation capabilities, incorporation of exogenous technologies, and profit generation makes a virtuous cycle of continuous technological innovation. Furthermore, we found that the range of technology spillovers is not only expanding along with the development of information communication technology but also superposing itself intricately between organizational (industry– firm–business unit) layers.
Assessing the Probability of Failure by Using Altman’s Model and Exploring its Relationship with Company Size: An Evidence from Indian
Authors:   University School of Applied Management,Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, Singla Ravi , Singh Gurmeet ,   University School of Applied Management,Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab
Published: February 2020

Corporate failure is the situation when a firm becomes unable to pay debts when they come due and the market value of assets becomes lower than its total liabilities. The purpose of the paper is to explore the relationship between firm size and probability of failure for Indian steel sector companies by employing regression model. Altman’s Z-score model has been used to derive the firm’s probability of failure, whereas total assets and total sales are utilized as indicators for firm’s size. The results indicate that size is inversely related to the probability of failure. With an increase in the size of the firm; probability of failure decreases and vice-versa.
Transformation of the Forest-based Bioeconomy by Embracing Digital Solutions
Authors:   Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland., Watanabe Chihiro ,   International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, Naveed Nasir ,   Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Naveed Kashif ,   Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Neittaanmäki Pekka ,   Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Published: February 2020

This paper attempts to explore a new insight to both industrialized and growing economies by demonstrating a digital-driven creative disruption in the forest-based bioeconomy which is beginning to replace its conventional and narrow concept of a forest-blinded economy. Notwithstanding the potential broad cross-sectoral benefits to both industrialized and growing economies, natural environments and locality constraints and the incessant challenge of distance have impeded balanced development of this economy. However, driven by digital solutions the economy has taken big steps forward in recent years. Digitalization has enabled real-time end-to-end supply chain visibility, improved delivery accuracy, stock level optimization and alignment with demand planning. These have led to digital ecosystem collaboration and a transparency crossover industrialized and growing economies worldwide. Thus, creative disruptive platform has emerged by embracing digital solutions. By means of an empirical analysis focusing on the noteworthy business activities at the forefront of both upstream and downstream of the chain, this paper demonstrates a transforming stream observed in the forefront of a forest-based bioeconomy chain. This research thus explores a new insight common to both industrialized and growing economies in constructing a creative disruption platform by embracing digital solutions.
An Empirical Research on Impact of HRD Climate on Infosys Pune
Authors:   Sushila Devi Bansal College of Engineering, Indore (MP), Bhambhani Geetanjali , Sainy Monica ,   Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (MP), Gupta Rajiv ,   Institute of Management Studies, Indore (MP)
Published: February 2020

In current scenario of ever changing surroundings IT sector is an emergent and mounting solitary. IT sector being a part Service industry is extreme lyreliant on the proficiencies and enthusiasm of recruits. Thus it’s momentous to investigate Human Resource Development which is comprised of two elements i.e., climate and culture of such organizations. The current research is an attempt to identify the HRD-climate practices in Infosys Pune. The investigator has used standardized planned opinion-aire together information from the 50 employees of Infosys opinionaire.The information collected was analyzed by applying Factor analysis, Friedmen-test, one-way anova, Correlations and mean score. The main aim of present research was to ex-amine the temperament of HRD-climate in Infosys and identify the factors conducive towards HRD-climate. Here researcher makes an effort to pull out notable HRD-Cli-mate components derived from the inter-relationship of variables of HRD-Climate. Based on belief of Infosys employee’s influence of HRD components is measured. The result of the study involves 50 respondents from Infosys. The correlation analysis it has been observed that all three components HRD Mechanisms, General climate and OCTAPACE Culture are highly correlated to each other the value of r is lies 0.687 to 0.834, which highlights that deviation in single component will have strong influence on other two components. HRD-mechanisms is the top influencing element with mean score of 2.14. On account of overall result research determines that employees are motivated in their organisation, there is high level of team spirit and employees are encouraged to bring creative ideas and are supported by top management of organisation.
Drivers and Barriers to Adoption of Multivendor ATM Technology in India: Synthesis of Three Empirical Studies
Authors:   KIIT School of Management, Bhuvaneswar (Odisha), Hota Jyotiranjan , Nasim Saboohi ,   Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (UP), Mishra Sasmita ,   KIIT School of Management, Bhuvaneswar (Odisha)
Published: February 2020

As an incremental change to single vendor ATM Technology, multivendor (MVS) ATM technology has already penetrated into Indian Market. However, its growth in Indian market may depend on several factors. Understanding the drivers and barriers from the point of view of all the stakeholders of this technology can provide a preliminary understanding about its growth in India. This paper attempts to compile the empirical findings from three studies on three stakeholders and provides a synthesized finding on the possible drivers and barriers of this technology implementation in India.