000021   Saranya K;Santhi P (Commerce Dep, Rathinam College of Arts and Science, Eachanari, Coimbatore-641 021, Email: Thomassaran1@gmail.com) : Enhancing customer delight in LED televisions by using the KANO model. Indian J Market 2016, 46(1), 49-69.

Customer requirement management has become one of the principal factors for product development to succeed in the market place. Product is the most important element in the marketing mix. It provides the functional requirements sought by customers. The television market in India is graduating from the cathode ray (CRT) television to LED (light emitting diode) television. The technology applied television creates new needs even as they serve others. The Kano model is a better tool for determination of customer requirements for new product development and innovation. The Kano model has been applied for multiple new product design and innovation for compliance with customer needs with respect to customer satisfaction. The objective of the present study was to measure product requirements from customers' perspectives for product development and thereby to achieve a competitive advantage in the LED television market. The study was based on primary data collected from 150 sample respondents (drawn by using the random sampling method) who were the users of LED television, irrespective of the brand of television. The positive customer satisfaction coefficient on the feature: clear motion rate brought more than proportional satisfaction. The quality improvement index brought out the key product features that could be incorporated in designing LED television to gain a competitive advantage in the LED television market.

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000020   Ramzan M B;Kang C W (Industrial and Management Engineering Dep, Hanyang Univ, Republic of Korea, Email: cwkang57@hanyang.ac.kr) : Minimization of inspection cost by determining the optimal number of quality inspectors in the garment industry. Indian J Fibre Text Res 2016, 41(3), 346-50.

This study has been aimed at developing a model to reduce inspection cost by determining the optimum number of quality inspectors with respect to their skill levels using goal programming. A mathematical model is proposed to find out the optimal combination of decision variables. It is concluded that inspection cost may be reduced by optimising the skill level of the quality inspectors.

3 tables, 13 ref

000019   Rajeswari S;Srinivasulu Y;Thiyagarajan S (International Business Dep, Pondicherry Univ, Puducherry, Email: raj9karthik@gmail.com) : Service quality in the telecommunication industry : analysis with special reference to DSL services. Indian J Market 2016, 46(2), 7-21.

The research study was conducted to analyze the service quality in the telecommunication sector because in the present intensive broadband market, the survival of wire line telecommunication sector depends on the service quality offered to the end user that serves as a key tool for competition and survival. Though there exist various constructs to measure service quality, the study used performance items of service quality, and survey method was used to collect data from the sample. Based on the analysis, the tiered classification of service quality was represented, which gave a clear scheme for the telecom service providers to identify the service quality attributes that leads to enhancement in their performance in a highly competitive market.

2 illus, 47 ref

000018   Palouzian K;Hosseini M H (Facult teaching member MBA, Marketing Payamenoor Univ, Iran, Email: Palouzian@gmail.com) : Review the effect of internal branding on brand performance in shopping centers in Tehran. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2016, 13(1), 299-306.

Recently branding through various communicative activities, as a means to an organization's success in providing promises of the brand, to respond to expectations set of customers, have been proposed. In an organization, strengthen the brand in the eyes of foreign customers need to strengthen brand position within the organization and among employees. In this study, to evaluate the effect of internal branding in shopping centers in Tehran on employee performance a model with a review of studies that have done in this area were evaluated. Statistical population included employees of shopping centers in Tehran have direct contact with the customer, the number of 323 cases from the statistical population in randomly and clusters method selected and a questionnaire with the whole five-item Likert was distributed. Results showed that all research hypotheses at 5% error level is significant, and internal branding on employee engagement, a sense of belonging and loyalty of employees to brand has a positive effect.

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000017   Joshi D;Achuthan S (Somlalit Institute of Business Administration, SLIMS Campus, Opp. Xaviers'College, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380 009, Email: deepal2277@gmail.com) : Study of trends in B2C online buying in India. Indian J Market 2016, 46(2), 22-35.

The e-commerce market in India is set to grow the fastest within the Asia-Pacific region between 2012 and 2016. Venture capitalists are pumping finance in the Indian e-commerce sector, corporate giants are entering this market, and 100% FD1 is likely in this sector. Also, Internet penetration is increasing in India, coupled with the increasing base of social networking sites and sale of advanced smartphones and tablets. Apart from metros and large cities, even tier II and III cities and towns are registering considerable sales of products and services using the online channel. On the consumer side, several factors lead to staggering sales using online channels in India. Convenience, product variety, shopping comfort, enjoyment, ease of delivery, huge discounts, cash payment options, and increasing penetration of debit and credit cards are a few to name. However, using the Internet only as a medium to review and check products instead of buying, poor status of cyber laws in India, and challenge of reaching break-even point and making profits from that point continue to be the issues in this sector. In this light, in this study, we tried to identify trends in B2C online buying in the Indian context. This work would be of immense interest for academicians, researchers, and online retailers in India.

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000016   Jayaraman K;Ng C H;Stocker K;Kiumarsi S (Graduate School of Business (GSB), University Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia, Email: cheehin.ng@gmail.com) : Environmental concerns motivate intention to utilize free bus services : an empirical study in Malaysia. Indian J Market 2016, 46(1), 8-23.

The free bus concept is one of the strategies used in many countries to reduce the traffic congestion problems. In Australia, free buses have been introduced in selected places to protect the nature of the city, but not for office commuters. Malaysia is unique in the sense that the free bus service is funded by the government as an alternative for commuting to ease the traffic woes. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing the utilization of the free bus service since the free bus service is underutilized by 55% even after 2 years of its implementation in Malaysia. This study examined the relationship between five independent variables (predictors) namely, perceived ease of use (PE), perceived usefulness (PU), moral obligations (MO), subjective norm (SN), and financial incentives (FIN) on the intention to utilize the free bus service. From the current empirical study of 142 respondents, 60.6% were utilizing the free bus service, and 39.4% were non-users. The results showed that PE, PU, MO, and SN significantly influenced the intention to use the free bus service. It is worthwhile to mention that FIN did not statistically influence the intention to use the free bus service. It clearly indicates that people will not take it for granted anything that is given free of cost. The findings strengthen the application of the decomposed theory of planned behavior (DTPB) in predicting Malaysian commuters' behavior. The research findings also indicate that people have started taking note of the environmental problems and the ultimate benefits of using public transport for primary travel to resolve traffic congestion issues.

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000015   Gana Shruthy M K;Parmon Kumar;Yadav J P (Agriculture Dep and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Nagarabhavi, Bangalore-560 072, Email: ganashruthy@gmail.com) : Sustainable coffee marketing : challenges and the way forward. Indian J Market 2016, 46(1), 35-47.

This paper analyzed markets for sustainable coffee by taking into account five individual sustainable coffee initiatives, that is, 4C (Common Codes for Coffee Community), Utz, Rainforest Alliance (RFA), Fair-trade Labeling Organization (FLO), and Organic coffee. The sustainable coffee production experienced a phenomenal growth over the past decade. However, the volumes of sales represent only a minor portion of production. Less than 25% of sustainable coffee produced was 'actually sold' as sustainable, while the remaining was just sold as 'ordinary' conventional coffee, without receiving any extra market benefits. Among the individual coffee certification initiatives, 4C (Common Codes for Coffee Community) signaled a more serious over-supply in the global market, wherein only 6% of its overall sustainable production was actually sold as sustainable over 2008-12. During the same period, Utz coffee certification could sell 25%, Rainforest Alliance (RFA) could trade 50%, and organic certified coffee could sell 55% of its standard-compliant production as sustainable. The study revealed that global sustainable coffee market is characterized by massive 'over-supply'; demand being a major constraint. Underpinning this issue is the need for sustainable coffee market. The current market challenge is to stabilize mismatch between demand and supply for sustainable coffee. From a sustainable development perspective, this remains a serious matter of concern for policy makers, public institutions, and multi-stakeholders to engage in market-based control mechanism in constructing effective 'supply- management base' as a strategy for price-stabilization and to enhance further sustainable growth. At a micro level in India, coffee certification is still at an infancy stage, contributing to just 2% of total global sustainable production. The Indian Coffee Board and apex coffee organizations need to work in this direction to encourage both sustainable production and marketing, so as to assist growers in assessing preferential market benefits, besides supporting high quality 'Indian coffee' being traded at both the global and domestic levels.

9 illus, 4 tables, 20 ref

000014   Ahmady S;Tatari F;Yazdani S;Hosseini S A (Medical Education Dep, School of Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Email: farintatari@yahoo.com ) : Human resuorces management models for recruitment of faculty members: a critical revie. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2016, 13(1), 417-28.

Nowadays, the growth and development of organizations depend on real utilization of human resources, human resources is considered the organization's most important asset and their effective management is the key to the success of the organization. In higher educational system, faculty members are one of the main assets and the success of organizations is due to the desired efficiency of them. Effective search, and recruitment of faculty members are a critical matter for the university and should be managed in such a way that the right people are tenured as faculty members. In this study a critical review is used as an effective methodology for conceptual originality. Related words were selected and extensive and structured search of texts has been done. 250 articles and text were retrieved. Then purposive sampling was conducted in order to screen the texts and articles follow by three phases: (A) the preliminary phase or title screening base on that the title of texts should be related to the faculty members'recruit management. (B) The secondary phase was performed according to a summary and introduction of text study. (C) and in the tertiary screening phase: articles and texts were studied briefly and related articles were prioritized based on conceptual and textual richness,according to the research subject, and irrelevant articles were excluded from the study. Full and in-depth study of the most richness papers was begun. 50 articles were analyzed and synthesized and finally the study product was presented in the form of a model. The research findings showed that by using a13-step systematic process of selection and recruitment, having a proactive, capable and versatile recruitment committee, setting a description of the position based on merit and competency, using new and diverse applicant tracking methods, advertising based on competency, evaluating applicants with new Competency-based and value-based interviews methods and adopting competency-based recruitment model, can make the achievement and recruit of worthy and capable forces in the university possible.

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023257   Suri R;Sharma H L;Sharma D (Business Administration Dep, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana) : Theatre test of political advertising to check its impact on students. Abhigyan 2016, 33(4), 66-77.

Over a billion dollar has been spent in order to gain that 30 second sweet spot during a prime time on every channel by our politicians. One might presume if they have spent this much huge amount, then ads must be affecting viewers' vote choice. Somewhat to a surprise, most of the scholars are yet to confirm this claim. The study is another effort being made in the similar direction. In this study we have tried to liberate the other factors and focused only on the broadcast advertising effectiveness on the young educated youth of our nation. In a carefully controlled environment the theatre test was conducted and a considerable amount of evidence was collected that proves otherwise. The considerable part of amount spent is on broadcast advertising for the youth of our nation and they seems to be unaffected.

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023256   Singh S;Singh A;Tomar S P (NO, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Katia, Sitapur-II, 261 145) : SHG bank linkage programme as a vaccine for women empowerment in India. J nat Resour Dev 2015, 10(2), 23-33.

In the changed context of rural development, there is more emphasis on sustainable development and empowerment of women in India which demand micro credit. Empower the women in social, political, economical and legal aspects became necessary to convert the idle society into self-sustainable society. Women empowerment can be achieved through political power, education, employment and SHG. Among these, SHG dominate and fruitful success of the women empowerment. SHG mainly concerned with the enlistment of the women in the society through, social, economical aspects. SHG not only mobilize micro finance and provide micro credit to the needed members but also it provides self employment training, awareness programme, promote the leadership qualities and confidential life to its members. This paper is concerned with empowerment of women and delineates the status of women, and the impact of SHG bank linkage programme on women empowerment.

10 ref

023255   Shougule S N;Gavit H B;Kurchania A K (NO, Lokmangal College of Agriculture, Wadala (MPKV), Rahuri, Maharashtra) : Study of electrical energy aduit for energy consumption. Int J Trop Agric 2015, 33(4), 2455-8.

Energy is very much important input in all sectors of any country's economy. The standard of living of any country can be directly related to per capita energy consumption. The ever increasing population on the world and increased standard of living of human being has no doubt put a tremendous pressure on Earth's Resources. In this research paper, Study of Energy Conservation and Energy Audit in collage hostel and biotechnology lab. It is carried out and very effectively tried to make systematic approach for the same. It is studied that results of energy conservation and energy audit point out possibilities of energy saving, by simple housekeeping measures as well as improved techniques, better instrumentation and more efficient machinery. A careful day to day monitoring of specific energy consumption can help in saving wastage of energy and raw materials.

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023254   Sharma R D;Abrol S (NO, Univ of Jammu, Jammu) : Status of online banking- An empirical evidence of state bank of India. Abhigyan 2016, 33(4), 39-52.

The development in information technology occasioned by the introduction of telecommunication network and the computer system has introduced major changes in the worldwide economic and business atmosphere in general and in consumer banking in particular. Online banking, also known as e-banking has become the order of the day, resulting in elimination of physical and geographical boundaries and emergence of various automated devices enabling the banking industry to improve the speed, effectiveness, efficiency and quality of service delivery worldwide. It is in this context that the paper analyses and assesses the status of online consumer booking services in State Bank of India (SBI). It is the largest nationalised bank in India adopting 'IT Strategy' as the 'Business Strategy' to provide better customer services in consumer banking. The data for the study was collected from 30 bank managers and 95 online bank customers from jammu city and analysed by applying various statistical tools such as exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and SEM. The findings of the study reveal that the customers of SBI ore satisfied with security and privacy of online transactions as well as with online payment system that enables them to transfer funds and pay bills of different utilities. Managers of SBI find both deposits as well as profits increasing significantly in online banking services. In addition to this, the effectiveness of managers also increased in online operations and they feel very easy and comfortable in doing their banking jobs.

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023253   Satinder Kumar;Sharma R R (School of Management Studies, Punjabi Univ, Patiala) : Empirical analysis of unethical practice of cookies in E-Marketing. Abhigyan 2015, 33(3), 42-56.

As we have entered the twenty first century, the Internet has become the hottest marketing medium. In the Internet environment distinct electronic marketplaces have risen. Companies are now misusing cookies as an information collection tool. Companies are now able to target users and segment them on the basis of their browsing habits. In today's universe, if Marketers are interested to promote Electronic marketing they need to convince Internet visitors that cookies can be believed. This paper found that Consumer Awareness, Unethical Practice and E-Marketing Barrier are the three dominant factors which influence consumer perceptions towards ethical issue of cookies in E-marketing. In the present study SEM has been used to confirm the factors analysis results. Two factors "Collecting personal information" and "cookies negatively impact the E-marketing" play a more dominating role for the ethical issue of cookies.

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023252   Rathore M K;Sangwan S (P.G. Dep of Human Development, S.N.D.T. Women's Univ, Mumbai, Email: manjurathore23@gmail.com) : Parental encouragement as an indicator of self-concept of adolescents and its implication in higher education. Asian J Home Sci 2015, 10(2), 381-5.

Through adolescence years, individual forge a personal identity, a self-concept, and an orientation toward achievement and a strong bonding with parents that will play a significant role in shaping their success in school, work, and life. Present study was undertaken to assess the predictors of self-concept and academic achievement of 13-15 year old adolescents and implication of that in higher education. The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. From each of the four selected schools of rural and urban area of Hisar, all boys and girls of 13-15 year were included in final sample. The results revealed that parental encouragement, residential area, and family relationship with neighbours, age, maternal occupation and adolescents spending time with grandparents as the significant predictors for self-concept of adolescents. Likewise academic class, self-concept, paternal occupation, number of siblings as the significant predictors for academic achievement of adolescents i.e. adolescents who were under parental support and supervision, had comparatively better self worth which ultimately leads a successful academic orientation. Adolescents having good parental support and higher level of self-concept will pursue higher education with great urge.

2 tables, 15 ref

023251   Raman P (Faculty of Management Studies, Wisdom, Banasthali Univ, Rajasthan) : Green supply chain management: Case studies on Indian companies. Abhigyan 2016, 33(4), 23-38.

Dealing with global resource exhaustion and increasing environmental deterioration, organisations have to stand up and take notice of environmental issues in today's business. With the new Companies Bill making emphasis towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and pressure from the public, laws, and environmental agencies, organisations have been pushed to improve their environmental performance. The answer to these challenges is to address them proactively through sustainable SCM & Logistics practices. Thus in recent times, Green Supply Chain Management (Green SCM) has gained a lot of significance among the organisations. Green SCM amalgamates ecological Management and Supply Chain Management. This paper is an effort to give an insight on the green SCM concept, its need and importance, the challenges and opportunities involved and recommending crucial factors for implementing and sustaining GSCM with a focus on the Indian market.

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023250   Parneet Kaur;Kiranjot Kaur (School of Management Studies, Punjabi Univ, Patiala) : New allies for brics- Egypt or Indonesia. Abhigyan 2015, 33(3), 16-27.

The structure of global economy changed after World War-II with the formation of regional trade blocs. This leads to reduction of barriers to trade, opening up of the economies and increase in global competition. A large number of regional, bilateral and economic integrations came into existence. BR1CS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is one of the economic integration whose all member nations are the fastest growing and newly industrialised economies. BRICS has become talk of the town now as these countries have significant influence on regional and global affairs. This group is expected to extend further and many emerging countries aspire to be its part. This paper deals with the question: Which country should be the next member nation of BRICS - Egypt or Indonesia? The economies of both the countries are well analyzed considering their macroeconomic variables. Analysis of various parameters and a study of the mutual gains from trade to BRICS suggest that inclusion of Indonesia into group, at present, looks more viable. As the strongest member of the bloc i.e. China, at present, is facing an economic downturn. If at this time an inclusion happens, then Indonesia will certainly provide strength to the bloc. But at the end, it is BRICS bloc only which will take decision regarding the inclusion of next member nation because any new inclusion will play a role in either increasing or decreasing the strategic importance of BRICS at global level.

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023249   Kang L S;Payal (Commerce Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar) : Manaerial remuneration: An enquiry about mandatory disclosure practices in India. Abhigyan 2016, 33(4), 53-65.

This study assesses compliance with mandatory disclosure requirements about managerial remuneration mentioned in the clause 49 of the listing agreement for a period of 10 years from 2003 to 2012 by the listed companies in India. Percentages, Cochran's q test, repeated measures ANOVA and Welch ANOVA ore used to analyse the data. It has been found that although as a formality a large number of companies disclose the aggregate remuneration paid to their executive and non-executive directors, but detailed disclosure about the components of the managerial remuneration is missing. The findings of the present study can be used as inputs for promoting better compliance and comprehensive executive remuneration disclosure.

4 tables, 19 ref

023248   Joshi H (a, For School of Management, New Delhi) : FX equity exposure and foreign exchange rate sensitivity of stock prices: A study of exporting and importing firms in India. Abhigyan 2016, 33(4), 1-11.

Volatile foreign exchange rotes may adversely affect a firm's revenues streams, cost structure, operating cash flows, net cash flows and even its equity prices. Present paper is an attempt to measure various foreign exchange exposures like FX Operating Exposure, FX Net Cash Flow Exposure, and FX Equity Exposure for Indian exporting and importing firms. Exporting firms includes firms from three industries namely, Information Technology, Automobile, and Textile, while importing firms include Oil & Gas sector firms. FX Equity Exposures are calculated by considering the respective firm's FX Operating Exposures, financial leverage, and use of foreign currency/home currency debt. A listed firm can also estimate its FX equity exposure using regression between actual stock returns and percentage changes in FX value of foreign currency. Regression based estimation presents the post hedging position of FX equity exposures, while calculated FX equity exposures are based on raw data, without considering the off-balance sheet hedging instruments like forwards, futures, options and currency swaps. Results shows that regression based method yields significantly lower value of FX equity exposure in comparison to the operating exposure based method.

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023247   Hardarshan Kaur;Dhaliwal N K (Commerce Dep, Punjabi Univ, Patiala) : Operational performance of factoring companies in India: A study of SBI global factors and canbank factors. Abhigyan 2016, 33(4), 12-22.

The factoring is a financial service provided by the factoring institutions for financing the account receivables of a firm where business sells its invoices or account receivables to a third party called factor at a certain discount. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the operational performance of Indian Factoring Companies with special reference to SBI Global Factors and Canbank Factors. The operational performance of the Canbank Factors and SBIGFL has been analyzed on the basis of various indicators like branch expansion, number of employees, turnover, total income, total expenditure, debt purchase outstanding, advance outstanding, collection, non-performing assets and profit after tax. To calculate the performance of factoring companies Mean, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Annual Growth Rate and Coefficient of Variation has been used. The analysis of operational performance revealed that SBI Global Factors is better in turnover, total income, debt purchase outstanding, advance outstanding and collection than that of Canbank factors. SBI Global factors showed negative performance in net profit, expenditure and non-performing assets management.

4 tables, 18 ref

023246   Gupta A (NO, Fore School of Management, New Delhi) : Mandatory corporate social responsibility obligation in India: Issues, challenges and opportunities. Abhigyan 2015, 33(3), 1-15.

For the first time in the world, a state, India, has introduced a mandatory obligation on the corporate sector to discharge social responsibility through the Companies Act, 2013. The mandate has become effective on April I, 2014. Thus the financial year 2014-15 was the first year of operation of mandatory CSR norms. This paper attempts to I) disseminate the provisions of the Indian regulatory CSR norms in a simpler, devoid of legal jargon, and clarificatory manner with suitable examples, 2) carry out a critique on the implications of the regulatory norms and to raise the concerns posed by them and discuss and analyse the challenges and opportunities thrown by these norms in the sphere of corporate social responsibility. It is hoped that the researchers, not having a legal background in particular and others in general, wishing to pursue research in this area of contemporary significance will benefit from this paper.

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023245   Chalotra V (Commerce Dep, Univ of Jammu, Udhampur Campus) : Augmenting supply chain linkage with the ABET of cooperation. Abhigyan 2015, 33(3), 68-81.

The fanatical curiosity of every business in contemporary world is to enhance and upgrade the business relationships in order to enjoy copious recompense. Cooperation is seen as vital substance for prop up of inter-firm and stout supply chain relationships. The paper divulges the significance of cooperation that augments supply chain linkages. The research platform was drawn from 44 small scale industries operating in district Udhampur, j&K State. These small firms were alienated into ten lines of operations. Primary data for the study were collected with the help of questionnaire consisting questions regarding cooperation. Cronbach-alpha, KMO value and BTS test were used to verify the validity and reliability of the scales in the construct. The results of regression model, correlation and ANOVA disclosed that cooperation among supply chain members' results in enhancing sales and profitability, paves way for promoting supply chain relationships, acts as basis for enhancing business competency, ensures both upstream and downstream benefits. Further results from correlation matrix enticed that cooperation positively augments supply chain linkages. Results of One Way ANOVA exposed that managers with different age doesn't significantly differ with regard to formulation of cooperative business relations. In order to promote cooperation, internal cooperation is required which paves way for external cooperation i.e. between supply chain intermediaries.

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023244   Bariya M K;Vyas J (NO, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pipalia, Gujarat, Email: minaxibariya@gmail.com) : Study on managerial role of women entrepreneur. Asian J Home Sci 2015, 10(2), 400-6.

Entrepreneurship has become a defining business trend in many countries throughout the world. Though in the recent years the number of women owned firms with employees has increased considerably, the visibility of the women entrepreneurs in the business arena is still underrepresented. Managerial skill provides an opportunity for self expression and the realization of one's passion for doing something new and different. This paper examines the managerial role of women entrepreneur in Mehsana district of Gujarat State. Drawing from both data collected by author and existing literature on the subject. Samples of 60 respondents were selected for a survey. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the primary data and using survey method. The data analytic tools include frequency, mean, S.D. and t-test. The finding of the study shows that there is a significant relationship between age, education qualification and the length of business. The education and experience also plays a key role for the women to adopt managerial abilities.

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023243   Anitha J;Natarajan N (a, GRG School of Management Studies, Coimbatore) : Public awarness and reforms expected about various scams in India that nurtures business environment. Abhigyan 2015, 33(3), 57-67.

India has been amongst the fastest growing economies in the world in the last decade. It has remained relatively unaffected by the global economic crisis, due to strong fundamentals of the economic policy. However, despite this situation the confidence of international investors and domestic entrepreneurs has been low in the last two years, due to the various scams that have come to light during this period. Corruption in India has taken a high toll in the last few years. News Channels and paper media are both flushed with various scams. India needs to deal with the malice of corruption and improve governance. This paper discusses the key media that people use to know about scams, impact of media in revealing scams and in knowing the overall opinion of scams in India.The paper also attempts to identify the major variables that play significant roles in public awareness of scams. Transformation in terms of economic reforms, judicial reforms, health reforms and agricultural reforms is also discussed with reference to what people look forward to. The study gives major leads to key issues and solutions that need to be addressed to present a healthy business environment in the country.

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022195   Sekar K;Murugan K;Pandikumar P;AlSohaibani S;Ignacimuthu S (Research and Development Center, Bharathiar Univ, Coimbatore-641 046) : Anticaries potential of ethnomedicinal plants used by malayali tribals from kolli hills, India. Indian J Tradl Knowledge 2016, 15(1), 109-15.

Malayali tribals of Kolli hills, Tamil Nadu, India use many plants for oral healthcare. The present study documents the dental caries preventing medicinal plants used by them and attempts to validate their claim. An ethnomedicinal survey comprising field visits, collection of information using specific questionnaire was done to collect the medicinal plants used by them. The plants cited by the informants were collected and successively extracted with hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol and evaluated for their antimicrobial efficacy against four cariogenic clinical isolates. The MIC, anti-biofilm efficacy and GC-MS phytoconstituent identification were also done. This study identified 15 species that were commonly used by the Malayali tribals to maintain oral health and hygiene. Among the tested extracts, the methanol extract of Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Fabaceae showed highest inhibitory activity against the cariogenic isolates. At 1 mg/ml concentration, it inhibited the biofilm formation by 92.0%, 77.6%, 74.1% and 94.9% against L. casei, S. mutans, S. aureus and K. pneumoniae, respectively. The active methanol extract's GC-MS analysis resulted in the identification of eleven major compounds. The rich traditional knowledge of tribal people has immense potential for caries and other oral health management along with pharmacological lead compound studies.

5 illus, 2 tables, 17 ref

020188   Zameer Q A (NO, FORE School of Management, New Delhi) : Italian luxury brands in India: Opportunities and challenges. Abhigyan 2015, 33(1), 1-11.

This paper attempts to understand the opportunities and challenges faced by Italian luxury brands in India. A.T.Kearney, the global consultants, ranked India as the fifth most attractive retail market as per Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) for 2012. Six percent of the households in India belong to the affluent class with annual household income above USD 18,500. Such families spend only about 20 percent of their household budget on food and have a large amount of discretionary income. India has most millionaires after U.S. and China. Italy, as a nation, is widely recognized as the world leader in luxury brands. With the developed markets being hit by the recession, many Italian luxury brands have taken the plunge into Emerging Markets. Their performance in Indian market has been a mixed bag. With the kind of opportunity India presents, it makes perfect business sense for Italian luxury brands to enter Indian market. However there are major challenges in India, which make it the most unique and quite a difficult market to understand. Some of the challenges identified in this study include difficult operating environment, socio-economic challenges, weak infrastructure, and lack of quality retail space for luxury brands. The Italian luxury brands need to give special focus on India, be ready to tweak their business models which are successful elsewhere, look at long-term results from India and utilize the Indian advantage beyond the mere product/market opportunity.

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020187   Singh M K;Narayan S (Horticulture Dep, K.A.P.G. College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) : Personal profile and adoption level of DASP trainees in relation to biodynamic practices in chilli crop in Allahabad district.. J nat Resour Dev 2015, 10(1), 36-40.

The survey was conducted in Allahabad (U.P.) covering six blocks, six villages and sixty respondents with a view to ascertain the personal profile of respondents and adoption level of Biodynamic Package of Practices (B.P.P.) by trainees under DASP programme implemented in the Department of Horticulture at K.A.P.G. College, Allahabad during 20010-11. The Study inferred that majority of the respondents were of middle age group, School level educated, Middle income group with High mass media exposure. The component of B.P.P. technology such as harvesting, seed sowing, land preparation and seed treatment were found to be adopted by the majority of the respondents. However, the components such as irrigation, fertilization and crop protection were poorly adopted by them which need intensive training in ordered to develop the skill among the participants.

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020186   Singh A K;Singh S P;Singh H P (Agril. Economics and Mgmt Dep., S.V.B.P. Univ of Ag. and Tech., Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, Email: drsinghak_eco@rediffmail.com) : Measurement of employment, unemployment and underemployment of agricultural labour in tarai regions of Uttarachal state and Uttar Pradesh. Int J Agric Envir Biotechnol 2015, 8(1), 219-25.

In rural areas, both unemployment and underemployment exist side by side, the distinction between them is by no means sharp. The various sophistications and refinements brought about in the concepts and measurement of employment and unemployment, have not fully succeeded even in properly quantifying the above problems. Therefore, in the present study, an attempt has been made to measures the unemployment and under employment of agricultural labour in Tarai regions of uttaranchal state and Uttar Pradesh according to time and income criterion. In each state one district was selected randomly viz. Sidharth Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and U.S. Nagar in Uttaranchal state. From each of these two selected district, the Birdpur block in Sidharth Nagar district and Rudrapur block in U.S. Nagar district was selected randomly. The study is based on the 55 households in Birdpur block and 66 households in Rudrapur block. Thus, total sample consists of 121 agricultural labour households. The study pertained to the year 1999-2000. In order to achieve the objective simple averages and percentages were used. The findings of the study reveals that the unemployment and under employment measured by time and income criteria for agricultural labour household as well as agricultural labour was higher in Uttar Pradesh as compared to Uttaranchal state. It is, therefore, suggested that more avenues of employment must be provided at the village level, including provision of loans for the purchase of inputs, cross bred cattle, and land distribution among agricultural labourers.

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020185   Siddiqi N;Kharshiling K D (Psychology Dep, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) : Influence of organizational trust on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Abhigyan 2015, 33(2), 53-64.

The significance of banking sector in a nation's economy has led researchers to focus on the role of bank employees who contribute to national development. The schism between public and private sector banks in terms of their structure and functioning among other things, has led the present study to examine the influence of organizational trust on job satisfaction and organizational commitment among middle-level executives in these two banking sectors. Data was collected from middle-level executives (N=100) from private (n=50) and public (n=50) sector banks in Delhi and N. C. R., using purposive sampling. The measures of The Organizational Trust Index, Organizational Job Satisfaction Questionnaire and Organizational Commitment Scale were employed in the present research. Findings suggest that the two groups differ significantly in terms of organizational trust and job satisfaction. On affective and normative commitment, the executives of the two banking sectors differed significantly, though not so on continuous commitment. Further, regression analysis showed that organizational trust has a significant influence on job satisfaction and organizational commitment among middle-level executives of public and private sector banks. Results were analyzed and interpreted in light of existing theoretical framework and Indian socio-cultural context.

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020184   Rao V N (P.G. Business Administration Dep, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Rao College, Gudiwada, Andhra Pradesh) : Financial management practices for empowerment of women's self help groups in micro finance- A study. Abhigyan 2015, 33(1), 12-22.

India occupies a significant place and a niche in global microfinance through promotion of the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and the home grown SHG - Bank Linkage Model. Financial inclusion is the call of the day for economic inclusion to uplift the rural poor. Women Self Help Groups are playing an important role in optimization of natural and human resources as nearly 50 per cent of the working women in rural areas are engaged in agriculture and allied activities. Over a period of time it has been a point of concern that WSHGs require a large amount of pre and post lending monitoring and the success lies in the regularity in the flow of finance. Keeping in view the importance of financial management in micro finance in the empowerment of rural women in India an attempt is made in this research paper to examine the financial management practices of Women's Self Help Groups.

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020183   Rajaram K (NO, , ) : Human resource development in LIS. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(2), 21-5.

An essential aspect of library administration is personnel management. An older term sometimes used for this activity is "staffing," but personal management" better reflects the many components of this function. Personnel management typically encompasses, at the very least, recruitment and classification of employees; salary administration; training and staff development; performance evaluation; personnel policies, including grievance procedures; and possibly unionization.

020182   Purohit H;Satija V D;Saxena S (WISDOM, School of Management Studies, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan) : Analysing existence of herding behaviour in various stock markets-A theoretical framework. Abhigyan 2015, 33(1), 49-58.

Volatility in financial markets across world is always a major cause of concern for participants in markets; be it entrepreneurs, investment managers, brokers, and individual investors. History reveals that irrationalities in investment behaviouris the major contributor to the booms and busts in the market. Ludicrousness exists in financial markets due to biased human behaviour. Herding is one such behavioural anomaly which defies Efficient Market Hypothesis. The present study focuses upon review of existing literature about herding behaviour in stock markets and attempts to investigate the existence of herding behaviour in India by employing CSAD methodology. Various studies done on herding behaviour has been considered to find out whether stock market supports herding behaviour or not.

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020181   Pathak D (NO, Lal Bahadur Shashtri Institute of Management, New Delhi) : Big-five and personal effectiveness: An empirical study on B-school students. Abhigyan 2015, 33(2), 40-52.

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between Big Five Model of Personality and Personal Effectiveness. The present study was done on a sample of 150 management students belonging to different management Institutes. Variables in the study were assessed using two validated instruments. Descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation and Linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data. It was found that the Openness to experience. Conscientiousness, Extraversion and Agreeableness were positively related to Personal Effectiveness whereas the fifth dimension i.e. Neuroticism was found to be negatively related to the Personal Effectiveness. The findings of the research would help the faculty of B-schools in identifying the dominant personality traits among their students which would further assist them to use right leadership style and help students with guidance and coaching, helping them improve in areas needed and making them placement worthy.

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020180   Panigrahy S R;Mishra S;Vahoniya D;Sanjiv Kumar (International Agribusiness Management Institute, AAU, Gujarat) : Marketing of inland fish in Anand, Gujarat. J Inld Fish Soc India 2016, 48(1), 26-31.

Anand is number one district of Gujrat in inland fishery production through ponds and tanks. In the particular district, rohu, catla, nagri, surimai and bighead are abundantly found and large number of middlemen come between producer and consumer that increases marketing cost and margin. In this juncture, marketing efficiency, price spread and farmers' share in consumer rupee were decided for study purpose. This study was undertaken in the month of April-May, 2015 in eight taluka of Anand district purposively through a pre structured schedule. Rohu was observed as efficiently marketed than other categories of fish. It also generated larger share in consumer rupee for the producer and it was the only category of fish that was marketed in all the identified channels of the region. Marketing efficiency was better for larger fish and poor for the smaller ones. In all the channel the farmers' share in consumer rupee for bighead fish was constant but for Nagri it was very poor. Itinerant traders were earning maximum profit in marketing of Bighead fish. As the overall study area was completely unorganised, cooperatives and SHG may improve the marketing efficiency of the particular region.

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020179   Olkhovska A;Olkhovska A B (Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management Dep, National Univ of Pharmacy, Valentynivska, Kharkiv, Ukraine) : Marketing communication and digital technology innovative instruments in promoting pharmaceutical brands in Ukraine and their efficiency estimation. Pharma Innovation 2016, 5(9), 38-43.

The article systematizes the innovative instruments of marketing communications and digital technologies that are expedient for stakeholders of Ukrainian pharmaceutical market to apply in promoting medicines, pharmaceutical products and brands given the current state of informational-communicational environment in Ukraine. The place of Ukraine in the world-wide Internet environment as well as the level of informational access to the Internet of Ukrainian pharmacy and pharmaceutical enterprises have been analyzed. The main promotional instruments in social media have been determined; their practical importance for pharmaceutical market stakeholders has been substantiated. The case study of individual pharmaceutical market stakeholders has allowed analyzing their presence in social networks, estimating the popularity of the above networks with the stakeholders as well as substantiating scientific and practical application of certain marketing efficiency evaluation practices and their presence in social media.

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020178   Mike A A (Estate Management Dep, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Univ of Jos, Nigeria, Email: mike_afam@hotmail.com) : The problems/possible solutions of managing a high rise multi-tenanted office complex in Abuja metropolis- A case study of the industrial training fund (ITF) house, No 6 Adetokunbo ademola crescent, Wuse II, Abuja. Int J envir Sci 2015, 5(5), 1043-51.

The effective management of a multi tenanted high rise building structure requires an integration of several processes which do not readily come to the mind of a tenant or even the property owner. My observation and experience in the profession so far has shown that more that eighty percent (80%) of graduates of Estate Management in Nigeria never have the opportunity of managing high rise buildings during their years of professional practice. Property management involves services such as property inspection, rent collection, service charge collection, servicing and maintenance of property and facilities within, drafting agreements for tenancy, selection of worthy/capable tenants, handling of legal matters, overseeing security and maintenance of plant and machinery such as elevators, air conditioners intercom gadgets and generator. A high rise multi-tenanted building is that which is on at least five floors. Tenancy in such structures could either be residential, commercial or both residential and commercial. A multi tenanted high rise office building must be run in such a way as to meet up to business requirements. The anticipated standard of management rendered in such a building within Nigeria's capital city should be nothing short of top-notch. Management of high rise buildings in multiple occupations poses special problems. This critical analysis examines such problems and proffers solutions.

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020177   Mandeep Kaur;Sharma N (Commerce and Business Management Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar, Punjab) : Information technology applications in tourism and hospitality: Critical analysis of empirical evidences from 1999-2013. Abhigyan 2015, 33(1), 59-74.

Information is the life-blood of the travel and hospitality industry (Sheldon, 1997), Utilizing and managing suitable information technology is essential for tourism and hospitality sectors to satisfy their customers. In the present study, the diverse literature available worldwide on the adoption of information communication technology in the tourism and hospitality sector has been explored. Its main purpose is to understand the trend of various research aspects prevailing in the field of tourism and hospitality. In order to review the relevant literature, research papers have been collected from the referred journals related to information communication technology, tourism and hospitality. By using interpretative approach, the important measures like Research Methodology, Sample Size, Respondents' Profile, Model and Research Findings have been taken for further enquiry. Current paper establishes a strong conceptual framework for researchers by thoroughly analyzing the empirical studies of last 15 years i.e. from the year 1999-2013. The paper demonstrates that IT is increasingly becoming critical for the competitive operations for the tourism and hospitality organizations as well as for managing the distribution and marketing of organizations on a global scale.

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020176   Mand H S;Singh M (Commerce Dep, Punjabi Univ College, Bathinda) : Impact of working capital management and capital structure on earnings in Indian chemical sector. Abhigyan 2015, 33(2), 26-39.

This paper intends to check the impact of working capital policy and capital structure on EPS of firms in the Indian chemical sector. The current ratio was taken as representative of the result of working capital management policy and two measures of leverage as the bench mark for capital structure. Supplementary analysis was also undertaken to assess the impact of fourteen control variables on EPS. It is found from the empirical analysis that capital structure is not an important factor to affect EPS but working capital management policy affects EPS positively. Furthermore, the research results based on analysis and tests applied on the data could be used in formulating some policy recommendations on how management of profitability could be improved by chemical firms in India.

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020175   Lal A T (NO, Fore School of Management, New Delhi) : Women entrepreneurs in India -Over the years!. Abhigyan 2015, 33(2), 13-25.

A recent literature review suggests that, today the Indian women entrepreneurs increasingly are a force to be reckoned with. "According to the Women's Global Entrepreneurship study conducted in US, UK and India, commissioned by Dell (2012), it has been found that the ideal country for a woman starting a business in 2012 could well be India. So the primary objective of the research to study the significant rise of Women Entrepreneurs in India and how it has evolved since the pre-independence days (Before 1947), during the British colonial days. The study also analyses the reasons that have prompted the women entrepreneurs to unleash their entrepreneurial energies into start-ups. To meet the objectives of the study both primary and secondary data have been collected. Two different structured questionnaires have been constructed and administered to a sample of women entrepreneurs and both public as well as private support system officials. Based on both qualitative and quantitative analyses the growth of women entrepreneurship in India have been studied into four different periods- Pre- Independence Period (Before 1947), Post- Independence Period (After.1947), Post- Liberalization Period (After 1991) and Post -Global Recession period(2008 onwards). The study further strives to correlate the reasons which have prompted the women entrepreneurs to start-up during these different periods. The study finally concludes to what extent the various support systems in India can further foster a conducive ecosystem for the Women Entrepreneurs in India.

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020174   Karki C (Motilal Nehru College, Delhi Univ, New Delhi) : Responsiveness of Indian Tax structure. Abhigyan 2015, 33(2), 1-12.

The objective of this paper is to measure the responsiveness of tax structure and highlight economic and strategic implications of tax revenue collection in India with regard to India's economic growth and development. Findings include analysis of tax revenues including both direct and indirect taxes as far as measuring tax buoyancy and elasticity is concerned and possible recommendations for future so as to carve out a voluntary taxpaying culture on a large scale in India. Since there is lack of reliable data on various exemptions and/or deductions as are available under Indian tax laws, the focus is on collections at Central level only. Alt stakeholders including government, corporate sector, regulatory bodies and citizens need clarity on elasticity and buoyancy estimates of tax revenue collection in India so as to undertake immediate measures to address to worsening fiscal situation in the country. In India, there is lack of research in the area of tax revenue collection. The paper measured buoyancy and elasticity of Indian tax structure and thereafter linked it to forecast future tax revenue collections. The study revealed surprising result for indirect taxes which are reporting responsiveness of unity. The excise duty which has huge tax base i.e manufacturing activities in India reported responsiveness of 1.2. The direct taxes found to be more responsive and reported elasticity of more than unity.

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020173   Ghosh S;Dey K (NO, , Library & Information Science Dep, Calcutta Univ, Email: cughosh.soumen06@gmail.com) : Application of social media in knowledge management. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(1), 6-10.

The social networking sites are being used predominantly at the age of Information and communication technology. The sites are now regarded as one of the prime disseminator and consolidator of information. The study is directed to unveil the implications of social networking software, especially Facebook, over the knowledge management. A methodology of reviewing related literatures and a quantitative analysis of the postings under the Facebook group 'LIS Group in West Bengal' have been followed to establish the theoretical propositions on the factual ground. Finally, some conclusions are drawn on the basis of the findings. It was found that the use of the social networking sites in knowledge management is gaining popularity day by day. The job oriented information was published in most of the cases and the male group members participate more in the group communication.

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020172   Bhatt S;Bhatt A (NO, National Institute of Cooperative Management, Gandhinagar, Gujarat) : Assessing price- Quality related perceptions in private labeled apparels. Abhigyan 2015, 33(1), 23-34.

The Investment Commission of India has projected a three times growth in retail market in India by 2016, and organized retail will occupy almost 16 percent (US $165 billion) of the same. Apparel, along with food and grocery, will lead the organized retailing in India. Hence, the present study is undertaken to identify major price and related dimensions and quality related perceptions influencing the purchase of private label apparels. The final study involved a survey conducted for 608 respondents in Ahmedabad, Baroda and Surat cities of Gujarat from the retail stores of Pantaloon, Westside, Globus and Big-Bazar between December 2012 and April 2013. The sampling technique used was cluster followed by stratified sampling through mall intercept. A factor analysis revealed the existence of five price dimensions influencing the purchase of private label apparels, namely; value maximization, sale proneness, price consciousness, price mavenism and prestige sensitivity. As far as quality related perceptions were concerned, it was observed that consumers gave more importance to intrinsic cues as compared to extrinsic cues in private label apparels. A positive correlation of moderate level existed between price and quality.

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020171   Banerjee A;De A (Management Studies Dep, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur) : Does capital structure decisions determine dividend payout policy in Indian iron and steel industry? An empirical study. Abhigyan 2015, 33(2), 65-78.

This study is basically undertaken so as to investigate the independent variables on which the dependent variable i.e. the "Dividend Payout Ratio" depends upon for the firms belonging to the Indian Iron and Steel Industry. Multiple Regression Analysis has been carried out taking "Dividend Payout Ratio" as dependent variables and seven variables namely "Business Risk", "Size of the Firm", "Growth Rate", "Earning Rate ", "Financial Leverage", "Debt Service Capacity" and "Degree of Operating Leverage", as independent variables. The above independent variables influencing the Capital Structure Decisions of a firm has been taken into consideration after a thorough literature review. It is observed from the study that "Size of the Firm" and "Debt Service Capacity Ratio" are statistically significant to have an influence on Dividend Payout Ratio during the period under study. The result of the study has been validated by Factor Analysis approach.

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020170   Ahmad M U (NO, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida) : Entrepreneurship: A microenterprise perspective. Abhigyan 2015, 33(1), 35-48.

Small businesses and microenterprises enable an individual to earn some livelihood, create value and not create pressure on the available employment avenues. They are a parameter and a measure for social and economic development. They are a/so good examples of sound economics at micro level. In India we have a plethora of such microenterprises which are a source of earnings, mostly for the poor and uneducated. They also contribute to the economy as a whole by initiating the movement of money, if even at a very small scale. A study of these microetiterprises provides an opportunity to derive some business lessons which can be generalized for other entrepreneurs and business. The survey attempts to find interrelationship amongst 30 variables of microenterprises and tries to interpret issues relevant to social development, economic development and poverty alleviation. Such an analysis also provides lessons which can be used to increase the efficiency of management decisions for entrepreneurs and managers. Thus, it becomes imperative to understand the business processes of such small organizations. The findings of the report would be useful for corporate and the policymakers apart from giving inputs to researchers.

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019118   Vardanyan Y V;Vardanyan L V;Lezhneva E A (NO, Mordovian State Pedagogical Institute Named after M.E. Evsevyev, Russia, Email: julia_vardanyan@mail.ru) : Research and development of motivation in the structure of professional strategy of a student-future psychologist. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2829-35.

The problem stated in the article is important today because of increasing demands for qualitative solution to professional tasks by psychologist. It largely depends on formation of his constructive professional strategy. The paper aims to prove (using reliable experimental data) that motivation is the essential component of professional strategy of a student - future psychologist. It encourages, directs, regulates his academic and professional activity, defines the trajectory of professional and personal development. The practical significance of the article consists in the fact that the suggested program for development of motivation in the structure of students' professional strategy can be used to solve the problems of professional and personal development of students - future psychologists.

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019117   Trushko O V;Potemkin D A (NO, The National Mineral Resources Univ (The Mining Univ), Russia, 199106, Saint Petersburg, 21-st Line V.O., 2) : Assessment of geodynamical stability of mine workings in rock ORE. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2901-10.

This paper studied the global methods to determine the geodynamical stability of mine workings in the conditions of dynamic forms of rock pressure during the development of deep horizons of mines. It was found that the available approaches to the assessment of stability and classification of rock outcropping require further development as they do not give quantity assessment of rock fragmentation at all stages of deformation near mine workings and do not account for mechanics of rocks during dynamic impact and the ability to control mechanical processes in rock mass at before- and over-limit deformation stages. On the basis of experimental research done at Russian mines of OAO Sevuralboksitruda it was found that the nature of rock fragmentation in the border zone depends on the parameters of seismic waves which are in turn caused by the energy of the dynamic effects. Energy classification of dynamic effects was developed, most fully disclosing the nature of dynamic impact on mine workings, improved strength criterion was offered and operational condition of mine workings was determined.

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019116   Samie F;Riahi L;Tabibi S J (Health Services Management Dep, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad Univ, Tehran, Iran, Email: riahi@srbiau.ac.ir) : Relationship between role clarity and efficiency of employees in management & resource development department of ministry of health and medical education of I.R. Iran, 2014. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2803-12.

The occupational roles of employees have been a challenging subject among the scholars and researchers during the recent years. The first step to evaluate the performance of the sections of an organization is to evaluate their efficiency. Therefore, the main aim of this research is to investigate the relationship of the role clarity and the efficiency of the employees of Management & Resources Development Department of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of I.R.Iran. This is a descriptive-analytical research conducted in a certain period in 2014 on 133 sample employees selected randomly using Cochran's C test from an statistical society of 312 employees of Management & Resources Development Department of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of I.R.Iran. The questionnaire was created by the researcher and, having determined its reliability and validity, was distributed among the employees and collected. Since the variables were normal, the T Test and Analysis of Variance were used to investigate the significance of the differences of role clarity and efficiency variables and also to investigate the relationship between the role clarity and factors of efficiency. Most of the employees in this study were female (63.9%), holders of Master's degrees (40.6%). The most average of the surveyed variables belonged to role clarity (2.47) and the least average accounted for educational aspect (1.66) among the employees. There was a significant statistical relationship between role clarity and general efficiency of the employees (p-value=0.000), and between the role clarity and each aspects of efficiency of employees including alignment with organizational goals, work pace, proper use of the equipment and facilities, self-assessment, trainings, being committed to the workplace regulations. There is a significant and direct relationship between the role clarity and the efficiency of the employees. Therefore, the managers of Ministry of Health and Medical Education are suggested to aim their efforts to increase the role clarity to create a more proper ground for the efficiency of the works.

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019115   Pilevarzadeh M;Mashayekhi F (Instructor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Jiroft Univ of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran, Email: fatememashayekhi@yahoo.com) : Role of critical thinking in the educational progress of nursing university students. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2771-6.

Critical thinking can lead to the educational progress of the students and improve their learning process. This research aimed to study the effect of critical thinking on the educational progress of nursing university students. This descriptive research has been focused on 110 nursing university students in Iranian Jiroft City. The needed data was collected using demographic questionnaire and California Critical Thinking Skills Questionnaire, and the students' average score of the educational semester was considered as the criterion for the educational progress. The collected data were analyzed using Chi square (X₂) test and T test. The mean of the critical thinking score was obtained as 11.49 ± 2.6 and the students' average score of the semester was obtained as 15.78 ± 2.1. The findings showed that there is no statistically significant relationship between the educational progress and the critical thinking (p= 0.61). Considering the results of this research and the learnability nature of the critical thinking skills, we have to attempt to improve these skills in the students.

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019114   Parshukov D V;Khodos D V;Pyzhikova N I; Ivanovna K E;Yuryevna V E (NO, , Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian Univ) : Tools for assessment of innovation potential of the business environment development in the region. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2983-94.

The purpose of this study is to assess the innovation potential of the economy and prospects for the innovative development of business environment in a particular economic region. Assessment of the innovation potential was performed using fuzzy set analysis and hierarchy analysis. Innovation level of the business environment and its development priorities were determined by the means of complex numbers. During the study, the authors disclosed the contents of the innovation potential of the regional economy, the allocated groups of the business environment, represented the situational modeling of the dynamics of the development of the innovative activity in the territory (development options and their economic interpretation). In the context of the West Siberian and East Siberian economic regions of Russia, the development of innovation potential of the business environment in the territories was assessed under the author's system of indicators that reveal the content of components of the business activity potential. Modeling the innovation potential of the region and business environment demonstrates the viability and validity of their application for the analysis of real economic processes. The presented authoring tools to study the extent of development of innovative economy of the regions will help shape the effective areas of state regulation and support of the business environment at the macro and micro level. Prospects for research in this area are to build multivariate models using computer calculations.

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019113   Ongdash A O;Ongdashuly E;Amandosuly B; Chukubayev Y S;Useynova G R;Useinova K R;Altaeva G O;Imasheva G M; Zholdasova G I (Chair of International Relations and World Economy of Dep of Internati, Al-Farabi Kazakh National Univ, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Email: ainukon84@mail.ru) : Natural resource potential of the world economy under globalization. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2681-7.

The article deals with the essence of "natural resource potential" and "natural resources" concepts. The main tendencies in the strategy of the economic growth of the world economy are revealed. Ways for the world economy development are offered basing on the natural resource potential preservation. The "green economy" concept directly relating to effective use of natural resources is considered.

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019112   Nevskaya M A;Marinina O A (NO, , 199106, 21 line, 2, National Mineral Resources Univ Saint-Petersburg, Russia) : Regulatory aspects of mining waste management in the Russian federation. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2619-28.

The legislation defines the rights and responsibilities of subsoil users and other members of the waste management process, therefore, the state of affairs in this sphere largely depends on its quality. Modern "conflict" of legal acts, which is caused by the absence of state integrated concept of waste management, forms a chain of consequences that lead to their accumulation in the environment. The main problem is still the lack of coordination of environmental and mining legislation, misleading the subsoil users. The possibility to generate incentives for waste reduction, recycling and utilization depends on the state of the institutional environment, which determines the scope of the interaction of economic entities on the basis of the system of legal acts. The aim of the present research is to study the Russian legislation concerning the control of economic relations in the sphere of mining waste handling. In the article the definition of "waste" as the object of management and concepts underlying the regulatory framework of waste management. On the basis of statistical dynamic analysis the relations between the state of the regulatory framework in the waste management and the factors conditioning the negative trends have been identified and summarized. "Conservative" and "liberal" views on elimination of contradictions in the regulatory framework of mining waste handling have been studied. The directions of improvement of the regulatory framework in the sphere of mining waste management upon the "conservative" and "liberal" scenarios have been suggested.

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