ARTICLE ALERT

01

Biological nitrogen fixation with non - legumes : an achievable target or a dogma ? /  S P Saikia , Vanita Jain [Current Science ; Volume 92, Number 4, 10 February 2007 P 317- 322]
Keywords: Agriculture, Bacteria–Plant Association , Non-Legumes , Para-Nodules , Nitrogen Fixation.

02

Commodity price volatility and special safeguard mechanism: a proposal for the Doha round /  Parthapratim Pal, Deepika Wadhwa [Economic and Political Weekly, 3-9 February 2007 P 417-427]
Keywords: Agriculture, WTO, Doha, Special safeguard mechanism, Developing countries, Special safeguard instrument, Special Agricultural Safeguard, India, G-20 formula for tariff reduction

03

Entrepreneurship development in  agriculture through agro processing centers : a case study of Almora district in NW Himalaya/  K P Singh (etal) [Agricultural Engineering International : The CIGR e journal ; Volume IX , 2007 ]
Keywords: Agriculture, Agro- Processing Center , Food Grains , Rice Milling, Millet Thresher-Cum-Pearler , APC 

04

Best banks in 2010: a look ahead, with the economy surging and business going global, india's best banks will need not just world class size but new skills and operational efficiencies to remain competitive / Sanjay Aggarwal, Ravi Trivedy [Business World, 25 February 2007 P 88-98]
Keywords: Banking, India, Best Banks in India in 2010, Global forecast scenarios for 2010 and potential impacts on banking, Indian banking in 2010

05

India's best banks / Anand Adhikari [Business World, 25 February 2007 P 73-76]
Keywords: : Banking, India, Best Banks in India     

06

Digital money: the end of cash era /  [The Economist, 17 February 2007]
Keywords: Electronic commerce, Internet Banking, Online banking, Digital banking, Electronic money

07

Impact of microfinance: a critical survey /  Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink [The Economist, 10-16 February 2007 P 462-465]
Keywords: Microfinance, Microfinance institution, Microcredit, Microcredit and Poverty, India

CORPORATE PROFILE

08

WIPRO: discovery of India /  Nadita Datta [Outlook Business, 20 February 2007 P 62-65]
Keywords: Information technology, Software industries, WIPRO, India

09

Six steps to successful corporate social responsibility: or, how not to develop a code of conduct in mining industry / [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23, Issue: 2, 2007]
Keywords: Corporate Social responsibility, Mining industry, International business, Sustainable development

10

Corporate social responsibility: WalMart, Maersk and the cultural bounds of representation in corporate websites / Constance Kampf [Corporate Communication: Volume: 12, Issue: 1, 2007]
Keywords: Corporate communications, Corporate social responsibility, National cultures, United States of America, Denmark, Internet

ECONOMIC GROWTH- INDIA

11

India's economy: India on fire / [The Economist, 3-9 February 2007 P 73-75]
Keywords: Economic growth, India, China, Economic reforms and growth

12

Inflation in India: something to cry about / [The Economist, 17 February 2007]
Keywords: Economy, money, Rising food prices, RBI, GDP

13

It's different: India is on a growth path very different from the 'flying geese' economies of East and south-East Asia that could be a big risk/  Manas chakravarty [Business World, 12 February 2007 P 38-48]
Keywords: Economy, India, China, South-East Asia, Japan, Services sector, Agriculture

ECONOMY - STATES

14

Madhya Pradesh's industrial sector: structure and performance /  Pranab K Pani [Economic and Political Weekly, 3-9 February 2007. P 369-376]
Keywords: Economic growth, Madhya Pradesh, Production of minerals, Gross output per worker, capital formation, Small-scale sector in Madhya Pradesh, 

EDUCATION

15

Globalisation , higher education and gender / Karuna Chanana [Economic and Political weekly; Volume :XLII, No: 7, 17-23 February 2007 P 590-597]
Keywords: Higher education, Women , higher Education System, Women in Higher Education , Gender and education

16

Financing higher education: ideas, tactics, specific measures and actionable initiatives /  S V Narayanan, Raju Chandrasekar [University News; Volume: 45, No: 08, 19-25 February 2007, P 13-16 ]
Keywords: Higher education, Financing higher education, Greatest challenge in higher education, Educational reforms in Britain

17

Developing research priorities with a cohort of higher education for sustainability experts / Tarah S A Wright [International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education; Volume: 8, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Higher education, Delphi method, Sustainable development, Emerging field of higher education for sustainability

18

Quality of technical education in India /  R K Chaudhary [Productivity News; Volume: 44, No: 06, Nov.-Dec 2006, P 26-29]
Keywords: Higher education, Financing higher education, Greatest challenge in higher education, Technical education, Quality in technical education

19

The role of postdoctoral training for careers in research and higher education /  K Muniyappa [Current Science ; Volume 92, Number 4, 25 February 2007 P 450- 454]
Keywords: Higher Education, Careers in Research , Post-Doctoral Training , Post Doctorate Research and education in India

20

Power shift: after a slow beginning, the power sector is humming with activity  / Ashish Gupta, Ranjana Kaushal  [Outlook Business, 20 February 2007 P 48-60]
Keywords: Power Sector, Energy, NTPC, Reliance energy, Tata Power, Coal mine development, Indian power market, India, Ultra mega power project, Nuclear power

21

Indian Power scenario /  [Productivity News,  November- December 2007, P 30-37]
Keywords: Power Sector, Energy, , Indian power market, India, Ultra mega power project

22

A tale of two sectors: what can Indian telecom firms teach the power industry about reforms /  [Knowledge@Wharton, 15 February 2007]
Keywords: Power Sector, Energy, , Indian power market, India, Telecom

23

Global trends in energy /  Ivo J H Bozon, Warren J Campbell, Mats Lindstrand [The Mckinsey Quarterly, 27 February 2007]
Keywords: Power Sector, Energy, Gas, Minerals, Global trends in energy, Power generation

24

Multifunctional agroforestry systems in India / Deep Narayan Pandey [Current Science ; Volume 92, Number 4, 25 February 2007]
Keywords: Environment , Biodiversity conservation, Biological Pestcontrol, Carbon Sequestration, Ethnoforestry, Food Security, Agroforestry

25

Proposal for measuring the degree of public health - sensitivity of patent legislation in the context of WTO and TRIPS agreement/ Gabriela Costa Chaves and Maria Auxilladora Ollveira [Bulletin of The World Heath Organization ; Volume 85, Issue 1,  January 2007]
Keywords: Healthcare , Public Health , Trade - Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS , HIV/AIDS , Patent , Public Health Sensitivity of patent Legislation , WTO

HIV/AIDS

26

 HIV infection patterns and risk behaviours  in different  population groups and provinces in Viet Nam/ Nguyen Anh Taun [Bulletin of The World Heath Organization ; Volume 85, Issue 1,  January2007]
Keywords: Healthcare , HIV/AIDS ,Public Health , Risk Behaviour and Links Between Population Groups , Women , Factors of HIV Infection , Viet Nam

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

27

The global village: online cross-cultural communication and HRM / Yuka Fujimoto, Nasya Bahfen, Jan Fermelis, Charmine E J  Hartel [Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal; Volume 14, Issue 1, 2007]
Keywords: Human resource management, HRM, Cross-cultural management, Individual behaviour

28

Organizational development: the new buzz word / Hilary Rowland [Strategic Direction; Volume 23, Issue 1, 2007]
Keywords: Human resource management, HRM, Organization development, Organizational behavior

29

Sizing the emerging global labor market: rational behavior from  both companies and courtiers can help it work more efficiently / Dina Farrell, Martha A Laboissiere Jaeson Roasenfeld [The Mckinsey Quaterly,26 February 2007]
Keywords: Management, HRM, Employment, Offshoring, Jobs, Global labor market

INDIA-CHINA

30

Stormy productivity weather ahead? / John Heap [International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management; Volume: 56, Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: China, India, Competitive Strategy, Economic performance, Productivity rate

31

Succeeding in China: cultural adjustments for Indian businesses / Balbir B. Bhasin [Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal; Volume: 14, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: China, India, World economy, International Business, National cultures

32

Doing business in India vs China / Arundhati chattopadhyay [Productivity news, November-December 2007]
Keywords: China, India, World economy, International Business, China vs India, Doing business in India and China

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

33

India's hottest software product companies: An Indian Windows Vista may take years in coming, but there are 10 home-grown software product companies that could make it big / Venkatesha Babu, Rahul Sachitanand [Business World, 25 February 2007, P 140-146]
Keywords: Information Technology, IT, Top 10 software companies in India

34

Indian hardware sector: still around and kicking  / Sushnto Mitra [Data Quest; Volume: XXV, No: 03, 15 February 2007 P 112-114]
Keywords: Information Technology, India - hardware sector, HCL, Zenith Computers

35

Long-distance wireless networking for site – office data communications  / Ioannis K. Brilakis [Journal of IT in Construction; Volume 12, 2007 P 151- 164]
Keywords: Information Technology, Local Area Networks , Data Communication , Network Design , Data Collection , Remote Sensing, Telecom

INNOVATION

36

Developing communities of innovation by identifying innovation champions  /  Elayne Coakes, Peter Smith [The Learning Organization; Volume: 14, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Developing communities of innovation

37

IBM, Procter & Gamble and Deloitte Touche are putting design at the heart of things: How looks can kill (the competition)  /  [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Design, Knowledge sharing

38

How strategic innovation really gets started  /  Robert Chapman Wood [Strategy & Leadership ; Volume: 35, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Strategic management, Organizational restructuring

39

Managing a Knowledge business   / A V Vedupuriswar [Indian Management; Volume: 46, Issue: 2, February 2007 P 81-85]
Keywords: Knowledge management, Knowledge sharing, Small to medium-sized enterprise, Learning process,  Mobilizing knowledge, Managing knowledge workers, knowledge business

40

Designing a knowledge management tool to support knowledge sharing networks  /  Agustin Perez-Araos, Kevin D. Barber, J. Eduardo Munive-Hernandez, Steve Eldridge  [Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management; Volume: 18, Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Knowledge management, Knowledge sharing, Small to medium-sized enterprise, Learning process

41

Indian BPO firms step out of the back office to knowledge process outsourcing and beyond /  [India Knowledge@Wharton, 15 February 2007]
Keywords: Operation management, BPO, Business process outsourcing, KPO, knowledge process outsourcing

42

The effect of leadership on values- based management / Aaron A Buchko [Leadership and Organization Development Journal; Volume: 28, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Management, Leadership, Management technique, Management standards, Organizational culture

43

Organizational knowledge leadership: a grounded theory approach  / C Lakshman [Leadership & Organization Development Journal; Volume: 28, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Management, Leadership, Chief executive, Knowledge management, Qualitative research, Senior Management

44

Effective organizational vision: implications for human resource development / Rex D Foster, Mesut Akdere [Journal of European Industrial Training; Volume: 31, Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Management, Human resource development, Leadership, Organizational culture, Strategic management

45

Strategically focused training in Six Sigma way: a case study /  Ashish Pandey [Journal of European Industrial Training; Volume 31, Issue 2, 2007]
Keywords: Management, Leadership, Organizational planning, Six Sigma, Training evaluation

46

Disposable factories : it may be feasible to have a flexible manufacturing capacity, but an inflexible unit could help cut down on costs enormously/  Amyn merchant, Benjamin Pinney [Indian Management; Volume: 46, Issue: 2, February 2007 P 73-75]
Keywords: Manufacturing, Cost cutting, Productivity, Disposable factories approach

47

Vodafone-Hutch deal: is India's mobile phone market growing too hot? /  [India Knowledge@Wharton, 22 February 2007]
Keywords: Mergers and acquisitions, 2006 , Finance and Investment, M&A, Vodafone, Hutchinson Essar

48

Test of fire: the success of India's sizzling acquisitions overseas has not come easy, lessons from the country's global believers /  [Indian Management; Volume: 46, Issue: 2, February 2007 P 14-32]
Keywords: Mergers and acquisitions, 2006 , Finance and Investment, M&A

49

Indian newspaper: lets 1000 titles bloom / [The Economist, 17 February 2007]
Keywords: Business, Newspaper, Mint, Business Newspaper, India

PHARMACEUTICALS

50

Pseudoevidence-based medicine: what it is, and what to do about it / Wally R. Smith [Clinical Governance: An International Journal; Volume: 12, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Pharmaceutical industry, Clinical governance, Evidence-based practice, Medical ethics, Research methods, Quality improvement

51

A comparative analysis of quality management standards for contract research organizations in clinical trials / Elizabeth Murray, Rodney McAdam [International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance; Volume: 20, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Pharmaceutical industry, Product trials, Best practice, Northern Ireland, Quality management, Clinical trials

52

The patent attack: India's patent law is under the scanner after Novartis challenged in the court and Mashelkar Committee found faulty with it but the domestic drugs industry is fighting back with global support / Latha Jishnu , Gauri kamath [Business World, 12 February 2007 P 54-56]
Keywords: Pharmaceutical industry, Indian patent law, Mashelkar Committee report, Novartis

53

Outsourcing in pharmaceutical industry / Raman Mangalokar, Abhishek Poddar, Manas Majumdar [CII Pharma Communique; Volume: 1, No: 1; 2007 P27-32]
Keywords: Pharmaceutical industry, Outsourcing in pharmaceutical industry

RETAILING

54

Hyderabad retail hot spot /  E Kumar [ Business Today, 25 February 2007, P148-152]
Keywords: Retailing in Hyderabad, Who's who of retail in Hyderabad

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

55

Allocating responsibilities in multi-level governance for sustainable development / Sylvia I. Karlsson [International Journal of Social Economics, Volume: 34, Issue:1/2; 2007]
Keywords: Sustainable development, Governance, Social responsibility

56

The Web-controlled mobile Communication Robot – Ego Secundus / Reinhard Langmann [International Journal of Online Engineering; Volume 3 , Number 1, 2007]
Keywords: Telecommunication, Telerobotics, Video Conference, Remote , Control, Telepresence , Internet , Audio Communication

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

57

The relationship between total quality management and the focus of project management practices / David James Bryde, Lynne Robinson [The TQM Magazine; Volume:19, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Total quality management, Project evaluation, project management

58

A framework for implementing TQM in higher education programs / Sitalakshmi Venkatraman [Quality Assurance in Education; Volume: 15, Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Higher education, Quality, Total quality management