Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

About: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is a education organization based out in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Emerging markets & Corporate governance. The organization has 491 authors who have published 1254 publications receiving 23853 citations. The organization is also known as: IIMB.

Strategic decision-making processes: network-based representation and stochastic simulation

Abstract: Representation of decision-making in organizations is an intricate process. Qualitative Probabilistic Network (QPN)-based approach offers a scheme which is useful for representing processes involved in decision-making. This paper demonstrates the usefulness of QPN-based scheme with an illustrative case study. The focus of the case study is on understanding the strategic behavior of a key player in the Indian Automobile Industry. This is done by transforming Cognitive Maps developed into QPN-based formalisms and analyzing them. In addition to this, stochastic simulation experiment is performed on the QPN-based networks to generate hypothetical scenarios.

Noisy Vertical Markets

Abstract: In vertical markets volatility at one level of the market may transmit itself to another level. This paper examines the linkages that exist between spreads at different levels of the market hierarchy in Indian rice markets. It highlights the behavior of spreads in the presence of information asymmetry. This causes spreads to overshoot their equilibrium values. Second, we model possible differences between the reaction to an upward revision of the spread from that to a downward revision. We also propose policy prescriptions such that the policy maker can target specific levels of the market verticality given an understanding of the process of transmission and the magnitude of noise trading.

Strategy to usher in the next phase of growth in the Indian IT industry

Abstract: While the Indian IT/ITeS sector has registered tremendous growth over the last two decades, the viability of the growth models adopted by the IT organisations is now in question This article, in its first part, assesses the value pyramid of the Indian IT services and in examining the avenues of growth up the value chain, suggests that the industry’s involvement in inclusive growth and holistic development of society is imperative in the journey forward A discussion with industry practitioners in the second part of the article throws light on the strategies and initiatives being taken in the industry to meet the challenges and opportunities going forward

Challenges of accountability in resource-poor contexts: lessons about invited spaces from Karnataka’s village health committees

Abstract: Invited spaces have been discussed by development scholars and policymakers as a new and important means of promoting accountability in primary healthcare. Although numerous experiments have been initiated to establish such spaces in resource-poor contexts, we still have little understanding of how they are used and their effectiveness. Based on our longitudinal study of the Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committees in Karnataka, we trace changes that have occurred in the frequency and quality of interactions between state, political and civil society committee participants as they come to understand the possibilities afforded to them, work out tactics and develop a set of practices that make them accountable to each other for improving village health. Our findings suggest that strengthening accountability within invited spaces can form an important basis for improving the primary healthcare system with implications for research and policy.