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.

Back to basics: HIV/AIDS belongs with sexual and reproductive health

Abstract: The Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994 offers a comprehensive framework for achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, and for advancing other development goals. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals now incorporate a target of universal access to sexual and reproductive health within the goal of improving maternal health, but combating HIV remains a separate project with malaria and tuberculosis. We present a brief history of key decisions made by WHO, other United Nations' agencies, the United Nations Millennium Project and major donors that have led to the separation of HIV/AIDS from its logical programmatic base in sexual and reproductive health and rights. This fragmentation does a disservice to the achievement of both sets of goals and objectives. In urging a return to the original ICPD construct as a framework for action, we call for renewed leadership commitment, investment in health systems to deliver comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, including HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, comprehensive youth programmes, streamlined country strategies and donor support. All investments in research, policies and programmes should build systematically on the natural synergies inherent in the ICPD model to maximize their effectiveness and efficiency and to strengthen the capacity of health systems to deliver universally accessible sexual and reproductive health information and services.

Career persistence of women software professionals in India

Abstract: Purpose – This paper seeks to explore career centrality, belief in gender disadvantage, and career success definition as the determinants of career persistence among women software professionals in emerging economies like India. The control variables used are marital and parental status.Design/methodology/approach – A survey questionnaire was administered to 190 software women professionals and statistical analyses were used to test the hypotheses.Findings – Belief in gender disadvantage and objective success definition are differentiators for career persistence while career centrality is not. Marital status and parental status are relevant control variables.Research limitations/implications – Further exploration is needed of the dimensions of career centrality constructs and control for demographic variables.Practical implications – Organizations should consider investments in child care support and other flexible work options so that women continue to remain in their careers.Originality/value – This is ...

Self-interest, self-restraint and corporate responsibility for nanotechnologies: Emerging dilemmas for modern managers

Abstract: This article discusses some of the long-term issues that corporate managers have to take into consideration when making decisions about nanotechnology. The article discusses the uncertainties and risks associated with nanotechnology development, and the partial, fragmentary state that the governmental oversight of nanotechnology is likely to be in until more is understood about potential risks of nanotechnology. The article states that the responsible development and regulation of nanotechnology may rest in the hands of corporations, and examines the tensions that exist between corporate advantage and the social responsibility of managers making these kinds of decisions.

Contracting with Nonfinancial Stakeholders and Corporate Capital Structure: The Case of Product Warranties

Abstract: We investigate the relation between a firm’s product warranty level and its leverage. We find that leverage relates negatively to the warranty level and that this relation is robust to controls for endogeneity and self-selection into offering warranties. The negative warranty-leverage relation obtains only in the subsample of firms in the manufacturing industries. We also show that firms with warranties have the lowest debt levels, firms without warranties but operating in industries where other firms offer warranties on average carry higher debt, and firms in industries where no firm offers a warranty have the highest debt levels.