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.

Help-Seeking Behaviors of People with Disabilities in the Workplace

Abstract: Drawing upon in-depth interviews with forty-one respondents, the present study explores how different types of pre-entry relationships influence post-entry help-seeking of people with disabilities during the socialization period. Findings indicate that help-seeking is influenced by pre-entry relationships that persist post organizational entry and by coworkers who can trigger a self-perpetuating cycle of relational acceptance by the broader group of colleagues. Findings imply that pre-entry relationships with coworkers can offer newcomers relational benefits that are similar to those afforded to longer tenured employees. The study raises questions about optimal balance in workplace relationships and about social boundaries created by fairness considerations.

Gendered Paths to Asset Accumulation? Markets, Savings, and Credit in Developing Countries

Abstract: An extensive literature shows how property inheritance is biased against women in many developing countries, yet relatively little attention has been given to gender bias in other means of acquirin...

Introduction: Voices from within and Outside the South—Defying STS Epistemologies, Boundaries, and Theories

Abstract: The global South, that is, the region outside the Western Europe, North America, and the developed nations of Oceana and Asia, has been neglected by social scientists studying science, technology, and society (STS) issues. Since the end of the 1990s, however, a growing body of work has critically evaluated the contradictory role of Northern styles of science and technology for development, including the cultural assumptions embedded within them. Social theories have expanded to consider the ways that local practices shape knowledge and technologies in these settings. Such studies have, for instance, addressed debates ranging from the divide between laymen and scientists to the relationship between Northern and Indigenous

Moving from the Household to the Individual: Multidimensional Poverty Analysis

Abstract: Current multidimensional measures of poverty continue to follow the traditional income poverty approach of using household rather than the individual as the unit of analysis. Household level measures are gender blind since they ignore intra-household differences in resource allocation which have been shown to differ along gender lines. In this study we use new data from the Karnataka Household Asset Survey (KHAS) to construct an individual level multidimensional poverty measure for Karnataka, India. Our results show that an individual level measure can identify substantial gender differences in poverty that are masked at the household level. We also find a large potential for misclassification of poor individuals as non-poor when poverty is not assessed at the individual level.

Sequencing capacity expansion projects in continuous time

Abstract: We consider a problem of sequencing capacity expansion projects with a continuous demand function specified over a given time horizon. Each type of expansion project has a specified integer capacity and an associated cost which is nonincreasing with respect to the time at which the project is brought on stream. The problem is to determine the sequence of expansions to provide sufficient capacity to meet demand at minimum cost. A formulation is presented and its relaxation leads to a shortest route problem. The sequencing problem is solved using a branch and bound procedure with Lagrangean relaxation providing bounds. A particularly effective heuristic is also developed. Computational results are given.