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 & Context (language use). The organization has 491 authors who have published 1254 publications receiving 23853 citations. The organization is also known as: IIMB.

Optimal package pricing in healthcare services

Abstract: Fixed pricing for healthcare services is emerging as an attractive business model for private healthcare service providers. Under fixed pricing (or flat rate) contract, the patient is charged a fix...

Enhancing the Role of Corporate Communications: A Practice-based Approach

Abstract: Considering the gap between theoretical deliberations about strategic importance of Corporate Communications (CC) and the lack of faith of top management in CC practitioners, I adopt a practice-based approach to study roles, structure, strategic contribution and interfunctional coordination of CC of 25 organizations. In-depth, open-ended, semi-structured interviews were conducted with heads of corporate communications of 25 organizations from diverse industries, with each interview lasting for more than an hour. On the basis of the research findings I argue that the role of CC should be enhanced and I identify core issues in the practice of CC that when addressed could lead to enhancing the role of CC in organizations. The recommendations are: (1) build corporate reputation and brand; (2) measure business outcome and predictive indicators; (3) perform boundary-spanning role strategically; (4) attract top talent with general management skills; and (5) promote symbiotic relationship with other functions.

Restructuring assets reform, 2013: Impact of operational ability, liquidity, bank capital, profitability and capital on bank credit risk

Abstract: We analyse and employ a model that captures the inter-temporal relationship between Indian banks’ operational ability, bank capital, liquidity and profitability for a sample of 45 Indian banks during the period 2006–2016. The Generalised method of moments (GMM) model captures the bank risk through non-performing assets (NPA) over the periods 2006–2015, 2013–2016 (revised restructuring assets recognition guideline implemented) and 2015–2016 (deadline to implement revised restructured assets guideline) using restructured assets as an explanatory variable. Our findings suggest that banks with higher restructured assets levels witness higher risk and lower profits.

Linear mixed models for multiple outcomes using extended multivariate skew-t distributions.

Abstract: Multivariate outcomes with heavy skewness and thick tails often arise from clustered experiments or longitudinal studies. Linear mixed models with multivariate skew-t (MST) distributions for the random effects and the error terms is a popular tool of robust modeling for such outcomes. However the usual MST distribution only allows a common degree of freedom for all marginal distributions, which is only appropriate when each marginal has the same amount of tail heaviness. In this paper, we introduce a new class of extended MST distributions, which allow different degrees of freedom and thereby can accommodate heterogeneity in tail-heaviness across outcomes. The extended MST distributions yield a flexible family of models for multivariate outcomes. The hierarchical representation of the MST distribution allows MCMC methods to be easily applied to compute the parameter estimates. The proposed model is applied to data from two biomedical studies: one on bivariate markers of AIDS progression and the other on sexual behavior from a longitudinal study.