Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

About: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is a education organization based out in Kolkata, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Supply chain & Context (language use). The organization has 415 authors who have published 1354 publications receiving 21725 citations. The organization is also known as: IIMC & IIM Calcutta.

The Effects of Group Incentives in an Indian Firm: Evidence from Payroll Data

Abstract: This paper estimates the effects of group incentives on productivity, pay and employment in a large unionized firm in India. Using plant-level monthly time-series data from the payroll office for the period 1985-95, and controlling for both (plant) fixed effects and (contract) time effects, the paper provides econo- metric evidence on the effectiveness of both the level and intensity of incentive pay on the outcome measures. In addition, the relative performance of two types of group incentives defined on the basis of group size is also analysed. The results generally confirm predictions from theory that productivity returns to incentives are non-linear and concave in shape and that the effectiveness of incentives is decreasing in group size. It is argued that the latter is most likely due to the less- ening of the free-rider problem and the increased effectiveness of peer monitoring associated with smaller groups. The results also point to a negative relationship between the level of incentives and employment over time.

Enterprise resource planning: an integrated strategic framework

Abstract: The implementation of ERP systems is a complex undertaking with wide-reaching impact on key stakeholders including staff and customers. As many as 90% of all initiated ERP implementation projects can be regarded as failures as a result of changes in scope, prolongation of the project time or simply budget overruns. This paper presents an integrated strategic framework that could be useful for identifying parameters which may help the ERP implementation process become successful. The integrated strategic framework is developed through a real case study implementation.

Environmental impacts of trade in india

Abstract: This article aims at contributing to environment trade debate by evaluating the impacts of international trade on emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides for the Indian economy during 90s using Input-Output techniques. The article has constructed an index of pollution terms of trade. Using the Input-Output table of 1991–92 and 1996–97 for India we have computed pollution terms of trade for the content of CO2, SO2, and NO x . Results show that the indices are below 100, indicating that India produces goods that are more environment friendly than goods it imports, thus challenging the pollution haven hypothesis for India. The article has also offered explanations for these results.

On an exact probability matching property of right‐invariant priors

Abstract: SUMMARY The paper considers priors which are right invariant with respect to the Haar measure. It is shown that the posterior coverage probabilities of certain invariant Bayesian predictive regions exactly match the corresponding frequentist probabilities. Several examples are given to illustrate the main result.