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.

Offshore manufacturing contract design based on transfer price considering green tax: a bilevel programming approach

Abstract: The problem of designing offshore manufacturing contract resulting in optimal transfer price is troubling multinational companies over the past few years. This paper proposes designing offshore manufacturing contracts based on the transfer price in the form of bilevel programming problems after considering green tax. In these contract designs, a firm in a developed country sells a single product in its market. The same product is simultaneously being manufactured by another firm in a developing country with lower manufacturing cost. After anticipating the consumer demand, the seller places an order, based on which the manufacturer manufactures the ordered quantity, and offers a transfer price which in turn maximises its net profit after paying green tax to its government. While setting the transfer price, the manufacturer considers the manufacturing cost, the export duty payable to its government and the cost of shipping the product to the developed country. After buying the product from the manufacturer ...

On crony capitalism

Abstract: This paper analyzes the nebulous concept of ‘crony capitalism’ and its association with anticompetitive regulatory practices. It argues that presence of such practices may be necessary for identification of crony capitalism but is not sufficient. In particular, we present a mathematical model where a rational, revenue-maximizing government finds it optimal to allocate a monopoly license on the first-come, first-served basis, rather than by conducting an auction, when monopoly profits are not expected to be high in short term. Thus, mere allocation of property rights without competitive bidding cannot be classified as crony capitalism.

Optimal Design of Timetables to Maximize Schedule Reliability & Minimize Energy Consumption, Rolling Stock and Crew Deployment

Abstract: We have developed a non-linear multi-objective model for optimal design of railway timetables. The objectives of the model are to maximize schedule reliability and minimize energy consumption, rolling stock and crew deployment. Metrics have been derived for each of these objectives. AHP is used to determine the relative weights of the objectives, while GCA & TOPSIS techniques are used for optimization, which is demonstrated on a test case.

Poor markets: perspectives from the base of the pyramid

Abstract: This brief perspective article presents and synthesizes few of the dominant themes emerging in the extant literature on BOP (bottom of the pyramid) marketing, in the backdrop of this special issue dedicated to ‘re-thinking marketing’ in a fresh light. The article draws on how the extant understanding of poor customers pales in comparison to how much we know about non-poor customers. In the end the article proposes a brief wish list of few of the interesting research domains that can be taken up by emerging and new BOP scholars in the area of ‘Poor Marketing’. Few interesting research questions include the following: (1) How poor consumers re-invent their new social image in the light of the constraints of the poor markets? (2) What role consumption plays to enhance the impact of pleasure on various aspects of the lives of the poor consumers? (3) How formation of communities helps the poor consumers to enhance the cooperation in resource-lean environments? (4) How social stratification (e.g., caste system in India) impacts social transformation of poor markets, and BOP market development? and (5) How BOP entrepreneurship impacts on social transformation at BOP?