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.

An internet-based IP protection scheme for circuit designs using linear feedback shift register (LFSR)-based locking

Abstract: IP reuse is rapidly proliferating recent automated circuit design. It is facing serious challenges like forgery, theft and misappropriation of intellectual property (IP) of the design. Thus, protection of design IP is a matter of prime concern. In this paper, we propose a novel Internet-based scheme to tackle this problem. Input to the proposed scheme is a graph corresponding to a digital system design. Watermarking of the graph and its encryption are achieved using a new linear feedback shift register(LFSR)-based locking scheme. The proposed scheme makes unauthorized disclosure of valuable design almost infeasible, and can easily detect any alteration of the design file during transmission. It ensures authentication of the original designer as well as non-repudiation between the seller and the buyer. Empirical evidences on several benchmark problem sets are encouraging.

Pricing decisions of car aggregation platforms in sharing economy: a developing economy perspective

Abstract: Unlike developed economies, developing economies lack surplus assets that have fueled the growth of sharing economy through various digital platforms. In this research, we build a system dynamics model of a ride sharing platform in a developing country that endogenizes the growth of the platform in the presence of stickiness of the asset provider, since platform growth can occur only through new investments in assets that have limited utility outside the platform. Our modeling approach enables capture of two-sided positive network externalities and the same-side negative externalities together in the same framework. Simulations illustrate that the pricing and incentive decisions taken by the platform to overcome the problem of initial asset unavailability have long-term consequences on various parameters of performance of the platform such as driver’s profits, platform revenues, and the level of prices of services.

The Conflicting Conventions of Care: Transformative Service as Justice and Agape:

Abstract: In this study, we examine the conflicts and unintended consequences that arise from the diverse social conventions constituting a transformative service. We draw on convention theory and an ethnogr...

Contextualisation of the complexity in the selection of developing country outsourcees by developed country outsourcers

Abstract: Outsourcing research has recognised that selecting the right offshore supplier (outsourcee) in low-cost distant developing countries is complex, but central to outsourcing success. More specificall...