Vedamani Basil Hans

SAEC, Mangalore · Economics

Trends in HRM strategies

The present study is about MNCs with reference to developing counties like India. The paper traces their growth and current position, their merits and demerits and their inevitability in the global scenario. Multinational corporations, in theory, bring in necessary technological inputs as well as employment, and most importantly, foreign direct inv...

Public Distribution System

Women's role, participation and portrayal in development

Managing Indian agriculture

Language usage

Role of SHGs in FI and Empowerment

There is evidence that purchase choice behaviour of consumers is motivated by utility, value for money, and social betterment. It results in a phenomenon called Consumer Social Responsibility (CnSR). This research paper aims to examine whether consumers' purchase intent will be influenced when they are made aware of Corporate Social Responsibility...

Research Paper Skilled human resource is vital for inclusive growth. Skill development is not an isolated phenomenon. Skill development has to be an integral part of education. Lack of education and lack of skills is a pandemic that we need to overcome in the current scenario. According to UNESCO, women empowerment implies developing self-ingenuity...

skill - education - empowerment

Sustainable Agriculture in India and Goa; and Integrated Farming System

Internet banking

Issues in sanitation

Issues in Women's Health

Trends in modern banking

Women and entrepreneurial aspects

This paper explores ways and means of digitally empowering marginalised communities living in socio-economic backwardness and poverty.

Our study looks at new dimensions of entrepreneurship theoretically and empirically, the impact of changes in business environment on female entrepreneurship prospects and challenges. The paper also explores alternative policies and strategies to raise women entrepreneurs from the so-called secondary status.

Innovations in HRM

Modern business is witnessing robust activity and innovations in two areas-entrepreneurship and human resource management (HRM) and the two are not necessarily separate. Entrepreneurship is being redefined. With qualitative changes in development indices in general and women development in particular, newer and more challenging areas and roles for...

Health Economics

Games in globalisation

This paper analyses the issues related to sustainable agriculture development. There is hope for positive changes as more and more farmers are becoming open-minded and government is coming up with new initiatives.

This paper explores ways and means of digitally empowering marginalised communities living in socio-economic backwardness and information poverty

Business Environment

There is an enormous strain on natural resources and undermining efficient and sustainable development and one of the serious problems posed by the fast urbanisation is that of waste management. Cities, towns and villages need to grow and develop in a balanced manner. Blindly encouraging urban growth considering only urban areas as the growth centr...

Biodata

Water the critical resource of agriculture, has not been well managed in India, despite the country being an agricultural powerhouse. This paper discusses pertinent issues related to irrigation in India and the strategies and arrangements to address water scarcity for irrigation. The study finds that problems are largely institutional, structural,...

Women Empowerment and Governance

In India financial inclusion has been given top priority in recent years in the philosophies and plans of both financial development and economic growth. Financial Inclusion is the delivery of banking services at an affordable cost to the vast section of the disadvantaged and low-income group. Financial inclusion intends to provide finance to the w...

Mony and Banking

Macroeconomic growth policy and programmes are now aimed at both faster growth as well as inclusive growth. This being the essence of sustainable development, both consumers and firms look beyond utility and profitability. The goals of choice behaviour in the market have progressed beyond the hedonistic principle of mere material gratification. It...

We are proud to be in a new ‘Connected Age’, no matter how we are represented in it or repressed by it. By and large the media scene in India is that media does not address serious issues about exploitation and unequal treatment to women in different spheres but is keen in reporting sex related incidents by way of sensationalizing news of atrocitie...

Quantitative and detailed trade policy information and analysis are more necessary now than they have ever been. Questions have been asked about whether the gains from trade exceed the costs of trade. Concerns regarding the distributional consequences of trade reforms have also been expressed. Good policy needs to be backed by good analysis. There...

The premise of this paper is that the enormity and complexity of the present eco-socio-politico-religious concerns necessitate interfaith initiatives: a partnership theology bringing forth the public meaning of theology partnership of world church with world civil society. In today’s South Asian context discussions and debates about religion and fa...

This paper – based on secondary data – while discussing urban poverty, tries to juxtapose some myths and truths, and finally brings out some strategies to make ‘development’ meaningful for the urban people. Let me also admit that my purpose here is to design a holistic picture. Often we get to hear about the “two India’s”: the idea that the country...

Urban poverty is growing in scale and extent, especially at the periurban rim. In the Third World Countries, more than half the poor already live in urban areas. By 2025, two-thirds of the poor in these regions will reside cities or towns. While there has always been an urban bias in economic development of India, biases can also be seen in estimat...

We are proud to be in a new ‘Connected Age’, no matter how we are represented in it or repressed by it. By and large the media scene in India is that media does not address serious issues about exploitation and unequal treatment to women in different spheres but is keen in reporting sex related incidents by way of sensationalizing news of atrocitie...

An appreciation of economics and the general workings of the economy have become increasingly necessary to make sense of government policy-making, the conduct of businesses and the enormous changes in economic systems, which are occurring throughout the world. With the increasing importance of behavioural economics, for business and management, esp...

As Schumpeter says, economic life is a process of growth and change, meaning “development”. The process involves interplay of forces or factors of production, viz. land, labour and capital. The classical economists such as Malthus felt that when these factors are employed in right proportions they maximise production in the two major sectors of the...

A significant feature of the classical approach to economic growth is the recognition of the factors of production, viz. land, labour and capital. The understanding of economic growth has improved enormously in recent years. There has been a much greater understanding of the interrelated laws governing the growth of population, the pace of capital...

Business is becoming customer-centric; organisations are putting emphasis on customer relationship management (CRM) in marketing and marketing research. With quality assessment and assurance becoming the order of the day for corporate/conglomerates, total quality management (TQM) is vital for business growth and sustainability. TQM is one of the cu...

“Amarta”, PG Dept of Economics, St Aloysius College (Autonomous)

In India financial inclusion has been given top priority in recent years in the philosophies and plans of both financial development and economic growth. Financial Inclusion is the delivery of banking services at an affordable cost to the vast section of disadvantaged and low income group. Financial inclusion intends to provide finance to the weake...

The establishment of the WTO – which is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015 – was a “dream comes true” for international economists and policy-makers. It ushered in the era of modern globalisation. The WTO though its Principles and Agreements has been significantly influencing the global business environment and has also the domestic business...