IOSR-JBM   Volume-3 ~ Issue-2 ~ Jul-Aug-2012

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	An Evaluation of Industrial Promotional Agencies in Himachal Pradesh
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Dr. Usha Sharma
	:	10.9790/487X-0320107

Abstract: Industrialisation is a comparatively recent phenomenon in Himachal Pradesh. It gained momentum during the last two decades. Monetary and fiscal benefits as incentives and subsidies to industry, provided by the state as well as the central government, and the availability of quality infrastructure with basic amenities, have played a key role in the industrial development of the state. Industries in Himachal Pradesh, are now producing from traditional to a wide spectrum of high –tech products like computer monitors, magnetic components, high quality precision components, tele-communication equipments, electronics, drugs and pharmaceutical Is, processed food, textiles, and spinning products. The contribution of the industrial and manufacturing sector has increased significantly. In this backdrop, present paper, is an attempt to analyse the availability of infrastructural facilities apart from knowing the reason(s) for setting up industrial units in Himachal Pradesh. The paper is divided into two sections: section I deals with perception of the Industrial Promotional Agencies in the development of industries in Himachal Pradesh and section II deals with critical evaluation of the role of Industrial Promotional Agencies in promoting industrial industrialisation in Himachal Pradesh with the help of factor analysis.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Operating Leverage Analysis - A Conceptual Framework
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Sandip Sinha
	:	10.9790/487X-0320827

Abstract: A conceptual framework for intra - firm operating leverage analysis { based on the mechanical analysis of physical leverage ( the genesis of the concept of operating leverage ) } of a manufacturing firm under condition of future business risk considering a short - term planning horizon , composed of ( a ) an ex - ante analysis conducted at the beginning of the period for choosing an ' Operating Account Structural Plan ' ( OASP ) from alternative OASPs based on the principle of maximization of expected utility { or principle of minimization of absolute value of expected disutility ( negative utility )} of the ' elasticity coefficient measure' of the ' Degree of Operating Leverage ' ( DOL ) considering the degrees of ' Downside Operating Leverage Risk ( DOLR ) Averseness' and ' Upside Operating Leverage Risk ( UOLR ) Affinity' subjectively assigned by the decision - maker , and ( b ) an ex - post analysis conducted at the end of the period for the performance appraisal of the decision - maker based on ' operating leverage efficiency ' , is formulated and illustrated in this working paper .
Keywords : Physical Leverage , Operating Leverage , Operating Account Structural Plan , Degree of Operating Leverage , Operating Leverage Risk , Downside Operating Leverage Risk , Upside Operating Leverage Risk , Coefficient of Variation , Mean Absolute Deviation , Operating Leverage Efficiency .

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Dependent and Functional Relationship of Finance and Economics on Sustainable Development specially in Indian Economy
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Matloob Ullah Khan., Dr. Sadaf Siraj
	:	10.9790/487X-0322833

Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to understand the concept of Sustainable Development and study the relationship between Finance, Economics and Sustainable Development. This paper attempts to create a functional and mathematical structure to show sustainable development and its relationship with Finance and Economics, and show how these three of them are strongly related to each along with the method of error calculation between these variable.
Keywords: Dependent and Functional Relationship, Economics, Finance and Sustainable Development.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Globalization and the Fallacy of Technology Learning: Rethinking the Technology Transfer Argument
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Dr. Uwem Essia
	:	10.9790/487X-0323439

b Revolutions in ICT and the internationalization of industrial and services technologies associated with globalization have generally supported the thinking that technology learning and imitation have become easier for today's poor countries. This paper agrees that globalization has eased access to new knowledge, but the tacitness of new technologies has made it increasingly easier for high-tech firms to hoard vital information on innovations, and restrict the flow of new technologies to firms in poor countries. Accordingly, firms and governments in poor countries should not take the neoclassical economic technology transfer view for granted Poor countries desiring speedy technological progress need to invest deliberately in technology learning, and adaptation of innovations to meet local needs.
Key Words: Information Technology, Globalization, Multinational Corporations, Tacit Knowledge, Internet.

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