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The present study is being contemplated with the objective of studying the degree of stock market integration and degree of influence of Indian stock market by global stock market. In this study, top 10 major stock exchange is selected as a market capitalization and month-wise average prices of BSE-Sensex, Nifty, NYSE, NASDAQ, S&P500;, TOPIX, FTSE100, HangSeng, SSE Composite index, DAX, S&P; 500and Dow Jones have been selected.. Multiple Correlations and Regression has been computed for the select stock market indices. Statistical Significance of the correlation has been tested by applying correlation t-test and regression t- test. The results of these studies support the view that there is a substantial integration and dependence between domestic and international financial markets. BSE – Sensex has witnessed greater fluctuation between domestic and international very high co-efficient of variance compared to other selected indices. BSE highest correlation was recorded between Sensex and Nasdaq, Topix, Hang Seng, Dax. NSE highest correlation was recorded between Nifty and Sensex, Topix, Hang Seng,
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Health is an important indicator of economic development of any nation. ‘Heatlh is Wealth’ – is the famous adage befits all times. The Present generation is faced with non-communicable diseases leading to health issues, costs and the disease management. The cost of disease management must be controlled and the alternative modes of payment for treatment or cost management forms the core of helath issues faced by the Indian Society. The health index is a significant one as it has its widespread impact on the macroeconomics of Indian Economy at large. Any health issue would affect the Gross Domestic Product due to the potentially productive years lost [PPYL].
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This paper will focus on the Macro Economic Issues and Challenges facing India in the Recession Period. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (the official arbiter of U.S. recessions), there were 10 recessions between 1948 and 2011. The most recent recession started in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. An Economic downturn is nothing but a Business cycle contraction, a general slowdown in economic activity or macro-economic indicators. The recession is neither unpredictable nor enigmatic. The secondary data for this paper have been collected from various sources such as journals, online bulletin etc. The researcher has used so many components for analysis like the GDP forecast comparison, Various Macro-Economic Indicators, Current Account Deficits (CAD) evaluation, Inflationary pressures, Employment Creation, Fiscal Consolidation measures and deficits etc.
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This research aims to analyze how the increased use of the area planted with Hass Avocado from Michoacán state as a strategy will help catch up in production from the point of view based on resources. The basic question that will help us solve the problem is how to harness the avocado sector resources for greater production? Analytical method was used based on existing information to achieve the research objectives. The fundamental theory applied to the object of study is based on resources and capabilities. The main conclusion is that the more efficient avocado harvested area will get more production.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate if retail investors have opportunities to gain in an IPO through IPO grading as a proxy for justifying the quality of the issue. To investigate the same a cross sectional study was conducted among 140 stocks which were listed between the periods of 2009 to 2013. Furthermore testing is been done to know the influence of IPO grading on listing day returns and relationship between listing day returns and retail investors interest in the stock. Finally we concluded that IPO grading no influence on retail investors selection of the stock, additionally it’s been found that IPO grading has positive influence towards listing gain and there is a moderate relationship between retail investors interest and listing day returns.
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The study examined the relationship between three commitment forms - Institutional commitment, Job-involvement and group commitment to have work-life balance. Respondents were 40 academicians working in a private Engineering college, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. The results showed that the Institutional commitment was positively associated with all the dimensions of work-life balance i.e. towards the team, the students, and the institution. Further job involvement was positively associated with institutional work-life balance. The results enhanced the multidimensional approach to institutional work-Life Balance and emphasized the importance of matching the focus of the independent variable with the focus of the outcome variable. The findings of this study provide valuable insight for educators and policy makers who are interested in factors that contribute to work life and overall job satisfaction among academic disciplines at a Private Engineering college. Limitations, conclusions, and recommendations are discussed.
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Technology is at the core systems designed to satisfy societal or customer needs. Companies are formed to provide a structure and a mechanism that facilitate the spinning out of technology to satisfy those needs. When a company has a vision and develops its mission statement, it is stating the reasons the company exists and the inherent values of the company. When the company develops a strategy and its associated plans of action, it creates the vehicle that moves it toward the fulfillment of its mission and the attainment of its vision. The purpose of business strategy is to gain a sustainable economic advantage. The purpose of technology strategy is to gain a sustainable technology advantage that provides a competitive edge. The two strategies must be closely intertwined and highly integrated. This requires extensive forethought about the firm’s distinctive technologies, the products or services it can provide, the potential customers, and where the organization wants to be in the future. The company’s technologies must be harnessed and exploited according to a well designed plan. Effective technology management is based on successfully linking business and technology strategies. The present research article presents a model for technology strategy, which is a major requirement for the success of management of technology in all technology based organizations
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In the recent decade, there has been a tremendous development in Construction sector across the globe as a result of evolvement of numerous strategies which allows construction companies to enhance their Construction Planning in collaboration with their supply chain partners having global optimization. The two common concerns in today’s construction Management is to optimise the Time and cost required to complete a construction project. Every construction project is a cross functional effort of Owner, Client, Designer, Consultant, Main contractors, Subcontractors and Material suppliers. Typically more than 60% of the value of the construction cost is contributed by the material suppliers and any delay in material supplies could have an immense effect on the construction planning in terms of cost and time overrun. This study is specifically undertaken to analyse and rank the causes of construction project delays related to material suppliers in Kuwait Commercial Building Construction Industry. A set of 48 questionnaires were issued to conduct the survey among the construction companies in Kuwait, which intended to rank the causes of material supply delays in terms of Relative Importance Index, Frequency of Occurrence Index, Severity Index and Overall Importance Index. This study was undertaken with a hope that the findings will be a guidance to mitigate the supply chain risk and will enhance the performance of the construction Industry in Kuwait.
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The capital market of a country holds great significance with respect to its economic growth. Capital markets in India as well as across the globe are progressively getting interconnected. The new financial instrument for tapping the international markets may be termed as Depository Receipts (DRs). A depositary receipt is a negotiable financial instrument issued by a bank to represent a foreign company's publicly traded securities. It is a type of negotiable (transferable) financial security that is traded on a local stock exchange but represents a security, usually in the form of equity that is issued by a foreign publicly listed company. Recently, Depository Receipts, especially, American Depository Receipts (ADR) and Global Depository Receipts (GDR) have become a popular investment alternative for the investors in India. ADR were first issued in 1927 and they account for the maximum number of trades in comparison to GDRs. Both ADRs and GDRs help investors looking to tap a new investor base, expand awareness, or raise capital. In this context, this paper aims at discussing the role of ADR and GDRs issuance. It also showcases the different aspects of Depository Receipt issues along with their relationship with the Indian and International securities market.
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Agile projects follows agile manifesto which defines a set of principles and guidelines that can be followed in the projects. Principles of agile manifesto which are directly related to people competencies are: Satisfying the customer, Business people and developers working together, Build projects around motivated individuals, Continuous attention to technical excellence, Team reflecting on how to become more effective and then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. The above principles clearly states that human resource planning in agile projects is very important aspects and it not only concentrates on usual technical excellence but also looking into other areas like customer management, team management, team collaboration , leadership , self management etc. This research highlights the competencies reflected in famous agile books on the Scrum agile roles (Scrum Master, Product Owner and Team members) and also addresses the competencies used by the Organization while recruiting the above agile roles thru online advertisements. It concludes with few recommendations aimed at making recruitment more effective in agile project environment. It is hoped that the output of this study will also contribute to the existing literature of HR Management as well as other agile methodologies similar to Scrum such as XP, Kanban etc.
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Now that tourism has attained exponential growth rate and is the second largest industry in the world in terms of employment and revenue turnover, it is time to have a look at its environmental and social cost; how it tears into the rights of nature to exist and evolve; how it affects the rights of host communities. In its different forms to minimize negative impacts – sustainable, eco and responsible tourism – the final shot is called by market forces, not by concern for nature which is tourism’s basic resource. Vigorous promotion of tourism has been part of development strategy adopted by many developing and third world countries. Conflict between two approaches – developmental extremism and environmental fundamentalism has been there. How to strike a balance between the two is the moot question. Key Words: Rights of Nature, environmental and social cost, developmental extremism, environmental fundamentalism.
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The purpose of this paper is to study aspect which leads to the synchronization between what an employer expects from his employees when they join the organization and what are the aspirations of employees from their employers. A self designed questionnaire with 5 point Likert scale to collect the data. Data is collected from both educational institutes and automobile industry of Indore city (20 from each) and then it is analysed version using different tools in SPSS 20 version. It was found out that there is a little synchronization between what an employer expects from his employees and the expectation of employees when he enters in an organization. The study is conducted in a limited area only that is very small no. of respondents is taken into consideration. So, there is a scope of further research. It will be a useful for educational Institutes, Professors, personal tutors, careers advisors and any other practitioners involved in employability activities. It will also be helpful in developing employable graduates for industries. This paper seeks to make the synchronization between employer’s need and employee’s aspirations. It will be of value to the people with an interest in employability issues. Keywords: Synchronization, aspirations, employability, employable graduates, employer’s need.
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A rational Economical Decision is one which takes proper care of Risk-Return trade-off. That is why Risk Management has drawn attention of many. Risk Management is recognition of risk, risk assessment, developing strategies to manage it and mitigating that risk. Among the various tools available for risk management; Derivatives Options have secured a special position because of its peculiar characteristics. This paper attempts to classify the various available strategies by its sentiments, which would act as a ready recknor for the potential option traders who probably don’t have complete knowledge of all Option Strategies. Well, still the success lies in identifying the right sentiment. Thus, further this paper helps identify the current market sentiment with the help of Technical analysis viz. MACD and RSI. Finally, this paper gives empirical evidence for the same, which shows that it works. Key words: Risk Management, Derivatives, Options, Options Strategies, Sentiments, Technical Analysis, MACD, RSI.
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Women are generally created an identity as homemakers since from the tradition. They are forced to go for jobs and in addition to that take up the responsibilities in families. The women are expected to contribute their physical, relational, monetary energy and time for the growth of their family and family maintenances, in parallel they are also expected to contribute their presence at their work places. But there are circumstances in which, majority of the women unable to effectively balance the situations of family and work, consecutively the inability attribute different dimensional issues to them. Among those issues, the profound issues are family and health. Those issues cascade further issues faced by women. Since employability is an indispensable element among the present women and issues are also unavoidable. In this circumvent the present attempt of this research paper focus to identify the family and health related issues faced by married working women in selected sectors at Kanchipuram Town.
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The main livelihood of rural people in India is agriculture and allied activities. With the development of science and technology agriculture has also developed in India as HYV seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and power tiller etc., have been facilitating to increase output of the farmers. With the increase in output, the issue in many parts of the country is now selling of surplus agriculture goods by the farmers by getting proper price support. Even Planning Commission has highlighted the issue. In Andhra Pradesh the issue of marketing has been resolved through intervention of Self Help Groups (SHGs). The paper has explained the model with a case from Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. This innovative model may replicated in other States of the country
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Stress is the psychological factor that affects the productivity of the individuals. The purpose of the study was to focus on the factors that lead to stress in working women. The secondary purpose was to find out these stress factors effect on job satisfaction of the working women. The factor analysis and the discriminant analysis were used for the study. Six constructs emerged in the factor analysis, which were the components of variables that created stress among the working women. Based on the components of variables of these constructs they were termed as lack of motivation, gender-based ill-treatment, conflicts, and lack of role clarity, competition, and personal work.
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Stress is the psychological factor that affects the productivity of the individuals. The purpose of the study was to focus on the factors that lead to stress in working women. The secondary purpose was to find out these stress factors effect on job satisfaction of the working women. The factor analysis and the discriminant analysis were used for the study. Six constructs emerged in the factor analysis, which were the components of variables that created stress among the working women. Based on the components of variables of these constructs they were termed as lack of motivation, gender-based ill-treatment, conflicts, and lack of role clarity, competition, and personal work.
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Stress is the psychological factor that affects the productivity of the individuals. The purpose of the study was to focus on the factors that lead to stress in working women. The secondary purpose was to find out these stress factors effect on job satisfaction of the working women. The factor analysis and the discriminant analysis were used for the study. Six constructs emerged in the factor analysis, which were the components of variables that created stress among the working women. Based on the components of variables of these constructs they were termed as lack of motivation, gender-based ill-treatment, conflicts, and lack of role clarity, competition, and personal work.
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Migration is inextricably related with another important global issue, including poverty, development and human rights. Migrants are often the most entrepreneurial and energetic members of society. Traditionally migration has underpinned growth of economic condition and nation-building and developed cultures. Migration also presents some major challenges. Some migrants are oppressed and their human rights harmed, integration in destination countries can be complex and migration can deprive origin countries of important skills. Most people move in search of better opportunities, hoping to combine their own talents with resources in the destination country so as to benefit themselves and their immediate family, who often accompany or follow them. Quality of work life provides a more humanized work environment to the migrant workers. It attempts to serve the higher order needs of migrant workers as well as their more basic needs. It seeks to employ the higher skills of workers and to provide an environment that encourages them to improve their skills. The present study deals with the migrated workers and their work life in Erode and Tirupur districts.
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The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts recruits, motivates, and retains its workforce. Organizations invest a huge amount on employee’s growth and development through training and job assignments. The organization faces at loss when the employees leave their job once they are fully trained and skilled. Employees are competitive edge in today’s cut throat competition world. So the aim of this study was to find out why do employees leave an organization; what are the proposed solutions to retain the employees; and to test whether there is any significant difference between male and female respondents perception regarding the job retention policies. The result showed work life imbalance, job satisfaction and job security are the main causes of job turnover. To compare the perception of men and women teachers about the job turnover and to study the impact of designation on job turnover Chi square test was used. To know the relationship between job satisfaction and job turnover Karl Pearson coefficient correlation was used. There is no significant relationship of Gender and job turnover and designation and job turnover but the negative relationship between job satisfaction and job behavior was found. The results of this study may have some importance to HR managers to frame their employee’s retention policies.
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India is an agrarian driven economy though service sector contribute 57% of GDP more than any other sectors, our agrarian economy facing disguised unemployment because of lack of options available in rural area for work and skills, it’s essential to find our new avenues to create employment or business opportunities in these areas. Government has placed special emphasis on agriculture in the five-year plans and also made steady improvements in irrigation, technology, modern agricultural techniques and provision of agricultural credit and subsidies since the Green Revolution in India. However, international comparisons reveal the average yield in India is generally 30% to 50% of the highest average yield in the world. In India, 85 % of the population is directly or indirectly dependent upon agriculture and a vast majority is based in the rural belt. Tourism is a very significant contributor to the GDP of any country and is a crucial tool for employment generation, poverty alleviation and sustainable human development. India basically being a rural economy, rural tourism and agro- tourism hold an important place in facilitating development.
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The bank is a medium of money transactions. Where ever the money plays a role the role of bank is very must. The transactions are taken place through different channels. The channels are preferred on certain attributes of the transactions. This paper deals with the preference level on the channel of transaction with respect to attitudes of transaction and with respect to various services. The preference level on the quality of services to be provided is also studied. It is found that the CHEQUE operation and ATM are predominantly preferable than internet banking and mobile banking. Immediate attention is more preferable quality of service to be offered to the banking customers.
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In Present Marketing Scenario, the Study of Consumer Behavior has become essential. Consumers are the kings of markets. Without consumers no business organization can run. All the activities of the business concerns end with consumers and consumer satisfaction. Customer behavior study is based on consumer buying behavior, with the customer playing the three distinct roles of user, payer and buyer. In any business organization, rapid change in consumer buying behavior is a big challenge in sustainable growth of the business. In developing country like India, there is need to formulate and successfully implement strategies related to consumer buying behavior because there are fewer resources to meet the basic requirements of the business. Rapidly changing consumer buying behavior is an obstacle in the growth of business because, it leads to heavy losses due to obsolete stock of the organization. The study of Consumer Buying Behaviour is quite complex and very often not considered rational, because of many variables involved and their tendency to interact with & influence each other. A further challenge is that consumer personalities differ across borders and also between and within regions. Taste, behavior and preference of consumers cannot be ignored because consumers are the 'Kings' of market. Consumer behavior is a complex, dynamic, multidimensional process, and all marketing decisions are based on assumptions about consumer buying behavior. Therefore, marketing strategies related to consumer buying behavior are made to beat cut throat competition in global context.
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This research paper finds out the existing marketing system of bamboo handicraft products in Nagaland and Dimapur district in particular. To understand the bamboo handicraft marketing in Dimapur district, Nagaland a study was carried out among the bamboo handicraft entrepreneurs working under Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) in the month June-July 2012 with the objective to study the different marketing strategies and to identify and understand the critical factors faced while marketing bamboo handicraft products. Bamboo handicraft is an important source of livelihood especially in the rural areas where most of the artisans are neither educated nor employed, their skills passed on from generation to generation through practice. These artisans are skilled manual workers faced with poor working environment, inadequate tools and machines.
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India is the prevalent prime producer of moringa (drumstick) with an annual production of 2.2 million tonnes of tender fruits from an area of 38,000 ha. Farmers found that growing moringa crops during summer season was remunerative. Thus, moringa gained a foothold as a summer vegetable. Its unique flavour and aroma became very popular. Based on the significance of moringa in the human diet this study might more viable with the specific objectives of to assessing the marketing strategies for promotion Periyakulam annual moringa seeds in Tamil Nadu. This study revealed that the price fluctuation in moringa is to the extent of ten times. The moringa production is scattered. The commercial pure crop cultivation is practised only in selected areas in Tamil Nadu. Being perishable in nature, the produce has to be sold within a short period. Thus in the market, farmers are price takers and are in risk at disadvantages. Group monopsony behaviour of few well established trades indicated that the price made for moringa trade is unfavourable to farming community. Hence, supply chain management has to be effectively arranged for getting due share in the consumer price.
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With the current augmenting apprehension about food safety and environmental protection, the organic food market is expanding rapidly. Being free from compound fertilizers, pesticides and preservatives, organic food correspond to a type of food that can free people from the threat of harmful effects arising from excess or illegal uses of harmful chemical in food. Organic foods pitch on factors like being healthier and more environmentally friendly than conventional foods; it is interesting to investigate the relationships between three key factors: health consciousness, ethical self-identity and environmental attitudes and so, the consumer’s attitude toward organic food. This study focuses on a more specific attitude, attitude towards organic food and examines the roles of health consciousness, ethical self-identity and environmental attitude in predicting consumer’s attitude towards organic produce in Chhattisgarh. The results might help producers and marketers to design appropriate marketing promotion strategies for organic food consumption in Chhattisgarh, and perhaps, in similar socio-cultural contexts.
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This study aims to examine customer’s perception of service quality towards Mc Donalds in India. At the same time, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty are evaluated, as these two concepts are highly related to service quality. For this purpose a survey research has been chosen as the most appropriate research method. Data was collected from 80 customers who visited Mc Donald’s and a benchmark has been developed to interpret the results. The results of the study show that overall service quality is highly rated by its customers. Respondents are very satisfied with their stay, although they remain price conscious. An additional contribution of this study is the reconfirmation of the general conceptual framework of service quality in hospitality firms by Ekinci, Dawes and Massey (2008), in the unique setting of an outlet.
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Postal Life Insurance (PLI) is the oldest Life insurer in India and it offers seven different plans to the employees of Central and State Governments, public sector companies, educational institutions etc. This empirical and analytical study aims to measure the growth of PLI and also analyze the policyholders’ satisfaction. The responses were collected from policyholders who are working in postal department, educational department and the public sector banks in Coimbatore and Tiruppur Districts of Tamil Nadu State. Purposive sampling technique was adopted and questionnaire has been used to collect primary data from policyholders. This study measures the growth of PLI with the help of no. of policies attracted by PLI and its sum assurance. Secondary data has been collected from official records of Department of Posts during the periods from 2001-2002 to 2009-2010. The study reported that there is a less annual growth of PLI during the study period from 2001-2002 to 2009-2010. Further, the policies attracted under PLI on yearly average base during the study periods was 29, 75,388 nos. with its sum assurance of Rs. 257 Billion. In addition, policyholders’ perception towards their satisfaction survey reported that more than 4/5th of them having high satisfaction about PLI. The availability of loan facility to the scheme, procedure for settlement of claims, bonus offered by PLI is the major drivers for determine the satisfaction level among policyholders. The chi-square analysis reveals that personal factors like gender, age group, monthly income and purpose of saving of the policyholders is not associated with their satisfaction.
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This article is about Consumer Behavior, Perception and Satisfaction of Services offered by E-Learning Organizations in Chennai. The primary objectives are to study on buyer behavior of E-learning organizations’ services and to find out the needs of customer while buying E-learning organizations services. The Secondary objectives are to find the status of E-learning organizations in offering services to schools and colleges, to study on awareness of E-learning organizations’ services among the customers and to find out the customer expectations to improve the quality of services. A sample of 100 respondents was taken for survey. Data were collected to through difference source to proceed further in the project. The primary source of data was collected through questionnaire and secondary source of data collected through personal interview, organizations, websites and books. Statistical tools were used percentage analysis, chi-square test. After the analysis of data found that majority of customer is fully satisfied with the quality of the services is good. Hence it was found that buyer relationship is excellent with the organizations. Majority of the respondents (80%) looked in for guarantee while buying the services.90% of the respondents looked in for freebies while buying the services. However, few suggestions are provided for further development of the organization with their service to the customer. This in turn will contribute to the development of the organizations.
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Measuring service quality is one of the most researched area in services marketing context. Researchers over the past three decades have developed various measurement instruments to measure service quality and its relationship with that of customer satisfaction leading to future purchase intentions. SERVQUAL and SERVPERF are the two widely used instruments across the globe by the service sector for measuring service quality. The expectations minus perception approach by Parasuraman and others has got serious critics even though it is the most adopted one till date. Many felt that expectations have multiple dimensions hence it is hard to measure. Cronin and Taylor then came up with SERVPERF as they strongly believed that performance model is more convenient in measuring service quality. Further research showcased its superiority in terms of better reliability, convergent and discriminant validity and less bias than SERVQUAL. Incorporation of SERVPERF in Indian service segment especially in healthcare is in its nascent stage only. This article intends to measure the service quality determinants in a private hospital using SERVPERF scale, both from patients and their attendant’s perspective. The results show that there is no major difference in service quality perceptions between patients and their attendants. Responsiveness, Empathy and Tangibility are the three main factors associated with overall customer satisfaction.
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Modern computing can probably be traced back to the ‘Harvard Mk I’ and Colossus (both of 1943). Colossus was an electronic computer built in Britain at the end of 1943 and designed to crack the German coding system. These computers were among the first of the ‘first generation’ computers. Although processing power and storage capacities have increased beyond all recognition since the 1970’s the underlying technology of LSI (large scaled integration) or VLSI (very large scale integration) microchips ahs remained basically the same, so it is widely regarded that most of today’s computers still belong to the fourth generation. Hence it warrants a “Market study of HCL Networking products amongst the dealers in Chennai City” with the objective to identity the awareness about the HCL networking products amongst the dealers situated in Chennai. Descriptive studies attempt to obtain a complete and accurate description of a situation. In this type of research the researcher is identifying the problem and collecting the information to solve that problem and the study is designed to provide for the collection of this information. Liberalizing and globalizing the economy of business sector (both service and manufacturing) has been made possible through networking. In brief, this technology has expanded our horizons of growth and business but shrunk the whole into a webbed sphere.
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