he United India Insurance Award for Best Paper was awarded to Aruna Divya T, a doctoral student at IIM Bangalore, for her paper, 'Reference Dependent Preferences on Time of Coverage: An Alternative Explanation for Why We Observe Minimal Warranties', in the Marketing area
As many as 13 papers were presented by researchers and a total of 125 draft submissions were made at the sixth annual Doctoral Students' Conference (IMRDC) on December 22 and 23, 2014 at IIM Bangalore.
The two-day IMR Doctoral Conference, organized by IIMB Management Review (IMR) and the Office of the Fellow Programme in Management at IIM Bangalore, is one of the signaling events in management research and research in associated disciplines among management schools in the country.
The United India Insurance Award for Best Paper was awarded to Aruna Divya T, IIM Bangalore, for her paper, 'Reference Dependent Preferences on Time of Coverage: An Alternative Explanation for Why We Observe Minimal Warranties', in the Marketing area.
The SBI Life Award for Best Paper went to Anuradha Saha, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi, for her paper, 'Tax Policy and Food Security', in the Economics and Social Sciences area.
The Syndicate Bank Award for Best Paper was awarded to Giridhar Ramachandran, IIT Madras, for his paper, 'Benefits of flocking together | Perceived Value of Consumption Community Membership - Results of a Qualitative Study', in the Marketing area.
Special Mention Awards went to Sreevas Sahasranamam, IIM Kozhikode, for his paper 'Moderating Effect of Formal Institutions on Individual Resource Commitment to Social Enterprise Entry', and Prakash Awasthy, IIM Bangalore, for his paper, 'Collaboration in Outcome-Based Contract for IT services'.
Giving away the awards, Professor Shainesh G, Dean Administration, IIMB, said: "The diversity of papers and research methods used here certainly adds value to the conference."
On December 22, Professor Devanath Tirupati, Dean Academic, IIM Bangalore, lit the inaugural lamp and declared the conference open. Professor Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal, Chairperson, IIMB Management Review, welcomed the delegates. Professor Shashidhar Murthy, Chairperson, Fellow Programme in Management, Professor Sreelata Jonnalagedda, Conference Co-Chair and, Professor Sourav Mukherji, Conference Co-Chair and Chairperson of Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP,) addressed the gathering.
Dr. C Rangarajan, former Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, delivered the keynote address on 'India Economy: Short-term concerns and Medium-term Challenges'. "Decline in investment rate and productivity has resulted in a growth rate below 5%. The decline in investment rate is the prime reason for the fall of growth rate, but if productivity of capital had sustained, even though investment rate had declined to 28-30%, we would have had a growth rate of 7-7.5%," he explained, suggesting that lowering CAD rate to 2.5% of GDP would get the growth rate back to 8 per cent.
Professor K S Manikandan, IIM Tiruchirapalli, and Dr. Vidya Natampally, Senior Director of Strategy, Microsoft Research India, spoke on research developments and deficiencies in India. A workshop in 'Randomized Evaluation: Theory, Practice, and Analysis by JPAL' was organized as part of the conference.
he United India Insurance Award for Best Paper was awarded to Aruna Divya T, a doctoral student at IIM Bangalore, for her paper, 'Reference Dependent Preferences on Time of Coverage: An Alternative Explanation for Why We Observe Minimal Warranties', in the Marketing area
As many as 13 papers were presented by researchers and a total of 125 draft submissions were made at the sixth annual Doctoral Students' Conference (IMRDC) on December 22 and 23, 2014 at IIM Bangalore.
The two-day IMR Doctoral Conference, organized by IIMB Management Review (IMR) and the Office of the Fellow Programme in Management at IIM Bangalore, is one of the signaling events in management research and research in associated disciplines among management schools in the country.
The United India Insurance Award for Best Paper was awarded to Aruna Divya T, IIM Bangalore, for her paper, 'Reference Dependent Preferences on Time of Coverage: An Alternative Explanation for Why We Observe Minimal Warranties', in the Marketing area.
The SBI Life Award for Best Paper went to Anuradha Saha, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi, for her paper, 'Tax Policy and Food Security', in the Economics and Social Sciences area.
The Syndicate Bank Award for Best Paper was awarded to Giridhar Ramachandran, IIT Madras, for his paper, 'Benefits of flocking together | Perceived Value of Consumption Community Membership - Results of a Qualitative Study', in the Marketing area.
Special Mention Awards went to Sreevas Sahasranamam, IIM Kozhikode, for his paper 'Moderating Effect of Formal Institutions on Individual Resource Commitment to Social Enterprise Entry', and Prakash Awasthy, IIM Bangalore, for his paper, 'Collaboration in Outcome-Based Contract for IT services'.
Giving away the awards, Professor Shainesh G, Dean Administration, IIMB, said: "The diversity of papers and research methods used here certainly adds value to the conference."
On December 22, Professor Devanath Tirupati, Dean Academic, IIM Bangalore, lit the inaugural lamp and declared the conference open. Professor Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal, Chairperson, IIMB Management Review, welcomed the delegates. Professor Shashidhar Murthy, Chairperson, Fellow Programme in Management, Professor Sreelata Jonnalagedda, Conference Co-Chair and, Professor Sourav Mukherji, Conference Co-Chair and Chairperson of Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP,) addressed the gathering.
Dr. C Rangarajan, former Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, delivered the keynote address on 'India Economy: Short-term concerns and Medium-term Challenges'. "Decline in investment rate and productivity has resulted in a growth rate below 5%. The decline in investment rate is the prime reason for the fall of growth rate, but if productivity of capital had sustained, even though investment rate had declined to 28-30%, we would have had a growth rate of 7-7.5%," he explained, suggesting that lowering CAD rate to 2.5% of GDP would get the growth rate back to 8 per cent.
Professor K S Manikandan, IIM Tiruchirapalli, and Dr. Vidya Natampally, Senior Director of Strategy, Microsoft Research India, spoke on research developments and deficiencies in India. A workshop in 'Randomized Evaluation: Theory, Practice, and Analysis by JPAL' was organized as part of the conference.