Bhaskar Bagchi

Telecom: Case Studies on Selected Service Providers

The telecom industry processes are vertically integrated. In the era of voice-dominated landlines, operators were operating on a simple mode of operations though the network system was complex. The industry was characterized by technology with increasing returns to scale and was dominated by monopoly market structure, with little or no competition, and selling of the services was not rigorous.

Banking: Case Studies of Selected Banks

The Indian banking industry has its establishments in the eighteenth century and has had a differed transformative ordeal from that point forward. The underlying banks in India were essentially brokers’ banks connected just in financing exercises.

Pharmaceutical: Case Studies of Selected Pharma Companies

Indian medical expertise is acclaimed and trusted across the globe. The modern allopathic system is well established in India but the country has long history of various types of medical and pharmaceutical systems. Homoeopathy came to India in 1810. In the pre-British rule era, Ayurvedic and Unani forms of medicine were used and these were related to religious practices as well. The British Government had introduced the allopathic form of medicine in colonized India.

Brief Note on Data Envelopment Analysis

Efficiency analysis considers decision-making problem faced by an economic agent (like a consumer or a producer). The choice variables, constraints and some criterion function have to be identified in the process of decision-making

Dynamic Linkages and Volatility Spillover: Effects of Oil Prices on Exchange Rates, and Stock Markets of Emerging Economies

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