INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA WORKING PAPER SERIES WPS No. 677/ August 2011 JUGAAD- Not just “Making do” but a Low Cost Survival & Coping Strategy at the Bottom of the Pyramids. by Ramendra Singh Assistant Professor‚ Indian Institute of Management Calcutta‚ Joka‚ Kolkata 700104 Vaibhav Gupta B.Tech Student‚ Department of Applied physics‚ Delhi Technological University‚ Delhi‚ India & Akash Mondal B.Tech Student‚ Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
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The Concept of Culture The article “European Lawmakers Reject Tight Restrictions on E-Cigarettes” by Andrew Higgins discusses the decision by European Parliament to abandon proposals by health officials that electronic cigarettes be regulated for medical use‚ supporting a hands-off approach to the sale and use of e-cigarettes. The European Union legislation did not address the issue of where smoking electric cigarettes can be allowed leaving that to national and local jurisdictions. The Food and
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® keep it simple science Copying is permitted according to the Site Licence Conditions only HSC Biology Topic 1 MAINTAINING A BALANCE What is this topic about? To keep it as simple as possible‚ (K.I.S.S.) this topic involves the study of: 1. ENZYMES & HOMEOSTASIS 2. TEMPERATURE REGULATION 3. INTERNAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 4. EXCRETION & WATER BALANCE but first‚ an introduction... Living Things are Made of Cells Homeostasis All living things are composed of microscopic units
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Concepts of a Motivation Human Relations Salife Charles June 22‚ 2013 MAN 3303-45106 Concepts of a Motivation When it comes to motivation you would expect that a supervisor be the last person to motivate you‚ but what if you had that one cool supervisor who did everything all wrong but made working so interesting to the point you looked forward to each shift. There are things most employee look for when it comes to a job‚ is it fun to be at work‚ can I enjoy working extended time with a
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Understanding Business Research Terms and Concepts Quiz 2‚ Grunig Match the letter of the answers on the right to the questions on the left. Each answer can be used more than once. Questions AnswersWhich type of research design is appropriate for the following example A company wants to discover if changing from mail advertisements to TV advertising will increase sales at its furniture stores. ____Symmetrical relationship Longitudinal
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Concept of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Voice over Internet Protocol‚ commonly known as VoIP‚ is a technology used for the transmission of voice information using the Internet Protocol (IP). VoIP allows the sending of voice information in a digital form using packets as opposed to the traditional circuit-committed protocols of the Public Switched Telephone network (PSTN). Traditionally when one wishes to make a phone call‚ a call is placed using a telephone that is connected to a circuit-switched
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THE CONCEPT OF LEARNING Kaplan University SS124-29 Professor Missy Madden-Schlegel September 26‚ 2010 Learning is defined as an experience that produces lasting change in the mind of the person receiving the knowledge. Learning can be conscious as in memorizing scriptures from the bible and unconscious as in something happening without any deliberate efforts (Schacter et. al.‚ 2009). From an education standpoint‚ learning can also involve helping people by giving information that
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In the midst of the ordinary time (kronos)‚ extraordinary time (kairos) happens. A cultural word morphed by Christianity Introduction In a scene from Dead Poets Society‚ Professor John Keating challenges his boarding school English class. They sheepishly stand in front of the trophy case peering inquisitively into the photographs of alumna. The professor speaks with a deliberate tone about the boys in the faded black and white photographs: They’re not that different from you‚ are they
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Concept of Leadership Leadership - what is it? Many definitions have been offered‚ cultural stereotypes abound‚ numerous programs focus on leadership development‚ but the question remains. In fact‚ leadership is many different things to different people in different circumstances. When we think of leadership‚ we often think first of famous individuals. We may think of great political leaders: Washington‚ Churchill‚ Roosevelt. We may think of the leaders of social movements: Gandhi‚ Martin Luther
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TIMESHARE CONCEPTS A. WHAT A TIMESHARE IS (VACATION OWNERSHIP OR FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP) A timeshare is a program in which a group of people shares use of a property by dividing among themselves the rights to use the property for specific time periods. Although the property is usually a residential project such as a condominium‚ developers have applied the timesharing concept to other types of properties‚ such as houseboats‚ campgrounds‚ and recreational vehicle parks. Virtually all timeshares
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