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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Sustainability Strategies: The Costa Rica Case By Dimas Siem INTRODUCTION Sustainable development requires balancing the needs of society‚ the economy‚ and the environment. In 1994‚ Costa Rica adopted sustainable development as an official policy. Since that time‚ a major effort was set in motion to look at the country’s sustainable growth potential in an integrated way. This push entailed four objectives: economic efficiency‚ social equity‚ political participation and environmental sustainability
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Project E3 - Sustainable and Integrated Rural Economic Development Summary: Project E3 is a Public‚ Private and Community Partnership Project for creating a sustainable Rural Economic Development Telecentre Network to help grass root youth women farmers and micro businessmen to improve their quality of life through economic inclusion through innovative use of ICT. Project E3 used ICT for effective addressing of rural Telecentre economic problems implementing a local language based e business
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Branch‚ Daneshjou Blvd‚ Iran b‚c‚e MBA(GM) Graduate‚ Faculty of Management‚ Multimedia University‚ Cyberjaya‚ Malaysia d Senior Executive at SYABAS‚ Pursuing MBA(GM) at Multimedia University‚ Cyberjaya‚ Malaysia ABSTRACT Green concept and green marketing had an exponential growth over the last decades and it had a significant impact on the market and environment globally. Following a widespread review of existing literature‚ this study has adopted the TPB model by Ajzen‚ 1991. The relevant
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A Review of Current Trend in Sustainable Manufacturing 1. ABSTRACT Sustainable manufacturing revolves around the cooperation and efforts of manufacturers‚ and the customers support towards this process. The manufacturing industry is in support for sustainable manufacturing‚ but there are some factors that still need to be ironed out so that manufacturing can go full swing into sustainable manufacturing. Sustainable manufacturing goal can be achieved through sourcing for materials locally‚ using natural
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To a large extent‚ I agree that the nuclear power is an unsustainable energy resource. Environmentally‚ water for cooling process of the nuclear plants is released into the sea. This causes thermal pollution and reduces water quality. Moreover‚ the radioactive wastes in the nuclear plants will release radioactive substances and contaminate the surrounding areas. Even if the waste is buried underground‚ there may be leakage‚ polluting the underground water and soil. Serious damage is done to the
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From the economic system ’s point of view‚ the role of marketing intermediaries is to transform the assortment of products made by producers into the assortment of products wanted by ________. 4) ________ conflict‚ which occurs between different levels of the same channel‚ is more common than ________ conflict‚ which occurs among firms at the same level of the channel. 5) Which of the following are the three major types of vertical marketing systems? 6) The most common type of contractual
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The Concept of Globalization Globalization has become one of the common catchphrases frequently used by people all over the world. However many scholars referred the 1990s as the decade of globalization and like any other social phenomenon‚ globalization has brewed different interpretations since then. However there are varied definitions of globalization as reflected in the arguments below. According to Baylis‚ J.‚ et el. (2008‚ p. 16)‚ globalization is simply the widening‚ deepening‚ and speeding
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A Discussion and Critical Evaluation on How Person-centred Theorists View Concepts of the Self Introduction As children grow they start to learn about themselves through their relationships with others and psychologists have evidenced how their ideas of themselves are significantly influenced by other people’s ideas and reactions to them. Dowling (2008) suggests that a child’s level of confidence is affected by their early experiences‚ successes and failures and it is recognised that a child’s
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one day and critically discuss how you are an actor in society; how you affect your social surroundings; and‚ how your daily life is shaped and constrained by society. This will allow you engage with many of the sociological concepts reviewed to-date including newer concepts such as impression management‚ stage theory and emotional labor. Explain why you needed to perform in such a way (i.e.‚ your motives‚ instincts‚ feelings‚ or structural constraints). Do you see who you are and where
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