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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A Report on The Neighborhood Concept Submitted by: Ajay Kumar Ravi (Barc/1025/2008) Ashutosh Prateek (Barc/1039/2008) INTRODUCTION The term neighborhood has many meanings and uses. For example‚ neighborhood can be used to refer to the small group of houses in the immediate vicinity of one ’s house or to a larger area with similar housing types and market values. Neighborhood is also used to describe an area surrounding
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After reading the "New Frontier: Transformation of Management for the New Millennium" by Michael A. Hitt‚ identify two or three of the key concepts presented by the author. Based on the key concepts you identified from the article‚ offer an objective observation that his view of the future‚ stated in 2000‚ may or may not apply today. In addition‚ you are to respond to two other postings that builds on or stems from what the learner posted to this forum. The quality of your response is what builds
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DEFINING OOP AND HOW IT CAME INTO BEING. OOP which fully means Object Oriented Programming. It is a programming paradigm that uses object consisting of data fields and methods together with their interaction to design applications and computer programs. The design concentrate on objects upon which functions or procedure itself. Object oriented programming is a very reliable method of programming because the re-usability of code and self contained nature of the program component. Object oriented
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Chapter 1: Sociological Stories and Key Concepts Culture: The symbolic and learned aspects of human society. Culture is not biological but‚ instead‚ is transmitted and shared via social interaction. Globalization: A social phenomenon characterized by the growing number of interconnections across the world. Rather than studying society in terms of various nation-states‚ sociologists today are concerned with multinational and global problems—especially in the face of increasing globalization. Whether
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A Homeless Concept. An essay about the uncanny. Table of Contents Introduction 3 The Origin Definition: Unheimliche 4 Freud’s point of view 5 The Analysis The works of Emily Stainer 6 The works of Penny Siopis 8 Conclusion 10 Works cited 11 Introduction This essay is an attempt to interpret the aesthetic phenomenon of uncanniness. Things‚ people‚ impressions
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series we therefore focus upon the concept of terrorism‚ looking specifically at its definition‚ classifications and key characteristics. These are the initial building blocks of knowledge we require to understand terrorism so that we are better prepared to counter its threats. Concept of Terrorism Defining Terrorism Terrorism is nothing new‚ its origins can be traced back in time for centuries but it remains a much contested concept to this day. Academic opinions remain
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Cost Concepts for Managerial Decision Making Prepared for instructional use in Economics For Managers ECG 507 College of Management North Carolina State Universiy © Stephen E. Margolis 2000 Soon we will be using the concepts of cost that are presented in Landsburg’s chapters five and six to analyze market behavior of firms. With a bit of interpretation‚ however‚ these concepts have immediate application to ordinary decisions that
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Norman 1 Taylor Norman Dr. Mitrik English 101.07 August 31‚ 2012 Norman_E101.07_Freire_HW1 In the essay “The “Banking” Concept of Education” Freire explains his ideas of education in the classroom. He talks about two separate forms of education called the banking concept and the problem-posing education. Freire specifically uses two terms drawn from literature praxis and alienation to describe these ways of education. I believe the way Freire used the word praxis throughout the essay he is referring
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1- Consumer Behaviour. One of the most challenging concept in marketing deals with understanding why consumers behave in a certain way or do what they do (or don’t do). Two major psychological concepts are often used to explain and understand the consumer’s behaviour. The first is the so called in psychology the cognitive psychology in which the focus of the study is the mental behaviour i.e. the internal influence such as perception‚ memory‚ attention‚ attitude‚ beliefs‚ values‚ personality
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