Business, Management and Accounting

Some Aspects of Infant and Child Mortality in few States

The rate of infant and child mortality is very high among the people of India particularly those living in rural areas. This paper examines levels, trends and socio-demographic factors associated with infant and child mortality among few states. The government of India has conducted the fourth National Family Health Survey (NFHS 4) in 2015 and some partial results from a few states are now available. It is a similar type of countrywide surveys which was conducted in 1992 (NFHS 1), 1998 (NFHS 2), 2005 (NFHS 3).

AN ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURES PRACTICES OF SELECTED INDIAN LISTED COMPANIES

In recent times, corporate governance has attracted much attention both in academic literature and press media, especially in the wake of failure of some of world’s most respected corporations. Corporate Governance is related to effective, transparent and accountable administration of affairs of an institution by its management, while protecting the interests of its stakeholders including shareholders, creditors, regulators and the public. But the implementation of ‘Corporate Governance’ is not that much simple as its means. It is very wide subject and it includes lot of discussion.

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE LIFE INSURERS AND LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA (LIC)

This study basically revolves around the life insurance sector which has been opened for the private life insurers in the beginning of 20th century. Life Insurance Corporation of India  (henceforth, referred to as LIC)  for a long period of time has enjoyed a monopoly in life insurance sector and the fact cannot be denied that LIC has a pre accomplished market leadership which makes it difficult for the new players to compete.

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON CSR EXPENDITURE OF BSE LISTED COMPANIES IN INDIA

Spending on CSR is not new in India. It has raised a lot of expectations and gained growing recognition as a new and emerging form of governance in India after legislating of CSR mandate in Companies Act, 2013, w.e.f 1st April, 2014. India has become the first country to mandate CSR through a statutory provision. Countries like U.K, U.S.A, China, Germany and Australia have voluntary guidelines for CSR spending/reporting.

A STUDY OF EMPLOYMENT SCENARIO OF ZARI WORKERS IN WEST BENGAL

Zari industry in India dates back to the 16th century reaching its pinnacle during the Mughal rule and is one of the leading industries after diamond and textiles. It is largely a family based, hereditary and skill-oriented business and enjoys the status of cottage industry since 1955. There is no dictionary meaning of “Zari”. It is an expert embroidery work done an silk cloth with thread coated with gold and silver. The craft of Zari is known by different names: Kinkhwab, Zar-baft, Zartari, Zarkashi, Mushaiar and so on.

FACTORS INFLUENCING PURCHASE OF HEALTH INSURANCE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF BARDOLI AREA

The term ‘Health Insurance’ relates to a type of insurance that essentially covers your medical expenses. A health insurance policy like other insurance policies is a contract between an insurer and an individual / group in which the insurer agrees to provide specified health insurance cover at a particular “premium” subject to terms and conditions specified in the insurance policy. Health Insurance comes is useful to meet with health emergencies. 

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SURAT DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK- A CASE STUDY

For proper operation of the banks and discharge the obligations to different segments of the society, profit earning is essential. However, profit earning is not a part of fundamental principles of the co-operative banks yet essential for sustenance and survival. In this paper authors tries to analyze the profitability of the Surat Central Co-operative Bank with the help of profitability ratios. Regression analyses has been used for analysis of data of last ten years i.e.2005-06 to 2014-15.

CUSTOMER’S APPROACH TOWARDS THE TREASURE MALL: Empirical Case study of Nanded City

The young generation prefers the new modern method for shopping and other things. The mostly customers like to go the mall, due to luxurious facility provide by mall. The most of the students are going to mall for the watching movie and shopping. The goal of this study is to examine the factors which influence the consumers' attraction to shopping malls.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INDIAN MYTHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT AND THE MODERN MANAGEMENT

The eminent international authors and writers are propounding various management theories and principles from last 100 years which are being universally accepted by all management schools and businesses. These authors and writers are called the father of modern management principles and theories but there is a no. of historical and epic events and era in Indian mythology which proves that without the existence of principles of management the occurrence of those events were impossible.

Relationship between market value and book value of Major Indian Information Technology firms under pre and post IFRS

Many researches have been conducted on the effect of adoption of IFRS on value relevance of firms e.g. Mohd Halim and Zulkifli [2008], Ahmed and Goodwin [2006], Harris and Muller [1999], Bartov et al. [2005], Lin and Chen [2005], Horton and Serafeim [2006], Schiebel [2006], Niskanen et al. [2000] and Mohd Kadri et al. [2008]. Even though they have employed similar model [Ohlson, 1995], their results were not conclusive. In India, the effect of adoption of IFRS on value relevance of accounting numbers is still not known yet as the IFRS is not fully applicable.