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Financial management practices are likely to have a marked effect
on the financial performance of a corporate enterprise. Therefore,
sound financial decisions/practices can contribute towards meeting
the desired objective of having profitable operations. This subject
assumes paramount significance in view of the present dynamic and
turbulent business environment, which has produced more intense
competition and smaller profit margins across the world. In this
context, the financial management practices of the corporates in
India, a country with a vast potential for economic growth, can
offer valuable insights. The present study explores whether there
has been a major change in the financial performance (measured in
terms of profitability) and financial policies/decisions of the
sample companies over a fixed period (2000-2001 to 2010-2011), with
a special focus on pre and post-recession analysis. It delves
deeper into current research areas such as zero working capital,
real options in capital budgeting, pecking order in capital
structures, and clause 49 as reflected in the financial management
decisions of sample companies, and provides a broader perspective
by identifying trends (if any) in certain aspects of financial
decision-making over the past two decades. A comprehensive study,
covering all the major aspects of financial management practices,
also contains an inter-sectoral study (among the sample companies)
and develops an index of professionalism in financial management
based on the practices of the sample companies. The book is
primarily targeted at teachers/students of finance, management,
commerce, accounting and related professional disciplines/fields.
Practitioners/professionals will find it an invaluable text that
helps guide them to better decision-making.
The book examines the market reaction to mergers and acquisitions
(M&A) announcements over a period from 2003 to 2015. Mergers
and acquisitions continue to be amongst the preferred competitive
options available to the companies seeking to grow fast in the
rapidly changing global business scenario. M&A as a growth
strategy has received attention from developed as well as emerging
economies. It has been extensively used by managers as an expansion
strategy and also serves as an important instrument for increasing
corporate efficiency. Recently, M&A has grown at a rapid pace,
creating a need for research to analyze what drives this phenomenon
and how it affects firms and markets. As such, this book evaluates
the impact of M&A on short-term abnormal returns as well
long-term financial performance. It also assesses the management
view concerning the motives for undertaking M&A. In addition,
the book investigates the corporate governance practices of the
acquiring firms and their impact on the short- term as well as
long- term performance of those firms.
Agriculture productivity, growth and regional change in
post-colonial India from a spatial perspective are yet to be
rigorously examined. In particular, the impacts of economic
liberalisation, globalisation and deregulation are not being
empirically investigated at a small-area level using advanced
statistical and spatial techniques. Understanding the process of
regional formation and the rapid transitioning of agricultural
landscapes in the Post-Liberalisation phase is pivotal to
developing and devising regional economic development strategies.
This book employs advanced methods to empirically examine the key
characteristics and patterns of regional change in agricultural
growth and productivity. It offers insights on changes in
agricultural production and practices since the colonial period
through to the Post-Liberalisation phase in India. It also
incorporates the key public policy debates on the progress of
India's agricultural development with the aim of formulating
spatially integrated strategies to reduce rapid rise in the
regional convergence and to promote equitable distribution of
strategic government investment.
Agriculture productivity, growth and regional change in
post-colonial India from a spatial perspective are yet to be
rigorously examined. In particular, the impacts of economic
liberalisation, globalisation and deregulation are not being
empirically investigated at a small-area level using advanced
statistical and spatial techniques. Understanding the process of
regional formation and the rapid transitioning of agricultural
landscapes in the Post-Liberalisation phase is pivotal to
developing and devising regional economic development strategies.
This book employs advanced methods to empirically examine the key
characteristics and patterns of regional change in agricultural
growth and productivity. It offers insights on changes in
agricultural production and practices since the colonial period
through to the Post-Liberalisation phase in India. It also
incorporates the key public policy debates on the progress of
India's agricultural development with the aim of formulating
spatially integrated strategies to reduce rapid rise in the
regional convergence and to promote equitable distribution of
strategic government investment.
Taking a conceptual approach to the subject, Concepts in Quantum
Mechanics provides complete coverage of both basic and advanced
topics. Following in the footsteps of Dirac's classic work
"Principles of Quantum Mechanics," it explains all themes from
first principles.
The authors present alternative ways of representing the state
of a physical system, outline the mathematical connection between
the representatives of the same state in different representations,
and highlight the connection between Dirac brackets and their
integral forms in the coordinate and momentum representations. They
also logically develop the equations of motion in Schrodinger and
Heisenberg pictures. In addition, the book covers motion in the
presence of potential steps and wells, bound state problems,
symmetries and their consequences, the role of angular momentum in
quantum mechanics, approximation methods, time-dependent
perturbation methods, and second quantization.
Written by authoritative professors who have taught quantum
mechanics at the graduate level for a combined forty years, this
textbook provides students with a strong foundation in quantum
mechanics. After reading the book, students will be ready to take
on quantum field theory.
The book examines the market reaction to mergers and acquisitions
(M&A) announcements over a period from 2003 to 2015. Mergers
and acquisitions continue to be amongst the preferred competitive
options available to the companies seeking to grow fast in the
rapidly changing global business scenario. M&A as a growth
strategy has received attention from developed as well as emerging
economies. It has been extensively used by managers as an expansion
strategy and also serves as an important instrument for increasing
corporate efficiency. Recently, M&A has grown at a rapid pace,
creating a need for research to analyze what drives this phenomenon
and how it affects firms and markets. As such, this book evaluates
the impact of M&A on short-term abnormal returns as well
long-term financial performance. It also assesses the management
view concerning the motives for undertaking M&A. In addition,
the book investigates the corporate governance practices of the
acquiring firms and their impact on the short- term as well as
long- term performance of those firms.
Financial management practices are likely to have a marked effect
on the financial performance of a corporate enterprise. Therefore,
sound financial decisions/practices can contribute towards meeting
the desired objective of having profitable operations. This subject
assumes paramount significance in view of the present dynamic and
turbulent business environment, which has produced more intense
competition and smaller profit margins across the world. In this
context, the financial management practices of the corporates in
India, a country with a vast potential for economic growth, can
offer valuable insights. The present study explores whether there
has been a major change in the financial performance (measured in
terms of profitability) and financial policies/decisions of the
sample companies over a fixed period (2000-2001 to 2010-2011), with
a special focus on pre and post-recession analysis. It delves
deeper into current research areas such as zero working capital,
real options in capital budgeting, pecking order in capital
structures, and clause 49 as reflected in the financial management
decisions of sample companies, and provides a broader perspective
by identifying trends (if any) in certain aspects of financial
decision-making over the past two decades. A comprehensive study,
covering all the major aspects of financial management practices,
also contains an inter-sectoral study (among the sample companies)
and develops an index of professionalism in financial management
based on the practices of the sample companies. The book is
primarily targeted at teachers/students of finance, management,
commerce, accounting and related professional disciplines/fields.
Practitioners/professionals will find it an invaluable text that
helps guide them to better decision-making.
ECORESTORATION for SUSTAINABILITY With climate change and land
degradation advancing at an alarming rate, the state of the global
ecosystem and how it can be restored in our march toward
sustainability is incredibly important, and this new,
groundbreaking volume tackles these important issues head-on.
Environmental degradation is causing severe impacts on the various
Earth ecosystems. Unsustainable development and anthropogenic
pressure have altered the natural balance. From this perspective,
sustainability has become a major issue to frame a greener and
cleaner Earth for future generations. It can be argued that the
worst example of unsustainable development is habitat degradation.
Therefore, ecorestoration and other ecological practices are
becoming increasingly important in our march toward sustainability.
The present book covers all the aspects of ecorestoration and
sustainability and how various areas intersect in this space.
Environmental degradation is increasing all over the world at an
unprecedented rate. This includes air, water, soil, and other
natural resources resulting in the depletion of natural resources
and an unsustainable planet. Therefore, it is incredibly important
to restore the ecosystem’s health and services to maintain
homeostasis. In this context, ecorestoration approaches in the form
of eco-friendly technologies need to be formulated to promote the
protection and conservation of various ecosystems. These approaches
include freshwater bodies, soil and mined-out wasteland, degraded
forest, biodiversity, and other degraded ecosystems. This important
new volume from Wiley-Scrivener tackles these problems from a
practical perspective, offering solutions and new methods for
restoring our suffering global ecosystem. Edited by a team of
experts, this collaboration of papers on these issues is a further
step in our march toward sustainability. Whether for the engineer,
scientist, or student, it is a must-have for any library.
Combining ability analysis revealed importance of non-additive gene
action in the expression of various yield contributing
characters.The results indicated that the UPR 3406-7-2-2 (L5 ) and
UPR 3413-15-2-1 (L28 ) were the best general combiners among lines
as evident from significant GCA effects for ten characters. The
best heterotic hybrids, UPR 3434-6-2-1x UPRI 95167 (L32 x T1), UPRI
2008-5 x IR 58025A (L33x T2) and UPR 3528-8-1-2x UPRI 95167 (L36x
T1) in normal conditions expressing higher SCA effects and per se
performance, were also involved good/ good combining parents into
them. The crosses, L32 x T1, L33x T2 and L36x T1 involving
good/good combining parents were suggested to exploitation for
isolating high yielding pure lines and/or for straight use in
hybrid breeding. On the basis of spikelet fertility percent, indica
lines were grouped as maintainer, restorer and partial restorer /
maintainer lines. Among 50 indica lines only 3 lines (L31, L37 and
L42) behave like a maintainer with both of CMS lines (IR 58025A and
Pusa 6A),19 lines behave like a restorer with both of CMS (IR58025A
and Pusa 6A) lines and rest behave like partial restorer /
maintainer lines."
The information on cost of cultivation/production as well as the
efficiency of resources will be useful to the government for
devising appropriate policies for papaya growers. It will be useful
to credit institution in deciding the scale of finance for crop
loans and schedule of repayment. The results of the study will also
be helpful to the papaya growers in reallocation of their resources
in order to improve the productivity. The study will be helpful to
the farmers in minimizing the costs and raising the net returns and
in planning of their production and marketing operations. Marketing
costs and margins assume particular importance in predominating
agricultural country like India where agricultural price policy
aims at safeguarding interest of both farmers (producers) and
consumers. In this regard, economic analysis of horticultural
produces assumes great significance. The study also covers the
economics of papaya production and marketing as well as economic
and technical constraints faced by the papaya cultivators. It
envisages suggesting possible corrective measures to bring about
the desired improvement in production and marketing of papaya.
The book deals with the evolution of relations between India and
the Russian Federation during the first decade after the
disintegration of the Soviet Union in the context of the changed
global configuration of powers in the post-Cold War era as well as
of the reduced stature of Russia, A View into the Third Millennium
India-Russian Strategic Cooperation, Partnership. Phases and Future
of India-Russia Defense, Economic Relations, Trade Relations,
Nuclear, Marine Science and Technology Cooperation. Russia and
South Asia, Indian Economic Interests in Central Asia in
Post-Soviet Era. The book also focuses on the Central Asian region
that has become the new meeting ground of common interests of both
India and Russia. A Tentative Assessment Russia's Foreign Policy in
the Post-Cold War Period Putin, Plutocracy and Foreign Policy
Russian Foreign Policy A Wind of Change is Blowing: A Report on
Russia Today Economic Transformation in Putin's Russia. Book is
useful to researchers, Academicians, Graduates, Post Graduates and
Research Scholars of International Relations, have been designed to
make learning much aware about the International relations and
global problems of foreign relations.
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