Volume 10
Exploring Future Research Agenda for Rural Mother’s Empowerment: A Study at The Intersection of Bibliometric and Systematic Literature Review
Ashutosh Kumar, Shreya Mishra
Women’s empowerment of rural mothers is little understood. Through the sequential review approach of systematic literature review (SLR)–Bibliometric–SLR, the study explores and analyses the literature with regards to ‘women-empowerment’, ‘mother’ and ‘rural’. The aim is to identify the future research agendas in the said direction. The literature extracted through the initial SLR process of inclusion and exclusion criteria from the SCOPUS database has been analysed by VOSviewer software...
Volume 10
External Commercial Borrowings by Indian Firms: A Blessing or Curse
Pooja Misra, Jagdish Shettigar , Sahil Oberoi
In the first half of FY19, ECBs touched a high of $25.17 billion in the April – September period, which was 53 per cent higher than the $16.48 billion raised by Indian entities in the same period last year; it was $42 billion for FY19. Taking Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as a case point, the researchers analysed the advantages of borrowing by a firm through an ECB and its impact on the company's net profit and shareholder's returns vis-à-vis borrowing the same money through a premium domestic pub...
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Geographical Indications in India: A Case of Handicraft Industry in Uttar Pradesh
Meghna Chaudhary, Bhawna Agarwal , Meena Bhatia
The Handicraft industry plays a significant and pivotal role in the country's economy. It employs a significant number of artisans in rural and semiurban areas and generates significant foreign exchange for the country, all while preserving the cultural heritage. In the Indian context, geographical indication (GI) has recently emerged as a substantial form of intellectual property rights. It is a powerful instrument for safeguarding and rewarding not only the commercial potential of exclusive products bu...
Volume 10
Impact of Carbon Tax and Environmental Regulation On Inbound Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Volume: An Evidence from India
Chandrika Raghavendra, Mahesh Rampilla , Venkata Ramana Thanikella , Isha Gupta
Climate change, global warming, and carbon emission are global issues. Countries are strengthening their environmental regulations to mitigate the emission problem. According to the pollution haven hypothesis, rich countries invest in emerging economies where the institutional framework is weak to migrate the emissions. With this background, this study examines the impact of the introduction of the carbon tax in India and environmental regulation restriction distance on India’s inbound cross-border mer...
Volume 10
Investigating The Role of Consumer Personality Orientations and Use of Threat in Social Cause Advertising During Covid 19
Jitender Kumar, Archit Vinod Tapar , Ashish Gupta , Jayanthi Ranjan
The purpose of the study is to understand how threat as a message appeal in social cause advertising impacts consumer behavior. The study extends the protection motivation theory by involving threat as a message appeal and agency and communal orientation as possible moderators between social cause messages, consumers’ behavior, and intention to follow social distancing under the ambit of the on going COVID-19 pandemic. The study considered 2 Social cause Ads Viz Promotional Social Cause (PSC) vs Partak...
Volume 10
Issues in Liquidity Management in Banking System: An Empirical Evidence From Indian Commercial Banks
Raavinuthala Satya Krishna Sharma, Kumar Bijoy , Arunaditya Sahay
Maintaining the optimal level of liquidity in the banking system has always been a challenge for banks globally. Liquidity deficit Indian Banks turned to liquidity surplus due to the demonetization of higher denomination currencies in November 2016. The liquidity deficit has the potential to trigger systemic risk whereas a surplus can weaken monetary transmission leading to the creation of asset bubbles. This study explores the impact of various interventions of policymakers to maintain the optimal liqui...