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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299643203321

Titolo

Economics, Management and Sustainability : Essays in Honour of Anup Sinha / / edited by Partha Ray, Runa Sarkar, Anindya Sen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-13-1894-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

330.071273

Soggetti

Economic growth

Development economics

Industrial management—Environmental aspects

Banks and banking

Economic Growth

Development Economics

Sustainability Management

Banking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Capitalism, Crisis and the Common Man -- Distress in India’s Banking Sector -- Heterogeneity, Persistence and Time Varying Efficiency Dynamics of Indian Banks -- Macroeconomic Consequences of the Basel III Leverage Ratio -- Property Rights and Development – A Brief Overview -- Governance -- Public private Partnerships: Demand risk and collusion -- From political economy to economics to political economy -- Being out of work: An analysis of unemployment and its duration in India -- School language policy, crime and the minority underclass -- Deterrence and Escalation of Domestic Violence -- Innovation and Entrepreneurship in an Emerging Economy-Issues and Challenges -- A neural understanding of decision making: Review and research agenda -- Information Technology and Productivity: A Double Edged Sword -- What human values make a good leader? -- Insider Ownership and the Performance of Firms in India: Evidence from a Panel Semi-parametric Regression Model -- Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility in India: An Evaluation -- Sustainable Eco-



management: Mechanisms and Institutions -- Sustainability as Corporate Strategy: Importance of the values of ecosystem services for the firm.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an eclectic mix of interesting new areas in the domain of economics, management and sustainability. Written by leading experts, it provides valuable food for thought, with essays introducing new lines of research and empirical research papers offering sound research methodology. The book not only provides answers, but also raises numerous interesting questions concerning the areas covered to whet readers’ appetites to learn more. Professor Anup Sinha is a respected teacher and is a great mind with wide-ranging academic interests spanning from economics and sustainability to management. As well as in various other places in India and the US, he has taught at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and Presidency College (now a University) Calcutta for almost three decades. To commemorate his contributions, this festschrift presents a collection of essays that are broadly subdivided into four sections: Economic Development; Vulnerabilities and Inclusive Growth; Sustainability and Corporate Governance; and Innovation and Management.