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Complementary Roles of PCs and Smartphones in Enabling Digital India

The research by Professors Sundar Bharadwaj, S Arunachalam, and Ananthanarayanan S indicates that India’s technological revolution, which is heavily based on smartphone usage, is yet to address several critical areas of knowledge building. For the Digital India Programme to be effective, India needs to be a knowledge based economy as well as a digitally empowered one and hence, a good balance between the use of PCs and smartphones is essential. Based on their findings, the researchers make recommendations that can help achieve the objective of digitising India more effectively.

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Engaging in Real-Time: Understanding the Effect of ‘Real-Time’ Social Media Messages On Consumer Engagement

This research contributes to the academic literature, by understanding characteristics of real-time marketing (RTM) messages on social media and systematically...

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Mitigating Risk and Vulnerability: Household-Level Responses to Drought

A survey of five drought prone states across India by ISB researchers shows that even as farming households wait for elusive government support, they devise their own coping mechanisms to address the fallout of drought. Having said that, the findings of the study point to the urgency for decision makers to prioritise drought mitigation, and adaptation strategies and for better targeting of investments in rain-fed agriculture.

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Impact of Climatic Conditions on GDP

A one degree Celsius increase in daily mean temperatures would on an average decrease agricultural output by 11% in India. The overall GDP, as a result, would reduce by 28%, making the 8% per annum GDP growth rate a pipedream. The consequences of climate change could be devastating, if policy makers continue to ignore it. Agricultural output would fall resulting in food shortages and inflationary pressures in the years to come.

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Climate and Society: Beyond General Circulation Models

Responses to climate change need to be understood at different temporal and spatial scales of its contingent formation, rather than being derived mechanistically through analyses of presumed climate impacts.

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Crop Diversification to Reduce Exposure to Climatic Changes: Associated Risks and Mitigation Strategies

Lack of well-developed supply chain systems for alternative crops expose farmers to considerable risk, making it difficult for them to move away from the paddy/wheat crop rotation cycle. Public policy interventions and supply chain innovations such as targeted insurance products, pooling practices, investments in skill development, entrepreneurial models for service provision, market-side initiatives and a better understanding of supply chain risks are needed to enable farmers to adopt crop diversification.

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Institutional Arrangements for Evolving Climate Policy in India

A right mix of top-down and bottom-up approach is needed for meaningful outcomes from a climate policy. To this end, the strengthening of institutional aspects are crucial in facilitating and engaging players and institutions at all levels to effectively implement both national and state level climate action plans.

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From Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas

Democratic governance at multiple scales and articulation between institutions across scales are critical components of successful adaptation by communities to climate change. It is through self-organised adaptation by means of ongoing, multi-directional, and organic processes of engagement that broader strategies emerge to address climate change.

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Low Cost Airports: Catalysts For Inclusive Growth

“The world is focused on Indian aviation – from manufacturers, tourism boards, airlines and global businesses to individual travellers, shippers and businessmen. If we can find common purpose among all stakeholders in Indian aviation, a bright future is at hand.” – Tony Tyler, Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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Robust Airline Operations: Planning for uncertainty

Managing flight schedules are as important for improving airline bottom lines as airport bottlenecks. Schedule padding in isolation may never achieve the desired result of improving operational robustness. Instead, it could further conceal operational inefficiencies and impose additional costs.

Cover Story

Every issue of ISBInsight revolves around a central theme of current and critical importance to readers, with in-depth articles written by leading academics and management thought leaders from across the globe.

Complementary Roles of PCs and Smartphones in Enabling Digital India

Mitigating Risk and Vulnerability: Household-Level Responses to Drought

Impact of Climatic Conditions on GDP

Climate and Society: Beyond General Circulation Models

Crop Diversification to Reduce Exposure to Climatic Changes: Associated Risks and Mitigation Strategies

Institutional Arrangements for Evolving Climate Policy in India

From Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas

Low Cost Airports: Catalysts For Inclusive Growth

Robust Airline Operations: Planning for uncertainty

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