Vol. 8(3) March 2015
The role of state: High speed rail development in
China
Liu Rongfang
The rapid development of high speed rail (HSR) represents
a feat few countries in the world could accomplish. The explosive growth of the
HSR system has reconfigured Chinese geography in profound ways. It has not only
propelled China into a leadership position in HSR development but also attracted
global scrutiny in terms of the roles of the state, technological transfer and innovations,
business models and investment returns in large infrastructural development. This
manuscript identifies key factors that made the Chinese HSR network a success after
an overview of high-speed rail development process in China.
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Increasing Dominance of F and O Trading in Indian
Stock Market with reference to NSE
Yadav Richa
Derivatives are traded for a variety of reasons with
hedging against risk in the spot market being the primary motive of investors to
enter derivatives market. Other than hedgers, speculators and arbitrageurs also
participate actively in derivatives market aiming to extract high returns from volatility
in underlying value and differential prices in different markets. In this paper
we have studied on business growth of F and O market, Benchmarked indices contracts
and trading volume, Records achieved and participants wise trading in the F and
O segment of NSE. Based on the study of the futures and options on NSE, we found
that the products composition in derivatives segment has witnessed major change
since its inception. The volume of option contract traded started growing rapidly
in 2008 which is partly attributed to decrease in the contract taxes by government
backed by high volume in option segment.
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Impact of Merger and Acquisition on Employee Profitability
Pre and Post Merger Scenario
Saxena Chhavi Rani and Bhargava Indu
Indian banking industry is facing changes to cater the
customer a larger range of services and products. The strategic choice of most banks
has been Merger and Acquisition to enlarge their horizon of services and control
and regulate the subsidiary as well. On recommendation of financial committees and
as per RBI’s instructions the process of Mergers and Acquisition is increasing day
by day. The financial perspective of banking has been studied a lot and compared
as well many times. This study attempts to find the Employee profitability of the
bank. Business per employee and profit per employee in both Pre and Post merger
scenario in banking sector with special reference to State Bank of India was compared
.The analysis was done on the basis of secondary data from RBI reports from 2007
to 2012.
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Customers Investment Attitude towards Mediclaim Policies:
A Factor Analysis Approach
Joshi Ashima
Security has been a worldwide desire precisely from the
earliest civilizations. This pursuit for security has led to the notion of insurance.
Mediclaim is one of the most vital social security measures undertaken in the country.
Based on primary data generated through direct contacts, the present paper is an
endeavour to identify determinants of Mediclaim ownership in the country. This resulted
into finding out what factors play very essential role in Mediclaim policies purchase.
The result of the study is based on a field survey of 50 respondents by using purposive
sampling technique. The measures were standardized through computation of reliability
and validity tests. The study focuses on the factors which play a major role in
investment behavior of consumers towards Mediclaim policies. Factor analysis was
applied to identify the underlying factors. The findings of this study provide the
individual perception about the insurance policies.
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A Study of Sales Promotion Mix on Customer Satisfaction
with reference to Shopping Malls in Indore City
Ubeja Satnam Kour and Bedia D. D.
The retailing sector in India has undergone significant
transformation in the past 15 years. The organized retail industry in India is to
grow 20-30 per cent annually and would triple or four times in size by 2014. Retailing
is gradually inching its way towards becoming the next boom industry. The customer
satisfaction process is a complex phenomenon. The purchase of goods or services
includes a number of factors that could affect each decision. Customer satisfaction
is more complex and even more important for retailers today than in past. Mall intercept
survey was conducted to study of sales promotion mix on customer satisfaction in
shopping malls of Indore city. The sample included 200 active mall shoppers. The
sales promotion mix on customer satisfaction was identified by a structure questionnaire
and captured in 5 factors of sales promotion mix. These sales promotion mix factors
were Lucky and Bumper offers, Frequent and Warranty Offers, Monetary and Quantity
Benefit Offers, Gift and Exchange offers and Discount offers. The study will help
the managers of shopping malls to understand the underlying sales promotion factors.
Profiling customers by their choice of sales promotion mix provide more meaningful
ways to identify and understand various customer segments and to target each segment
with more focused marketing strategies.
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