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Investigation Of Diarrhoea In A Traveller Just Returned From India, Nicholas Arnold Zwar, Adrienne Torda
Investigation Of Diarrhoea In A Traveller Just Returned From India, Nicholas Arnold Zwar, Adrienne Torda
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
The causes of diarrhoea in people returning from travelling can be infective and non-infective, and the duration of symptoms is an important factor in identifying the cause. The article outlines the appropriate investigations
Are The Female Entrepreneurs Of Beauty Salons In India, Victims Of Bad Publicity?, Roshni Narendran
Are The Female Entrepreneurs Of Beauty Salons In India, Victims Of Bad Publicity?, Roshni Narendran
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper is a preliminary study exploring the obstacles faced by female entrepreneurs running beauty salons in India. Newspapers and other media highlight the illegal activities that occur in the beauty industry, such as solicitation and the use of unhygienic products in salons, whereas they fail to report about the legitimate owners of beauty salons who are striving to run successful businesses. So far, there are hardly any studies that have highlighted the issue of how bad publicity impacts Indian female entrepreneurs' businesses. Research conducted for a PhD study revealed social castigation and misconceptions created in the minds of the …
Jugaad As Systemic Risk And Disruptive Innovation In India, Thomas Birtchnell
Jugaad As Systemic Risk And Disruptive Innovation In India, Thomas Birtchnell
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Jugaad is the latest/trend in management and business reports of India’s awakening. The term refers to the widespread practice in rural India of juryrigging and customizing vehicles using only available resources and know-how. While the practice is often accompanied by indigence and corruption in traditional interpretations, the notion of jugaad has excited many commentators on India’s emergence into the global economy in its promise of an inimitable Indian work ethic that defies traditional associations of otherworldliness and indolence – widely reported as inherent in India’s society and culture. Jugaad has been identified across India’s economy in the inventiveness of call-centre …