2015http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/6732024-03-29T07:09:31Z2024-03-29T07:09:31ZIs institutional traction a double edged sword? : a case of state owned enterprisesSinha, Anubha ShekharRay, SougataAulakh, Preet Shttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/6962020-12-08T17:21:44Z2015-03-01T00:00:00ZIs institutional traction a double edged sword? : a case of state owned enterprises
Sinha, Anubha Shekhar; Ray, Sougata; Aulakh, Preet S
State owned enterprises (SOEs) are responsible for redistribution to citizens of an economy on behalf of governments. They also play important roles for the governments in being their strategic arms for multiple objectives. Simultaneously, as commercial organizations in the world of business, they earn money for their governments, who are their owners. Therefore, they have a position with respect to their governments that they derive by being important to them. This position is associated with potential advantages. This position with potential advantages is termed as “institutional traction” in this paper. Normative literature on SOEs in the new world order emphasizes efficiency as an important end to achieve. We try to explore the effect of institutional traction of SOEs on their productivity, a measure of efficiency of SOEs. Also, competition and extent of private ownership are emphasized as new moderators to increase efficiency in SOEs. In this paper, therefore, we explore the effect of institutional traction on efficiency of SOEs, in the face of competition and extent of private ownership.
1 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
2 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India
3 York University, Toronto
2015-03-01T00:00:00ZInstitutional traction: how state owned enterprises can harness their position from their institutional context?Sinha, Anubha SekharRay, SougataAulakh, Preet Shttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/6952020-12-08T17:21:57Z2015-03-01T00:00:00ZInstitutional traction: how state owned enterprises can harness their position from their institutional context?
Sinha, Anubha Sekhar; Ray, Sougata; Aulakh, Preet S
State owned enterprises (SOEs) have been conceived of across economies as commercial enterprises with liability of redistribution. They also have legitimacy as organizations as a “carrier of many concerns”, whose owners are the citizens of the state. In this paper, we try to address the question of how SOEs can derive and harness legitimacy in a way that makes redistribution less costly. We put forward the concept of institutional traction and define it thus: Institutional traction is the position that a state owned enterprise (SOE) derives from its institutional context, because of its historical as well as current standing. This position is associated with potential advantages. We develop the antecedents of institutional traction in this paper. We also explore how top management teams of SOEs can utilize institutional traction to create resources and advantages for SOEs.
1 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
2 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India
3 York University, Toronto
2015-03-01T00:00:00ZAnalysis of Replenishment policy options in VMI Systems with Emission Related costMateen, ArqumChatterjee, Ashis Khttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/6942020-12-08T17:21:48Z2015-08-01T00:00:00ZAnalysis of Replenishment policy options in VMI Systems with Emission Related cost
Mateen, Arqum; Chatterjee, Ashis K
Organizations are actively trying to incorporate sustainability considerations in their strategic and operational decision making. Recent studies suggest that business process redesign offers a promising avenue for meeting business goals. In this paper, we build on some recent studies that have shown that vendor managed inventory based supply chain coordination not only leads to cost savings, but also is a very useful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Both operational and emission related costs are incorporated in such models. We present different ways of structuring the
replenishment policy and show that each of the policies leads to different performance outcomes. Furthermore, we also discuss how these policies can be used to cater to the strategic imperatives facing an organization. Implications for proper design of government legislation have also been discussed.
1. Visiiting Assistant Professor, Quantitative Management and Operation Management, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode 2 Professor, Operations Management Group, Calcutta
2015-08-01T00:00:00ZVendor Managed Inventory System with Emission Related CostsMateen, ArqumChatterjee, Ashis Khttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/6932020-12-08T17:21:54Z2015-08-01T00:00:00ZVendor Managed Inventory System with Emission Related Costs
Mateen, Arqum; Chatterjee, Ashis K
The role of logistics and supply chain has come into prominence in helping the firms achieve their economic and sustainability objectives. Specifically, realignment of business processes, as characterized by supply chain coordination, has the potential to have a significant impact in this regard. In our study, we consider a supply chain with a single vendor and multiple retailers. Initially, we assume that the retailers take care of their respective replenishment decisions. Then, we show that by adopting vendor managed inventory, the organizations involved can benefit through cost reduction, and at the same time reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, thereby highlighting the role of supply chain coordination in meeting the twin objectives. We provide managerial and policy insights based on our numerical analysis.
1 Visiting Assistant professor, Quantitative Management and Operations Management Area, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode 2 Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
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