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By Abhinash Jena on December 13, 2016 3 Comments

As reviewed in previous articles, foreign direct investment (FDI), is an investment made by a foreign investor in a host country. Foreign investment is considered to be an integral part of an economy as it helps in accelerating the economic development.

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By Indra Giri on October 19, 2016 No Comments

The current trends of the foreign direct investment show a stark increase in the Asian developing countries. However the flow has been declining in other regions, especially in the developed economies. Inflow of foreign funds to India nearly doubled, reaching an estimated US$59 billion (Unctad 2015).

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By Indra Giri & Pamkhuila Shaiza on September 29, 2016 2 Comments

Goal setting refers to goals being set for the future for subsequent performance of an individual or organisations. The pioneer of goal setting theory Edwin Locke states that when individuals or organisations set more difficult goals, then they perform better. On the other hand, if the set goals are easy then the performance of an […]

 
By Priya Chetty on June 30, 2016 4 Comments

It has become important to create a new platform to fulfill the demand of organizations due to the challenges faced by traditional data. By leveraging the talent and collaborative efforts of the people and the resources, innovation in terms of managing massive amount of data has become tedious job for organisations.

 
By Priya Chetty on August 25, 2015 45 Comments

Before studying the application of conceptual framework, we need to first define it. It can be defined as a ‘visual’ presentation of key variables, factors or concepts and their relationship among each other which have been or have to be studied in the research either graphically or in some other narrative form (Miles and Huberman, 1994).

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By Priya Chetty on March 18, 2015 No Comments

Income is considered as one of the factors to determine success in life (Liu, Kuo, He, & Liu, 2006). Banks often rely on models which predict credit risk to decide whether to lend to a loan seeker (Junjie Liang, 2011). Any event, which is subjected to uncertainty, is predicted through actuarial models.

 
By Priya Chetty on February 7, 2015 11 Comments

Cronbach Alpha is a reliability test conducted within SPSS in order to measure the internal consistency i.e. reliability of the measuring instrument (Questionnaire).

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By Priya Chetty on February 2, 2015 3 Comments

A paired sample t-test is used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the average values of the same measurement made under two different conditions.

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