{"title":"Sales Professionals’ Perspective on Digital Marketing in Indian Pharmaceutical Industry","authors":"Manish Kumar, B. Londhe","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1355","url":null,"abstract":"Indian pharmaceutical industry is one amongst the leading players of pharmaceutical industry around the world. In present digital times, every aspect of the society has been digitalized. There are major transitions noted in pharmaceutical industry as well. Digital technology, has changed the working methods and emerged, as a cost effective means, with impressive target reach around the world. Yet, this platform, is not being utilized to its complete potential, due to the lack of awareness, acceptability and the deficient training of the working personnel. The marketing and sales professionals had a major impact of the digitalization on their working methods. It has changed the traditional marketing methods of industry, resulting in the urgent need of up-gradation of the skills of sales professionals. Hence, the views, trainings, awareness and acceptability of sales professionals regarding the digital technology is essential and must be kept into consideration for success of the industry. This is an indispensable component for any pharmaceutical company to attain growth and stand at par with the other pharmaceutical giants around the world. In this study, data of 303 sales professionals was collected and analyzed, recording their perspectives on digital marketing. We found that these professionals were aware and had good acceptability for the same. Most commonly used tools were website promotions, social media advertising, awareness campaigns, creation and management of subject related blogs. These professionals used it extensively on a day-to-day basis, for the maximal benefit of the company with providing the comfort of digitalization to their customers and other users.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116427150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organisation Support Practices and Its Importance for Repatriates: An Empirical Study","authors":"Muniza Aftab, Mohammad Israrul Haque, M. Ganaie","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1447","url":null,"abstract":"Repatriation is a challenge across organizations and requires an organised effort for successful Re-adjustment. While expatriation has gained ample importance, repatriation has received limited attention both from academia and industry. Also, the efforts being placed by the organisations in bringing back the repatriates smoothly have been less than desired. There is unawareness on what organizations are doing for repatriate’s easy readjustment on return and what is really important to them. This research paper attempts to understand the current repatriate support practices employed by the organization and also identify those which repatriates find most important.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"235 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122514236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on Women Entrepreneurs in Samayapuram, Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu","authors":"P. Sundari, G. Gannasekaran","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1468","url":null,"abstract":"The research paper “A study on women entrepreneurs in Samayapuram, Tiruchirappalli district”, attempts to find out the reasons for starting business by women entrepreneurs in the study area and also analyses the various business avenues open and utilize by women entrepreneurs. The paper also throws light on the income earned by women entrepreneurs and how they supporting other sources of income. It also analyse a problems faced by women entrepreneurs and the Government support for women entrepreneurs to start a business of their own. Finally a paper comes with some important findings, which are relevant to the progress of women entrepreneurship in the study area.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131564801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Empirical Analysis of Food Security and Public Distribution System","authors":"K. Mohan Reddy","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1444","url":null,"abstract":"The present study deals with an empirical analysis of food security and public distribution system. The present paper deals with the importance of food security and public distribution system and objectives and methodology. Further, it is devoted to examine the food security and public distribution system. This paper is primarily based on the data gathered from primary as well as various secondary sources, especially those related to the availability of the statistical information pertaining to food security and public distribution system. The researcher is of the opinion that there is a need to improve the quality of grains supplied from PDS. By and large, it can be said that the sample respondents offered many suggestions for a better functioning of the system. The suggestions that they offered comprise of an improvement in the quality of goods supplied through FPSs, an increase in the quantity of goods, regular supply from govt., and preventing black marketing by dealers and elimination of bogus cards.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126542834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on the Role of National Housing Bank (NHB) in Housing Finance","authors":"C. Jeevanandam, M. Veerappan","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1353","url":null,"abstract":"Housing is essential for decent living of a man. Providing housing for all is the prime motive of the Government of India. With a view to fulfill this objective, it instituted National Housing Bank during the year 1988 through which various housing finance companies are providing housing finances. The study is attempted to highlight the role played by the NHB in housing development of our Nation. NHB played a major role through its refinance activity to the housing finance institutions which are involving in housing finance activities.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124469249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating Wealth for Shareholders: Evaluating the Performance of Merging Companies","authors":"V. Shanthaamani, V. Usha","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2019.8.1.1471","url":null,"abstract":"Mergers and Acquisitions as business strategies are widely used to increase the wealth of shareholders and the corporate performance. Shareholders wealth may be influenced by many factors such as the corporate performance, deal type, geographic location of the company and so on. The study is conducted with three main objectives of assessing the impact of merger announcements on merging companies’ share prices, analyse the nature of shareholders’ returns of the merging companies and assess the determinants of shareholders returns. NSE listed companies which have made merger announcements during the period of 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2017 shall constitute the sample population for the research, while 40 merger announcements of computer software industry have been taken as sample size. Mean adjusted model has been used for calculating the abnormal returns while the statistical tools of paired samples t-test, ANOVA and multiple regressions have been used for analyzing data. Results of the research reveal that merger announcements exert significant impact on share prices. Further, shareholders wealth has witnessed an increase after the merger announcements. Finally, shareholders wealth has not been affected by the company’s performance.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132296030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Assessment of Objectivity Convergence of Fuzzy TOPSIS Method Extended With Rank Order Weights in Group Decision Making","authors":"Ayan Chattopadhyay, Upasana Bose","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1347","url":null,"abstract":"Group decision making in a multi criteria environment is a familiar business situation where the decision makers identify an ideal choice, among many. The situation gets complex when decision makers do not have crisp data to deal with. The fuzzy TOPSIS method, and its likes, provides solution to such problems and the criteria weight plays a determinant role in the overall priority estimation. This paper presents an extended fuzzy TOPSIS approach by incorporating criteria weights derived from rank order. It considers three criteria weights; the rank order centroid, rank sum and rank reciprocal weights. The criteria weights are calculated separately and integrated with fuzzy TOPSIS method to rank choices. Finally, objectivity convergence of the alternative rankings is tested. The proposed method yields a fairly uniform and consistent result in the case of supply chain management and anticipates wide application in multi criteria environment, concomitant with uncertainty and vagueness.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128510026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective Marketing Channels of Paddy in Keerapalayam Block in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu","authors":"C. Ramesh","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1350","url":null,"abstract":"Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in agricultural development which is a pre-requisite for development in other sectors and for the overall development of the economy. The agricultural marketing is defined as the operations involved in the movement of food and raw materials from the farmers to the final consumer and the effect of such operations on producers and middlemen (Singh 1984). In India, there exists an elaborate and inter-connected system of agricultural produce markets through which the produce flows from the producer to the consumer. The market system in India comprises 30,000 rural primary markets, 7,000 wholesale assembling markets at the secondary stage and terminal distribution markets in every urban city or town (Ramaswamy 1995). An efficient marketing is a sine qua non in the economy of all countries, in general and of agricultural countries, in particular. It definitely exerts a powerful influence on country’s production and consumption pattern; it plays a prominent role in regulating supply and demand; and it helps in the elimination of duplication of services and wastages of valuable resources. The present study is confined to the study of marketing system of food crops namely paddy in Cuddalore District. Hence, the present chapter makes an attempt to study the marketing system in terms of storage, marketing channels and the like. Further, an attempt has been made to anlayse marketing cost, marketing margin, price-spread and marketing efficiency. For better exposition, the present study is organised under the following headings: Marketable surplus of paddy; Storage, cost of storage and Net gains earned by storage; Market Structure; Marketing cost, Marketing margin and Price-spread; Marketing Efficiency and Marketing problems","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128042053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable Agricultural Development in India with Special Reference to Jammu and Kashmir: A Macro Analysis","authors":"W. Khan, A. Jamal, A. Shah","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1345","url":null,"abstract":"The new agenda in Indian agriculture should have a goal that explicitly focuses on improving agricultural systems and addresses rural development in an integrated manner. While Indian agriculture has crossed the threshold of traditional farming to modern agri-business, the objective of ensuring equity and sustainability becomes all the more important. Agriculture must change to meet the rising demand, to contribute more effectively to the reduction of poverty and malnutrition, and to become ecologically more sustainable. The challenge is daunting but feasible. This paper will analyze the issues and achievements related to sustainable agriculture development especially in the state of J&K.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"145 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116615806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Customer Satisfaction towards BSNL in Salem City, Tamil Nadu","authors":"S. Vijay Arun, M. Chandrasekaran","doi":"10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2018.7.3.1331","url":null,"abstract":"The customer satisfaction is the main goal of every business organization. In this competitive business scenario each and every activity starts and ends with the customer. In the present scenario, the telecommunication is lifeblood for every business activities. Even in this industry there prevails a stiff competition between the service providers. The objectives of the study are to study the customer satisfaction level towards BSNL services; the influence of demographic variables of the respondents; usage level of various BSNL schemes; the operational performance. The major purpose of descriptive research is description of state of affairs, as it exists at present. Simple random sampling method is used to collect data. The size of the sample is 50. The respondents of the study are part of population of Salem city. Both primary and secondary data is used. The data has been mainly analyzed by using the Percentage analysis, Student ‘t’ test and One way ANOVA ‘f’ test. most of the respondents are not much satisfied with the features of the phone provided by BSNL when compare to other private landline providers, significant weight age should be given by the BSNL. Most of the respondents are not aware of various schemes. It is identified that the service provided by BSNL is at satisfactory level to the respondent’s. But most of the respondents are not satisfied with the features of the phone. BSNL should focus on the promotional measures as equal to the private service providers to enhance their service activity to satisfy their customers.","PeriodicalId":191546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Managerial Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130759884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}