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Original Article
Open Access
The IPO Market in India: Perspective, Prospects, and Growth Strategies
Ambrish Gupta
· pp. 7–18
The paper has assessed the present state of the primary capital market in India, main reasons responsible for the continuing gloom, and its likely future outlook. Some suggestions have been made for its long-term growth and development, which revolve around …
Keywords:
Free Pricing, IPO Grading, Primary Capital Market, Public Issues
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Original Article
Open Access
Profitability and Trend Analysis of Select Retail Companies in India
P. Chellasamy, N. Ponsabariraj
· pp. 19–26
Retailing involves a direct interface with the customer and the coordination of business activities from end to end, right from the concept or design stage of a product or offering, to its delivery and post-delivery service to the customer. The …
Keywords:
Retail, Profitability Scoring Multiplier Analysis, Trend Analysis, Correlation, Organized Retail
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Original Article
Open Access
Trade-Offs Between Investors' Perceptions of Risk, Returns, Service Quality, and Mutual Fund Investments
Sanjay Kaushik, Garima Kamboj, Diksha Kakkar
· pp. 27–37
On the one hand, investors perceive mutual funds to be riskier and a less rewarding investment channel as compared to the risk-free investments, and this leaves them dissatisfied. On the other hand, the volatile market has turned most of the …
Keywords:
Mutual Fund, Investors' Perception, Service Quality, Risk–Return Link with Perception
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Original Article
Open Access
The Vicious Circle of Financial Exclusion: An Empirical Study in West Bengal
Rabin Mazumder
· pp. 38–46
Despite many efforts in the last twenty years, access to finance has remained scarce in rural India. Inadequate access to financial services is considered one of the main reasons behind inadequate economic opportunity and abject poverty in the developing countries. …
Keywords:
Awareness, Credit Programme, Financial Exclusion, Institutional Credit, Logistic Regression
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Original Article
Open Access
Assessment of Performance of Commercial Banks in India
Vijay Kumar Sharma, Anuj Kumar
· pp. 47–54
Commercial banks occupy a crucial role in the development efforts as well as act as a catalyst for economic growth. Banking reforms have brought sea changes in the banking space and public sector banks are no exception to this. The …
Keywords:
Banking Sector Reforms, Linear Production Function, Dummy Variable, Pre Reform Period, Post Reform Period, Liberalization, Commercial Banks