A STUDY OF INFLUENCE STRATEGIES USED BY CHILDREN IN FAMILY
PURCHASE DECISIONS
Neeru Goyal, Research Scholar, SMS, Punjabi University, Patiala
Dr. Deepika Singla, P.G.Dept. of Commerce, M.M.Modi College, Patiala
INTRODUCTION
Purchase decision making is a complex and multistage process, which is undertaken not only by
the purchaser himself, but under the impact of other parties as well. Family decision making
constitutes an important area to explore. There exists mainly two streams in family decision
making studies: Dyadic studies investigates the effect of wife and husband on family decision
making, where as triadic studies include children to this dyad as a decision making unit in the
family consumption. However, the majority of scholarly works are dyadic, whereas the studies
incorporating the effect of children on family decision making are relatively scarce. Children
constitute an important target market segment and merit attention from a marketing perspective.
A STUDYON GROWTH AND EVALUATION OF DEBT MUTUAL FUNDS
POOJA SHARMA
Research Scholar
I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, INDIA.
Address 42/77, Green Model Town, Jalandhar144003, Punjab, INDIA.
Email id [email protected]
Mobile No. +919814077706
Dr. MANISHA GUPTA
Director PIMT
MandiGobindgarh, Punjab, INDIA.
Email id [email protected]
Mobile No +919356253001
ABSTARCT:Investors have different financial objectives so there is a need to plan to invest
their money in debt for short term and in equity for long term. Mutual Funds are one of the best
avenues for your money to flourish. Depending on your risk appetite, it gives you the option to
choose stability, aggressive growth or both.This paper attempts to review the assets under
management growth of debt mutual funds and mutual fund industry during the period 2011 to
2016. This study is based on secondary data and covering the period of 5 years i.e. 2011 to 2015
for the purpose of evaluating the selected debt mutual funds returns in comparison to FD’s.
Although debt funds invest in fixedincome instruments, it doesn’t follow that they are
riskfree.In order to ensure the safety of your investment, opt for a fund that has its corpus in
AAArated paper with short duration. It is concluded from the study that people gaining interest
in debt mutual funds as it has the potential to give superior post tax return over other option like
FD.Now mutual fund companies are taking initiative of Investor Awareness Programmes across
India to reach large number of retail investors.
KEYWORDS: Assets Under Management, Debt Funds, Fixed Deposits, Annualized Returns,
Indexation.
AGRITOURISMITS CHALLENGES AND CURRENT SCENARIO IN INDIA
CA. CMA. Dr. Sanjeev K.Bansal
Assistant Professor (Commerce),
IKG Punjab Technical University,
Kapurthala.
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ABSTRACT:
Agritourism thus brings a major primary sector—agriculture closer to a major service
sector—tourism. Agri tourism is the practice of attracting travellers and visitors to an area or
areas used primarily for agricultural purposes. It is a subset of a larger industry of tourism. There
is an ever increasing demand for experiential, handson, nonconventional tourism activities.Agri
tourism is still in its budding stage. The current paper probes to explore the unique featuresof
agri tourism and the various challenges faced by agritourism in India. It also throws light on the
current scenario of Agri tourism in India.
An Analysis of Impact of Shrinkage of Product Life Cycle on Consumer Purchase
Behaviour – A Study on Mobile Phone
Rohit Bansal
Phd Research Scholar
School of Management Studies
Punjabi University, Patiala
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Bharat Bhushan Singla
Assistant Professor in Management
School Of Management Studies
Punjabi University, Patiala
Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Consumer awareness with continuous changes in preferences and satisfaction not only shorten
the life cycle of products but also develop a need for innovation to gain competitive edge and
satisfy the customers’ demands. The study of consumer purchase behavior has become essential
nowadays. The knowledge of consumer behavior helps the marketers to understand how
consumer thinks, feels, take purchase decision and select product among alternatives in the world
of dynamic technologic environment. In this paper, impact of shrinkage of product life cycle on
consumer purchase behavior is measured by using multiple regression models. Anova test is used
to measure the consumer purchase behavior. Shrinkage in mobile phone industry and consumer
purchase behavior is measured by using statements denoting shrinkage and consumer purchase
behavior in mobile industry on five point likert scale. The results revealed that demonstration
effect, phones with latest features and fast processors, dual SIM phones has positive impact on
consumer buying behavior.
Key words:Innovation, Shrinkage of product life cycle, buying behavior, multiple regression,
mobile industry
Analysis of Effective Elements and Gaps of Training and Development in Service Sector
Dr Deepika Jindal Singla
Assistant Professor, P.G. Dept. of Commerce, M.M. Modi College, Patiala
Meenu Gajrani
Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala
Abstract
Service sectors these days find it difficult to stay competitive in recent global economy.
Importance of employee development program is growing for the service industry those pursuing
to receive an advantage among competitors. Employees are esteemed resource of the
organization and success or failure of the service sector mainly relay on the performance of
employees. Therefore, sectors are financing large amount on employee training and development
programs. Furthermore, in training program it is supportive for companies to emphasis on
knowledge, expertise and ability of employees. The purpose of this paper is to present an
analytical study established on the effective elements and gaps of training and development
programs in service sector. This paper will inspect the elements of employee training and
development program and later the study present what are the gaps of training and development
program in service sector.
Corporate Social Responsibility practices: A comparative study ofIOC (India) and
PSO(Pakistan)
Amandeepkaur, Sakshigarg,
Assistant professors, PIMT
[email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRACT:
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has provided opportunities for companies to support their
activities with wider social expectations. Its worth is directly dependent upon an organisation’s
execution of its values, corporate governance, business relationships and impacts. It enable the
company to retort proactively to changing stakeholder plans and also capable to cooperate
effectively under an array of business conditions and provide managers with a basis for
managing the business in a more universal manner.The aim of the studyis to explorethe
practicesof corporatesocial responsibility in two different companies of India and Pakistan
respectively.The results of the study suggest that two different companies of two
different countries are using the CSR concept. However there are some differences exist
to practicing the CSR concept.
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, corporate governance, business
DIVERSE TEACHING STRATEGIES IN A HETEROGENEOUS CLASSROOM
Ruchika Jain
Rupinder Kaur Banga
ABSTRACT:
Heterogeneity has now replaced homogeneity as the classrooms these days have learners with
diverse learning capabilities, wide academic range, wide ethnic and cultural dimensions, wide
status differences and wide demographic backgrounds. To cope up with thisheterogeneity, the
teaching facilitators are employing number of techniques and methodologies in their teaching.
The contention of the present paper is to review the varying teaching strategies, the technical
varieties and the analysis of these with special reference to two diverse groups(Slow Advanced
learners and RuralUrban) present in the classrooms witnessed in few colleges of
MandiGobindgarh town. Ttest and analysis of Variance have been employed to confirm the
stated research hypotheses.
EFFECTIVENESS OF PROMOTION ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES: AN
EMPIRICAL STUDY
Ms. Rajni,
Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala
Dr.B.B.Singla,
Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala
Abstract
Social networks are a new generation of sites which have been at the center of attention of the
World Wide Web users these days. These sites work based on online organization, each of them
gets together a set of internet users with special characteristic. Social networks are such a social
media which make it possible to achieve a new form of communication and content sharing on
the Internet. Brand is an important and brief guide of identity, originality, products
characteristics and differences and a function by which product will be recognized. So, creating a
brand in this new (virtual) space cannot be ignored. Now a time, all the marketers try to grasp the
desired consumer's perception about their product. And for this purpose they use various type of
strategies to influence a user (customer) on social networking sites (SNS). This study tried to
find the effectiveness of various promotional strategies used by marketers on social networking
sites.
Key words: Brand, Social networking sites (SNS's), Marketers, Advertisements, Competitive
Markets
FDI and Economic Integration in SAARC Region: Problems and Prospects
CMA Rajni Bala
Research Scholar
IKG PTU
Dr.Manisha Gupta
Director
PIMT, Alour Khanna
Abstract:Regional integration is very important to promote economic development in any
country. Too much cooperation is essential to achieve this potential.The most of the SAARC
countries are underdeveloped so economic integration is required.South Asian free trade
agreement. SAPTA has been viewed as a podium in the move towards economic integration in
South Asia.The main objective of this paper is to analyse the role of regional integration in south
Asia in the promotion of region’s trade and attracting FDI.
Key Words: FDI, Regional Economic Integration, SAARC, Trade
INCORPORATING ETHICS INTO PRODUCT STRATEGY: A STUDY WITH
REFERENCE TO THE MAGGI CRISIS IN INDIA
Dr. Harpreet Singh
Prof. & Director, A. S. Group of Institutions, Khanna
Dr. Gursharan Kaur
Asst. Prof., Gobindgarh Public College, Khanna
ABSTRACT
Business Ethics and Profit Maximization are often regarded as opposing policies. But in today’s
business environment, the two views need to be converged to make the businesses to be ethically
responsible. The ethical responsibility has its own importance in building the perception of
consumers towards a brand. The present paper is an attempt to discuss the case of Nestle Maggi
Noodles which suffered a huge loss due to excess lead contents found in the product as reported
by the FDA and FSSAI. An effort has been made to suggest incorporation of ethical dimensions
as a part of product strategy.
KEYWORDS
Business Ethics, Nestle India, Maggi Crisis, Corporate Social Responsibility.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF PUBLIC PRIVATEPARTNERSHIP IN INDIA
Dr. Baldeep Singh Arun Kumar Singla
Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Applied Sciences, P.G. Department of Commerce,
Punjabi University, Patiala A.S. College, Khanna
ABSTRACT
There are many sectors like energy, telecom, water, transportation and infrastructure the growth
of which is very critical for survival of the nation. Infrastructure plays a vital role in facilitating
trade, commerce and supporting high standards of living thereby increasing the global reach of a
nation if properly funded, planned and maintained. It is a well documented fact that there is
important association between highcaliber infrastructure and economic development. The
governments operating at constrained budget and facing high population growth and
developmental demands may not be able to reap the best advantages and make necessary
investments owing to which they need the private sector for necessary capital, technology and
expertise to execute publicsector infrastructure projects. Regulators and policy makers opine
that if the right economic and political policy framework and institutional environments is vetted
and structured, public–private partnerships (PPPs) can prove to become drivers for economic
growth like in case of Middle East and North Africa. The best advantage of PPP is that it
allocates risks and responsibilities to the parties best suited to handle it. The public sector is able
to shift risks related to lack of demand and revenue, finance, design and construction, operation,
maintenance and extraordinary circumstances to the private sector. The objective of the paper is
to highlight how PPPs can propel and fuel economic growth, which type of PPP Contract
improves quality and standard of living and which government policies are central to attract
PPPs and to find an answer that whether PPPs provide a ground for global development or not.
The analysis claims that ideal circumstances, right and judicious blend of policies can anticipate
a thriving and open economy that is better positioned to extend its global reach like in case of
India.
Key words: Public Private Partnership, Economic Development.