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Construction is considered as the most important sector for Afghanistan, which affects the growth of national economy. Construction industry is the third sector after agriculture and mining, which has direct effect on national economic growth but still face severe challenges. These challenges result in the increase of construction time, overhead cost or prevent the takeoff of the project. These challenges portray a negative message to the national and international companies who invest in construction industry in Afghanistan. Therefore, there is a need to identify the significant challenges that affect the construction industry in Afghanistan. An in-depth literature revealed fifty-two challenges and classified it into following ten major categories, namely financial, local, management and communication, technical, security, delays, technology, government policies & politics, resources, and corruption. Questionnaire survey was prepared and distributed to national and international construction and academic organizations operating in Afghanistan. Responses received from Engineers, contractors, academic faculty, and managers were analyzed by Relative Importance Index (RII) method. The analysis showed the top challenges are related to delays, security, corruption, technology, and technical issues, which are more significantly affecting the construction industry in Afghanistan.
To overcome the numerous challenges faced by construction industry of the mounting performance pressure, changing technology, dynamic environment, and demanding clients, it is observed that well planned joint ventures can help to merge and benefit from each other's area of expertise and overcome the weakness. This study examines the current situation of joint ventures in India and finds out the grounds for successful working and the risk associated with them. A questionnaire survey with respondents engaged into site execution and financing was undertaken to scrutinise the rationale of entering into JV, reasons for failure, and ways to avoid disputes.
The aim of this work is to assess the impact mergers and acquisitions have on the value of listed firms in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) sector in India. Mergers and acquisitions are a key component of a corporate growth strategy. They are common business tools used worldwide to increase their market share, enhance product offerings and/or diversify the product line, gain access to patents, R&D or technology, attain potential tax benefits, and ultimately maximize shareholder value. These constitute the primary goal of every business firm. The main objective of the present study is to assess the impact of merger and acquisition deals on the financial performance, operating performance, and shareholders' wealth of the sample firms by comparing their performance pre and post the deals. An empirical approach has been taken up to test the hypotheses that were formulated. The present study relies on non-primary sources of data. For all the firms, industry adjusted pre and post-merger/ acquisition ratios have been estimated. Means were also calculated. It is then followed by Paired sample t-test to see if there is any statistically significant difference between the averages pre and post the deals. The overall findings of the study depicted that the financial performance, operating performance, and wealth of the shareholders improved post-merger/acquisition, but the same were found to be statistically insignificant.
With the increase in industrialisation, increased production rate, high efficiency, and optimisation have become a priority. Meeting quality requirements has become equally important as meeting production requirements. Safety is of interest to every individual and group. Hence, nowadays safety management has become important part of industrial management. The primary interest in this study is the quality and productivity improvement along with safety improvement. Through exhaustive literature review it has been identified that till now no work has been done to identify and statistically establish the reliability and validity of CSF for Quality, Productivity and Safety interrelationship for overall improvement of manufacturing industries. This work aims to fill this gap. Empirical data were collected through a structured questionnaire from 450 respondents belonging to different manufacturing industries. The analysis was conducted using SPSS as tool. The findings indicate that there exists a positive relationship between quality, productivity, and safety for overall performance improvement. The manufacturing sector plays a vital role in the economic growth of any nation. Thus, the importance and need to evaluate this sector is justified.
Marketing plays an important role in transforming smallholder farmers into commercial producers and the market should provide the necessary incentives for farmers to increase their production. The markets of horticultural products in the country lack a systematic approach of supply chain management right from the farmers' field to consumers' table. There is a lack of coordination between forward and backward linkages. In addition to this, non-availability of good infrastructural and marketing facilities are the major constraints due to which growers are bound to choose markets and marketing channels according to the available facilities and cannot maximize profit. Present study analyzes factors influencing marketing channel choice decisions made by growers producing vegetables in greenhouses. Research is carried out in different districts of Delhi NCR. Multinomial regression is used to analyze data and results show significant relationship between choice of marketing channel and factors like availability of cold storage, market chosen for selling produce, source of market information, type of market information accessed, and medium of market information accessed were found to be statistically significant. However, access to credit, market distance, crops grown in greenhouse, vehicle ownership, and available road conditions were insignificant.
