@Research Paper
<#LINE#>The Promotion of Persimmon became a High Value Commodity Confirmatory Factor Analisys (Case in Garut West Java, Indonesia)<#LINE#>Yosini@Deliana,Ishaq@ Iskandar<#LINE#>1-9<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJMS-2013-110.pdf<#LINE#>Faculty of Agriculture Padjadjaran University, Jl. Raya Bandung – Sumedang Km 21, Jatinangor INDONESIA @ Agricultural Technical Research Centre, West Java , Jl. Kayu Ambon Lembang- INDONESIA<#LINE#>23/11/2013<#LINE#>30/12/2013<#LINE#> Persimmon is an exotic fruit and exclusive grows in Garut nearby. The phenomena, farmers are still not interested to cultivate even it has a good market. Actually it has over much benefit such as for body slimming, be composed of many antioxidant, prevent heart disease, cholesterol, hypertension, asthma, abdominal pain, etc. The aim of this study is to learn the factors that prevent persimmon promotion to become high value commodity based on consumer expectation on production, product, market and marketing system. Research was conducted between February – March 2012 in Cisurupan which persimmon production centre in Garut West Java. The methodology of this research was survey, used primary, secondary data and data was analyzed by factor analysis. Responden was 100 persons who buy dry persimmon in the traditional market, and was taken by systematic sampling. The study shows that dominant factor for promoting are the lack information of the producer on the length of drying, color, taste, aroma, selling point, price, product diversification opportunity, the power of word of mouth and practically to carry. Contribution of this study is to give recommendation to the government, university and industry in how to deliver promotion on persimmon to become high value commodity. <#LINE#> @ @ Iskandar Ishaq and Mochamad Noch, Persimmon: Potential Genetic Resources in Garut Regency West Java- National Workshop on Management and Protection of Genetic Resources in Indonesia- Research Development Centre of Animal Husbandry, 2, 108 - 118 (2006) @No $ @ @ Iskandar Ishaq and Nana Sutrisna, MorphologyIdentification and Cultivation System of PersimmonDiospyros kaki L.f) in Garut Regency West Java, Buletin Ristek Balitbangda,1, 38–46 (2003) @No $ @ @ Engel James F., Roger D., Blackwell and Miniard Paul W., Consumer behavior, The Mc Graw Hill Companies, Inc. 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<#LINE#>Comparative Advantage of India in Buffalo Meat exports Vis-a-vis Major Exporting countries<#LINE#>Varalakshmi@Kandanuri<#LINE#>8-14<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJMS-2013-099.pdf<#LINE#> National Reseach Centre on Meat (NRCM), Hyderabad-500 092, INDIA<#LINE#>24/10/2013<#LINE#>13/11/2013<#LINE#> Indian has occupied Supreme position in the global Buffalo Meat market over the years. Today India is a major supplier of Buffalo Meat to the international market. However, its competitiveness has not yet been properly documented. This paper analysis the competitiveness of India’s buffalo exports by using the method Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage(RSCA). The results showed that the country faces fierce competition from other major players in the field, both existing and new entrants in the fray. Though Buffalo meat takes lion’s share in total meat exports from India, its competitiveness with other major exporting countries is eroding over the years. Item wise analysis shows that India has comparative advantage only in the exports of  Meat of Bovine Animals, Frozen, Boneless(020230), Meat of Bovine Animals, Frozen (Excl. of 0202.10), Bone-In(020220), Carcasses/Half-Carcasses of Bovine Animals, Frozen(020210). In the remaining items, it is not able to compete with the other players.India may have to face the competition from USA in case of Meat of Bovine Animals, Frozen, Boneless(020230) where India has competitive advantage over all other exporting countries. India has comparative advantage only in case of frozen items.  This is major concern for India. India has to analyse the reasons for less comparative advantage in case of fresh, Chilled items and other items and has to take appropriate measures to take advantage of largest growing Buffalo meat sector. <#LINE#> @ @ www.mopi.gov.in (2013) @No $ @ @ www.agriexchange.apeda.gov.in (2013) @No $ @ @ www.apeda.gov.in(2013) @No $ @ @ Hyma Jyothi S., and Raju, V.T., Trends, Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage of Tea and Coffee Exports from India, Agricultural Situation in India, 165-172(2005) @No $ @ @ Shino P., and Mathur V.C., Comparative Advantage of India in Agricultural Exports vis-a-vis Asia: A Post- reforms Analysis, Agricultural Economics Research Review, 21, 60-66(2008) @No $ @ @ Balassa, Bela., Trade Liberalization and ‘revealed’ comparative advantage, The Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies., 32, 99-123 (1965) @No $ @ @ Gulati, A., Sharma, A., Sharma, K., Das, S. and Chhabra, V., Export Competitiveness of selected agricultural commodities, National Council of Applied Economic Research., New Delhi (1994) @No $ @ @ Dalum, B., K. Laursen, G. Villumsen., Structural change in OECD export specialization patterns: de-specialization and stickiness, International Review of Applied Economics,12, 447-467 (1998) @No 
<#LINE#>Development of Rural Women Entrepreneurs through Workshop Training<#LINE#>Parveen@Kittur<#LINE#>15-18<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJMS-2014-006.pdf<#LINE#> Chameli Devi Group of Institutions, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA<#LINE#>16/10/2013<#LINE#>6/1/2014<#LINE#> Rural women are increasingly running their own enterprises, yet their socio-economic contributions and entrepreneurial potential remain largely unrecognized and untapped. NGO’s and SHG’s are conducting workshops for training the rural women entrepreneurs to enhance their knowledge, skills and abilities in business development skills so that they can manage their small scale businesses on a more sustainable basis. Rural women entrepreneurs face challenges such as access to credit, lack of access to business and marketing information as well as lack of book keeping skills. This paper aims to increase awareness and understanding of micro credit and micro financing to the rural women entrepreneurs. The data is directly collected from the NGO’s with regards to training. It is the finance that plays a very important role for the development of rural women entrepreneurs. As they do not acquire or possess property in their own names they have to depend on the males, their father, brother or husband for any funds required by them. And in such cases when they approach the banks or financial institutions for funds, they are rejected as they are not in a position of pledging or mortgaging any property as security. And in case if they are granted with any hand loans or smaller loans and if they fail to repay it back within the stipulated time then they face difficulties in applying for any other loans as the bank never considers them as they had failed in the earlier repayment. Hence, the workshops must train the rural women pay back their loans, big or small in a proper way by training them to fix the prices insuch a way that all the expenses are included and when they receive the sales proceeds the percentage of amount must be saved apart to make the repayment of the loans easier. <#LINE#> @ @ Seyednezhadfahim S.R., Eghdami E., Yosefnezhad S. and Maleki M, Investigating the Procedure of Financial Factors in Successful Companies, Research Journal of Recent Sciences, ISSN 2277-2502, 2(3), 44-48 (2013) @No $ @ @ Alireza Pooya, Hamid Rezazadeh Barfoei, Naghme Kargozar and Fateme Maleki, Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Conflict Management Strategies, Research Journal of Recent Science, 2(7), 37-42, (2013) @No $ @ @ Godwyn M., This place makes me proud to be a women: Theoretical explanation for success in entrepreneurship education for low-income women, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 27(1), 50–64 (2009) @No $ @ @ Deshpande Sunil and Sethi Sunita, Women Entrepreneurship in India - Problems, Solutions and Future Prospects of Development, Shodh, Samikshaaur Muulyankan, International Research Journal, ISSN-0974-2832, II(9-10), (2009) @No $ @ @ Patil D.A., Dhere A.M. and Pawar C.B., ICT and Empowerment of Rural and Deprived Women in Asia, AsiaPacific Journal of Rural Development, XIX(1),(2009) @No $ @ @ Amha W. and Ademassie A., Rural Financial Intermediation Program and its Role in Strengthening the Rural Financial System in Ethiopia, Journal of Microfinance Development Review, 3(2), 230–365 (2004) @No $ @ @ Mann A. and Phukan R., The Motivational aspects of Women Entrepreneurs in India, New Delhi, India: Himalaya Publishing House (1998) @No $ @ @ Mathew R.V. and Panchanatham N., Influencers and the role in determining the work life balance of employees working in the in formation technology sector, Journal of Social Science, 1, 17–31 (2009) @No $ @ @ Bhagwati, Cooperative Sector-changes required to Operationally Internalize concept of Micro-Finance, The Cooperator, 43(8), 355-359 (2006) @No $ @ @ Razia Begum S. and Sarngadharan M., Female Entrepreurship in Kerala, Yojana, June 15, 18(12), 2 (2001) @No $ @ @ Women Entrepreneurs Karnataka Association, Devaki Yoganand, WEKAS, Hubli, Dharwad, Karnataka(2012) @No $ @ @ www.ghanabusinessnews.com (2013) @No
@Review Paper
<#LINE#>Characterizing and Predicting Takeover Targets: A Review<#LINE#>Jucunda@MariaEvelyn<#LINE#>19-23<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJMS-2014-001.pdf<#LINE#> VIT Busniess School, VIT University Chennai Campus, Vandalur – Kelambakkam Road, Chennai, INDIA<#LINE#>5/1/2014<#LINE#>10/1/2014<#LINE#> Mergers and acquisitions (M and A hereon)is one of the most important corporate restructuring process. Western countries have experienced titanic waves of M and A’s for the past four decades which had prompted the researchers to investigate M and A in various aspects. One major area of research in M and A is the characterizing and predicting the M and A targets. This paper explores and reviews the research in this area for the past forty years. The study analyzes the improvements and gaps in research in this area over the years. This study also provides the scope for future research in this area with special reference to emerging market economies. Though emerging economies were liberalized in the early 1990’s, research in M and A is still at its infant stage. Thus this study analyzes and provides the scope for future researchers in the area of characterizing and predicting M and A targets. <#LINE#> @ @ Jucunda E.M., A review on prediction of mergers and acquisitions in the west: Statistical considerations and emerging issues for research in India, Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2222446,(2013) @No $ @ @ Holland, K M and Hodgkinson, The Pre-Announcement Share Price Behaviour of UK Takeover Targets, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 2(4), 467–490, (1994) @No $ @ @ Powell, Ronan and Yawson, Alfred, Are Corporate Restructuring Events Driven by Common Fcators? 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