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February' 05
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Competition in Indian Manufacturing Industries: A Study Using Static and Dynamic Measures of Concentration
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Performance Analysis of Some Selected Hardware Companies
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Competition in Indian Manufacturing Industries: A Study Using Static and Dynamic Measures of Concentration

-- K Pushpangadan and N Shanta

Recent studies concluded that economic reforms have not provided any clear evidence of increased competition, suggesting that monopoly has increased or remained the same. Since the traditional static measure of concentration is not a reliable indicator of the monopoly, static and dynamic measures of concentration are integrated to test the hypothesis. This paper makes an attempt to study 14 major Indian industries for which firm-level data are available for the period, 1989-2001. This integrated approach shows that the monopoly has: (i) increased in two industries; (ii) remained the same in two others; and (iii) reduced in the remaining ten industries. Out of these ten industries, in four industries large firms lost shares to other large and small firms and in two industries large firms lost shares only to small firms. In the remaining four cases, large firms lost shares only to other large firms implying that, competition was restricted to a particular group only. The study also clearly indicates that only by integrating static and dynamic measures the power of monopoly can be clearly assessed.

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Performance Analysis of Some Selected Hardware Companies

-- Surajit Ghosh Dastidar

This paper deals with an empirical study to measure the performance of some selected hardware companies. The methodology was based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The performance (efficiency) of the selected hardware companies were determined over a period of three years (2001-03) in order to examine if there is a trend.

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Product Market Competition and the Boundaries of the Firm

This paper identifies increased product market competition as a source of quality production. As competition increases consumers can tone down the cost further by increasing the product quality with the efforts of either the manufacturer or retailers. Further study reveals that allocating property rights to competent retailers has the advantage of transferring post-bargaining power.

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Automated Teller Machines (ATMs): The Changing Face of Banking in India

Bank Management
Information and communication technology has changed the way in which banks provide services to its customers. These days the customers are able to perform their routine banking transactions without even entering the bank premises. ATM is one such development in recent years, which provides remote banking services all over the world, including India. This paper analyzes the development of this self-service banking in India based on the secondary data.

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing a very important role in the progress and advancement in almost all walks of life. The deregulated environment has provided an opportunity to restructure the means and methods of delivery of services in many areas, including the banking sector. The ICT has been a focused issue in the past two decades in Indian banking. In fact, ICTs are enabling the banks to change the way in which they are functioning. Improved customer service has become very important for the very survival and growth of banking sector in the reforms era. The technological advancements, deregulations, and intense competition due to the entry of private sector and foreign banks have altered the face of banking from one of mere intermediation to one of provider of quick, efficient and customer-friendly services. With the introduction and adoption of ICT in the banking sector, the customers are fast moving away from the traditional branch banking system to the convenient and comfort of virtual banking. The most important virtual banking services are phone banking, mobile banking, Internet banking and ATM banking. These electronic channels have enhanced the delivery of banking services accurately and efficiently to the customers. The ATMs are an important part of a bank’s alternative channel to reach the customers, to showcase products and services and to create brand awareness. This is reflected in the increase in the number of ATMs all over the world. ATM is one of the most widely used remote banking services all over the world, including India. This paper analyzes the growth of ATMs of different bank groups in India.
International Scenario

If ATMs are largely available over geographically dispersed areas, the benefit from using an ATM will increase as customers will be able to access their bank accounts from any geographic location. This would imply that the value of an ATM network increases with the number of available ATM locations, and the value of a bank network to a customer will be determined in part by the final network size of the banking system. The statistical information on the growth of branches and ATM network in select countries.

Indian Scenario

The financial services industry in India has witnessed a phenomenal growth, diversification and specialization since the initiation of financial sector reforms in 1991. Greater customer orientation is the only way to retain customer loyalty and withstand competition in the liberalized world. In a market-driven strategy of development, customer preference is of paramount importance in any economy. Gone are the days when customers used to come to the doorsteps of banks. Now the banks are required to chase the customers; only those banks which are customercentric and extremely focused on the needs of their clients can succeed in their business today.

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