Economics, Management and Sustainability: Essays in Honour of Anup Sinha

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This book presents an eclectic mix of interesting new areas in the domain of economics, management and sustainability. Written by leading experts, it provides valuable food for thought, with essays introducing new lines of research and empirical research papers offering sound research methodology. The book not only provides answers, but also raises numerous interesting questions concerning the areas covered to whet readers’ appetites to learn more. Professor Anup Sinha is a respected teacher and is a great mind with wide-ranging academic interests spanning from economics and sustainability to management. As well as in various other places in India and the US, he has taught at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and Presidency College (now a University) Calcutta for almost three decades. To commemorate his contributions, this festschrift presents a collection of essays that are broadly subdivided into four sections: Economic Development; Vulnerabilities and Inclusive Growth; Sustainability and Corporate Governance; and Innovation and Management. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Measures of Development—Concepts, Causality, and Context (Maitreesh Ghatak)....Pages 3-11 Governance: Some Observations (Sumon Kumar Bhaumik)....Pages 13-25 From Political Economy to Economics and Back Again? (Amitava Krishna Dutt)....Pages 27-52 Public–Private Partnerships, Corruption and Inefficiency (Indrani Roy Chowdhury, Prabal Roy Chowdhury)....Pages 53-64 Front Matter ....Pages 65-65 Capitalism, Crisis and the Common Man (Chandana Ghosh, Ambar Ghosh)....Pages 67-85 School Language Policy, Crime and the Minority Underclass (Indraneel Dasgupta)....Pages 87-101 Private Giving in Higher Education (Parimal Bag, Debasis Mondal)....Pages 103-122 Being Out of Work: An Analysis of Unemployment and Its Duration in India (Mousumi Dutta, Zakir Husain)....Pages 123-140 Front Matter ....Pages 141-141 Sustainable Eco-Management: Participatory Mechanisms and Institutions (Sarmila Banerjee)....Pages 143-169 Sustainability as Corporate Strategy: Importance of the Values of Ecosystem Services for Businesses (Nilanjan Ghosh)....Pages 171-186 Insider Ownership and the Performance of Firms in India: Evidence from a Panel Semi-parametric Regression Model (Indrani Chakraborty)....Pages 187-206 Front Matter ....Pages 207-207 Generic framework of a Business Incubator Model for a Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem (R. A. Bhaskar, B. V. Phani)....Pages 209-230 The Neural Correlates of Decision-Making: Review and Research Agenda (Kirti Sharda)....Pages 231-264 Information and Communication Technology: Understanding Their Dark-Side Effects (Monideepa Tarafdar, Jean-François Stich)....Pages 265-275 What Makes a Good Leader: A Tribute to Anup K Sinha (Anamitra Chatterjee)....Pages 277-283