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    ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS MUTUAL FUND VALUE ADDITIONS : A STUDY OF INVESTORS IN LUDHIANA CITY
    (PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY; LUDHIANA, 2011) JAIN, ANKIT; GUPTA, MOHIT
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    A Study of Compliance of Basel II Norms by Selected Banks
    (College of Basic Science and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2011) Sharma, Sarishma; Kumar, Babita
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    A Study of Corpotate Governance Practices in Selected Banks
    (College of Basic Science and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2011) Loi, Shifali; Kumar, Babita
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    A Study of Risk Tolerance of Investors in Ludhiana
    (College of Basic Science and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2011) Kaur, Harpreet; Aggarwlal, Navdeep
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    A STUDY OF PERCEPTION INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS) AND IT’S COMPARISON WITH INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (IAS)
    (PAU Ludhiana, 2011) Harmandeep Kaur; Sandeep, Kapur
    IFRS is regarded as the uniform reporting language for all concerns and the nations. The study was conducted to compare the existing Indian Accounting Standards with the IFRS. Secondly, study was done to see the perception involved in implementation of IFRS. The practicing chartered accountants, academicians and managers were the respondents of the study. The sample consisted of 30 practicing chartered accountants, 15 managers and 5 academicians. The results of the study revealed that IFRS and the Indian Accounting Standards has a greater degree of variation with respect to disclosures, financial statements, transparency, uniformity and consistency. The respondents perceived that in terms of implementing IFRS; sufficient communication patterns, training programs and management skills were required. It was found that the lack of resources and cost of training the employees were the major bottlenecks in implementing the IFRS
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    DIMENSIONS OF CUSTOMER-BASED BRAND EQUITY: A PERCEPTUAL STUDY OF CUSTOMERS OF PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS
    (PAU Ludhiana, 2011) Lizu Bassan; Lalit Mohan, Kathuria
    Brand equity helps in creating brand loyalty, increases the willingness to pay more prices, and assists the company in effectively meeting the challenges posed by competitors. The present study was conducted to determine the perception of respondents towards dimensions of customer-based brand equity among public sector and private sector banks. All the customers of public and private sector scheduled commercial banks of Ludhiana city formed the population of the study. A sample of 200 respondents was selected on convenience basis i.e. 100 from public sector banks and 100 from private sector banks. Data were collected with the help of a structured and non-disguised questionnaire. Analysis was done using appropriate statistical tools like mean score, Z-test, t-test, chi-square test Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and factor analysis. The study revealed that public bank respondents associate their banks with convenient locations, higher returns and cost effectiveness whereas private bank respondents associate their banks with personalized services, technology advancement and faster transactions. The results of factor analysis revealed the dimensions of brand equity for public sector banks as „physical facilities and advertisement‟, „awareness and loyalty‟, „service quality‟, „brand image‟, „price‟, „location‟ and „service effectiveness and return‟, whereas for private sector banks, the dimensions of brand equity were „service quality and image‟, „returns and belongingness‟, „infrastructure and customer relationship‟, „transaction cost and processing time‟, „product convenience and loyalty‟, and „product variety and perception‟. The study further revealed that majority of the respondents (both public sector as well as private sector banks) were satisfied with their banks.
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    CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF HOME ACCIDENTS IN RURAL AND URBAN HOUSEHOLDS OF LUDHIANA DISTRICT
    (PAU Ludhiana, 2013) Deepika Sharma; Pushpinder, Sandhu
    Present study was undertaken to explore home accident incidents, their causes and consequences; and to develop guidelines on home safety for rural and urban households. Sample of 140 households was randomly selected from both areas of Ludhiana District. Interview schedule was used to gather data. Modified Impact of Event Scale was used to assess impact of accidents. Modified Safety Assessment Scale was used to judge home safety. Results revealed that the impact of most recently encountered accidents on victims was not meaningful on urban victims (IES Score 3.51); but rural victims had more impact (IES Score 5.76). Safety assessment scoring revealed minimum safety regarding fire and burns (Rural=8.34; Urban=8.15). Safety features like smoke bell, fire extinguisher and sand buckets were not seen in any of the sampled houses. Most lacking safety features were: stairs without rail, dark areas, narrow passages, gas cylinder near burner, greasy floors, low parapet, split levels and no safety caps on sockets. Sharp tools and cooking were perceived to be most hazardous. Kitchen, washroom and stairs were identified as accident prone areas by all respondents. There were 92 accident victims from rural and 60 from urban (sampled) households; most of them in 20-40 year age group and females. Maximum number of victims had injury due to cut or crush. Six fractures, one permanent disability and one death was also reported. More rural respondents neglected home safety; had noticeable impact of accident events; and were conspicuous by their higher numbers as victims compared to urban sampled population.
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    Handling and Storage Management of Seed Potato - A Case Study of Selected Farms
    (PAU Ludhiana, 2012) Chamkaur Singh; Ramandeep Singh Major Advisor
    The present study was undertaken for studying the handling and storage practices of seed potato followed by Sangha group. The study was conducted by including selected persons from Sangha group for exploring the traditional handling and storage practices of seed potato and exploratory research was used to identify new technologies of handling and storage. Results indicate that potato industry was facing acute shortage of skilled labour. There were huge losses during the handling of produce on field and during storage due to manual working. Maintenance of uniform temperature in cold chamber is the need of time, which is lacking in traditional system of handling and storage. Produce generally get damaged during the process due to the reason of manual handling.
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    A STUDY OF COST REDUCTION PRACTICES ADOPTED BY PHARMACEUTICAL UNITS IN NORTHERN INDIA
    (PAU Ludhiana, 2012) Nitin Chaudhary; Babita Kumar
    The present study was conducted to analyses the cost reduction practices and problems faced during their implementation in pharmaceutical units. The population for the study consisted of small, medium and large scale units of Northern India. The present study was restricted to Northern India. Out of those units 20 units were selected on the basis of random sampling techniques. Questions were framed to study the cost reduction practices adopted by different departments of the organization. The study found that work standardization was mainly followed as cost reduction practice for manufacturing and improvement in reaction speed and reduction in wastages was achieved in the last two years. Negotiation method for reducing inventory, providing on the job training for reducing training cost, automation for reducing personnel cost, direct selling for reducing distribution cost and improving ROI by process improvement were other cost reduction practices. Organizations were receiving many benefits like improved productivity and quality, reduction in wastages, decrease in inventory cost, increase in profits and competitiveness by adopting cost reduction measures. Organizations were facing problems of customers order which are highly fluctuating, frequent change in design, resistance from employees, lack of technical knowhow, budget constraint and lack of time to implement these practices. On the whole cost reduction practices are not so well engraved in the small pharmaceutical industries whereas they are more well adopted by large and medium scale units