IMPERATIVE OF GENERATED TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY INVESTMENT BENEFITS WITH EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
INDRASEN SINGH
In this paper equilibrium models are described to estimate the magnitude and composition of benefits arising from the various responses of travellers and operators to transport investments. By using these models one will determine both analytically in simplified models and numerically in network representations, the extent to which the benefits to generated traffic may be more than off-set by the additional congestion inflicted on other road users. In this paper imperative of generated traffic and highway investment benefits with equilibrium models are discussed.
Equilibrium Models, Transport Investments, Highway Investment
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ROLE OF COMPOSITE EPS PANELS IN EARTHQUAKE RESISTIVE BUILDINGS
SANMARGA MITRA
The history of human civilisation is the intriguing story of unravelling of the mysteries of the nature and discovery of elements that has brought him where he is today. This journey is the saga of ‘survival of the fittest’. At the dawn of civilisations, natural forces were not only new to human kind, they were fierce to him. With the passage of time, man has tamed many natural forces. But there still exist forces which are untameable, which loom large from time to time on human civilisations and unleashes their power on the settlements – the devastating forces of earthquake being one of the major destructors. The chronicles of the devastating earthquakes around the world are the story of unsuccessful or partially successful resistance put up by the conventional material of construction against the seismic forces. This paper aims at introducing a new prefabricated construction material, Composite EPS Panel, to the readers by explaining first its composition, its construction details and its properties. It then discusses the suitability of this material in earthquake resistive construction. Lastly, it features two case studies, showing the practical applicability of the material.
Human Civilisation, Composite EPS Panel,
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MARKETING STRATEGIES OF INDIAN AND GLOBAL REAL ESTATE BUSINESSES- SECONDARY LITERATURE REVIEW
PROF. DR. MS. A.R. PACHPANDE
PROF. DR. MONA N. SHAH
This paper reviews the secondary data on marketing strategies used by real estate companies. Some of the macro and micro factors that affect their strategies are examined. Also the effect of consumer behavior on real estate buying is revealed. Study of micro level firm data reveals a focus on studying very narrow areas such as studying ‘neighbourhood’ characteristics to arrive at an ideal product mix, target customer or demographic and psychographic features of the property markets. This form of research advances only particular project strategy, and/or firm level strategy. It is found that leading Indian and global real estate companies use strategic management tools to expand into new markets with different project portfolios and entry strategies.
Marketing, Product Types, Segmentation, Strategies, Real Estate
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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AS A CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICAL WAYS OF DEVELOPING IT IN SINGAPORE
RAMESH AKHILA
Corporate leadership used to be so simple. You had it, or you didn’t. It was in the cut of your job. And if you had it, you certainly didn’t share it... Then of course the world turned upside down. Global competition wrecked stable markets and whole industries. Information technology created ad hoc networks of power within corporations.” (Huey, 1994). No strategy, however well designed, will work unless you have the right people, with the right skills and behaviors, in the right roles, motivated in the right way and supported by the right leaders. Adopting new technologies without having the right people to use them wastes billions of dollars of investment by companies throughout the world. (People management and leadership forum, 2002).
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