One of my papers finally got published in a journal. I find this paper special because it is my first journal article based on use of message board data (I used both Indiamike and Thorn Tree). The abstract of the journal is available online. The argument goes something like this- With consumers sharing both positive…
Category: academics
On Twitter
I recently started using Twitter. I got interested after I read Max repeatedly talking about it on his blog. Given my fascination for all things online how long could I resist it? Then I got a Tweet about Methodspace, a research methods community space (in Beta) by SAGE and at a conceptual I just love…
Enron Comes Home through Satyam
Just came back from a class the read that in the Satyam Computer’s balance sheet of 5361 crore , 5040 crore is fictitious money and and accrued interest of 376 crore is non-existent! Some accounting I must say. I hear you say something about having auditors? Well PricewaterhouseCoopers are said to be the auditors of…
Not at Office!
Work, Work and Work This is how my work table looks like these days. So, I dragged myself out of the bed in the morning (I hate Monday mornings and I wake up like a dead wish) got ready and turned the key in the car. It sputtered and coughed but refused to start. The…
I have Been Wondering!
For quite sometime now, I have been wondering if I should mix some of my academic stuff on this blog. You see, I have started using data from travel Internet Message Boards for academic purposes. And it has been a fascinating exercise. I mean I get to spend time on the internet reading about travel…
How Exam Copies are (not) Evaluated Sometimes
Through google blogsearch I came to this post from Abyi and he seems to be mystified. Let me share it with you. “The exams started with a bang just after 3 months, little time for us to prepare. Exams were cool, but one thing went wrong & I m glad it did. I was appearing…
Catch Them Young: A New Record
My lovely niece got her first letter in mail yesterday. It was my sis who opened it and called me up immediately afterwards. While she was talking to me, I could hear my brother-in-law laughing in the background. I begged my sis to dictate some of the matter of that letter to me over the…
Organizational Efficiency vs. Power: An Email Interview with Professor Charles Perrow
Charles Perrow is Professor Emeritus in Department of Sociology at Yale University. In his book, ‘Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism’ (Princeton University Press, 2002) Professor Perrow uses historical evidence (1800-1910) to address the debate on why organizations became large and hierarchal. In this email interview with Professor Charles Perrow, he was…
Third Time Lucky (Warning! This is a Long Post)
I walk into the examination hall and the students pay no attention. They keep on shouting at the top of their voices. I somehow manage to get heard, and ask for order. They reluctantly lower their voices. I ask them to remove all the reading materials so that I can give them the question and…