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Case study on Haldiram’s: India’s answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008, March). Case study on Haldiram’s: India’s answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts. Paper presented at Entrepreneurship and Firms in the New Economy, Tunisia

Western companies are opening up their factories and offices in India in an unprecedented manner and thus creating a need to study the organization and management of their Indian counterparts. The emergence of India as an economic power over the rece... Read More about Case study on Haldiram’s: India’s answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts.

The project of life: Generalizing spiritual theory for applied project management research and the interconnections (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008, March). The project of life: Generalizing spiritual theory for applied project management research and the interconnections. Paper presented at Entrepreneurship and Firms in the New Economy, Tunisia

This is an inter-disciplinary systemic research work. This work is not an inter-religion comparison and attempts to establish a relationship between the disciplines of project management and spirituality. In doing so the literature review was conduct... Read More about The project of life: Generalizing spiritual theory for applied project management research and the interconnections.

Adoption and use of E-commerce by small businesses in the UK tourism industry (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Warnaby, G., White, G., Prabhakar, G. P., & Abd Razak, A. (2008, January). Adoption and use of E-commerce by small businesses in the UK tourism industry. Paper presented at Entrepreneurship and Firms in the New Economy, Tunisia

This paper presents a quantitative study of 90 small tourism businesses in the South West of the United Kingdom. It examines the factors that influence the adoption and use of e-commerce and the types of e-business that these organisations undertake.... Read More about Adoption and use of E-commerce by small businesses in the UK tourism industry.

Culture and conflict management style of international project managers (2008)
Journal Article
Mohammed, U. K., Prabhakar, G. P., & White, G. (2008). Culture and conflict management style of international project managers. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(5), 3-11

The management of culture has become increasingly important to many organisations and business disciplines, particularly multicultural and international project management. Cultural differences often result in varying degrees of conflict and require... Read More about Culture and conflict management style of international project managers.

Haldiram’s: India’s entrepreneurial answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts (2008)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008). Haldiram’s: India’s entrepreneurial answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(5), 95-99

Western companies are opening up their factories and offices in India in an unprecedented manner and thus creating a need to study the organization and management of their Indian counterparts. The emergence of India as an economic power over the rec... Read More about Haldiram’s: India’s entrepreneurial answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts.

Projects and their management: A literature review (2008)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008). Projects and their management: A literature review. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(8), 3-9

Over the years and more importantly in the recent past projects have been used as a delivery mechanism to do business and accomplish objectives. No wonder it has become one of the fastest growing professions in the world. Although the understanding... Read More about Projects and their management: A literature review.

Stats for the terrified: Impact of different teaching and learning approaches in the study of business statistics (2008)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008). Stats for the terrified: Impact of different teaching and learning approaches in the study of business statistics. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(6), 21-28

Many students have a fear of studying Statistics & Mathematics. The objective of this study is to highlight the methods that could help students to improve the learning of Business Statistics. This paper could also provide a useful input for teachers... Read More about Stats for the terrified: Impact of different teaching and learning approaches in the study of business statistics.

Teams and Projects: A Literature Review (2008)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008). Teams and Projects: A Literature Review. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(10), 3-7

Teams and their constituents are clearly one of the critical success factors in a project. Symbiosis among team members is a must, but it does not necessarily mean that they need to agree on every point. This paper attempts to highlight the constitue... Read More about Teams and Projects: A Literature Review.

What is project success: A literature review (2008)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008). What is project success: A literature review. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(9), 3-10

Most of the projects we hear of in media are either over budget, late or are simply not good enough and still different lobbies of people claim that those projects have been successful. Neither the practitioners nor the academicians seem to agree o... Read More about What is project success: A literature review.

The impact of computers and associated technology on the teaching and learning of business statistics at the university level (2008)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P. (2008). The impact of computers and associated technology on the teaching and learning of business statistics at the university level. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(7), 12-15

This article explains how recent changes in the teaching & learning business statistics are influenced by the increased use of computer and its associated technology. This paper also attempts to illustrate on how the pedagogy associated has also un... Read More about The impact of computers and associated technology on the teaching and learning of business statistics at the university level.

Scope creep in software development (2008)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P., & Quah, J. (2008). Scope creep in software development

This article clarifies the role and effects of scope creep in software development projects. It discusses how scope can be effectively managed to avoid it from “creeping” and reducing chances of project success. By reviewing a range of literary works... Read More about Scope creep in software development.

A post-mortem evaluation of an IT project: a case study of a process enhancement IT-project in a maintenance, repair and overhaul company (2008)
Journal Article
Lehmann, U., & Prabhakar, G. P. (2008). A post-mortem evaluation of an IT project: a case study of a process enhancement IT-project in a maintenance, repair and overhaul company. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(6), 57-70

The present work represents a post mortem evaluation of an SAP-IT project. It focuses on critical success factors (CSF) in order to establish an appropriate guideline for the project evaluation. A review of contemporary project management literatur... Read More about A post-mortem evaluation of an IT project: a case study of a process enhancement IT-project in a maintenance, repair and overhaul company.