TSM Business Review https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR <div id="i-scholarabout">TSM Business Review (TBR) is the official bi-annual publication of Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai, India. TBR is published since 2013 regularly during the months of June and December. It provides an open platform for reading and sharing articles, research papers and case studies that have a high impact on the management field. It has a special emphasis on management issues that are relevant to emerging economies and aims at providing a link between academic research and practical implications. Notably TBR is one among the very few journals in India which is listed in both Proquest and EBSCO - Business Source Premier.</div> en-US vidyasuresh@tsm.ac.in (Prof. Gautam Ghosh) vidyasuresh@tsm.ac.in (Dr. Vidya Suresh) Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 OJS 2.4.2.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Grouping of Cost Involved in Seafood Export of Tamil Nadu-Exploratory Factor Analysis https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164224 Cost plays an important role in every aspects of the product from the processing to till packaging of the product. Seafood manufacturers are adopting the strategy to reduce the cost of the product upto their maximum effort. The efforts are mainly for the reasons of reduce the cost of product and offer the product with low cost. The researcher has identified twelve cost involved in the processing plant of the exporter to reach the goods in the hands of the importer. The survey conducted with the 230 seafood exporters of Tamil Nadu by using the simple random sampling method. The researcher found the four groups among the twelve costs involved in seafood export by applying the exploratory factor analysis. The researcher would like to thank the authorities of Indian Council of Social Science Research for providing fund to complete the research work successfully. S. Rajamohan, D. Joel Jebadurai https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164224 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Passengers’ Perception of Service Quality:A Study With Reference to Madurai Division of Southern Railway https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164227 After globalization, service quality has assumed greater significance in rail transport owing to rail passengers’ expectation of improved service quality in Indian Railways (IR), as well as existence of keen competition from the road transportation sector. Service quality is a business management term used to indicate achievement in service. Usually, service quality yields comfort to the passengers; it would delight them when the passengers’ perception of service quality exceeds their expectations. In this context, service quality comes under the scanner of a comparison of passengers’ expectation with performance of Madurai Division of Southern Railway (SR) Zone of Indian Railway. This research paper is an outcome of the present author’s research project sponsored under ICSSR’s Senior Fellowship. R. Neelamegam https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164227 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Benefits of Mandatory IFRS Adoption in India:A Study Based on the Perception of Indian Investors https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164228 The importance of international accounting practice studies has grown over the past few years in order to meet economic agent demands and to facilitate international business practices. With the growing economy and increasing integration among the global economies, Indian companies are also raising their capital globally due to diversification, cross-border mergers, investments or divestments.The motivation of this paper is to find out the benefits of mandatory IFRS adoption in India. A primary survey has been done to collect the investor’s opinion about the benefits of IFRS adoption and apply different statistical technique to find out the statistical significance. Surajit Das, Tapash Ranjan Saha https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164228 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Emotional Intelligence among Executives of Indian Manufacturing Industry https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164229 <p>A growing body of research demonstrate that emotional intelligence (EI) is a better predictor of “success” than the traditional measure of cognitive intelligence (IQ) (Kamboj, 2014, Rai &amp; Rao, 2014, Palmer, Donaldson, &amp; Stough, 2002). The workplace is an ideal environment for individuals to develop their social and emotional skills, as they are motivated to develop those capabilities in pursuit of success and promotion. This study aims to find the levels of emotional intelligence of the executives working in Indian manufacturing industries and compare with age and experience. 14-item EI scale developed by Chadha and Singh (2006) was adopted for collecting the data. The results of the study revealed that executives working in Indian manufacturing industries have high level of EI. However, there is a significant difference between EI levels based on age and experience in the industry.</p> Ashwini Mehta, Yogesh Mehta, Anukool Manish https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164229 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate (MCLR)–An Evaluation https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164230 <p>RBI was facing a good deal of criticism because commercial bank’s lending rates were not decreasing as fast as some groups expected it to come down. With a view to overcoming such criticism, RBI wanted the efficiency of monetary policy transmissionto improve andprescribed a formula whereby commercial banks could work out a Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate(MCLR).</p><p>We undertake a critical evaluation of the two equations used by RBI for this purpose and find that there is some lack of overall compatibility in the entire process. We re-formulate these equations to accommodate the requisite internal consistency and re-work the Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate. The current scenario for NPAs and possible irrecoverable loan assets of commercial banks is also discussed and its possible impact on MCLR is dwelt on.</p> U. K. Basu https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TSMBR/article/view/164230 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000