Is Intra-industry Trade Gainful? Evidence from Manufacturing Industries of India

Bagchi, Sagnik

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“…Developing economies like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, China, etc., are considered as the potential frontier for growth for global companies and, the manufacturing sector continues to grow in these countries. Hence, a better understanding of employees’ awareness on LSS practices in these countries is essential (Sreedharan et al , 2017; Bagchi, 2018). C-OAR-SE has been recognized as a technique in the literature (Rossiter, 2002), for the new scale development and we have used it here in the context of this study.…”

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Development of Lean Six Sigma training module: evidence from an emerging economy

Sreedharan

Sunder

Madhavan

et al. 2019

IJQRM

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Purpose Nowadays, firms are keen on improving the quality culture in the organizations. The proven success of Lean and Six Sigma has given rise to the synergetic Lean Six Sigma (LSS) approach that has been catching fire in the past one decade. However, there exists a gap between the understanding and implementation of LSS in the organizations, especially in the emerging economies. Taking this as a valuable opportunity, the purpose of this paper is to present a development of LSS training module. Design/methodology/approach This study starts with a literature review of LSS to reinforce the understanding of the research subject in scope of manufacturing sector. Then, an online questionnaire was designed and used to collect responses from 181 companies located in the Indian sub-continent. Subsequently, the results obtained from the survey were analyzed using COARSE approach. Findings This study reveals two key findings and associated contributions. First, it was found that the overall awareness of LSS within the responded manufacturing firms is about 70.4 percent. Second, there is no single standard training module that exists in any of the sampled firms to cater to their quality programs. Hence, in order to improve the LSS awareness which could subsequently help managers as a resource for creating an efficient workplace, this paper presents a structured LSS training framework. Research limitations/implications Although this paper presents the importance of LSS and associated awareness level among the responded firms, more empirical evidence is required to generalize the model findings. Second, this study is scoped to firms that work out of the Indian sub-continent, and this provides a future opportunity to expand the scope of this research toward a global study for a comparison between emerging and developed economies. Third, this study is limited to manufacturing firms and hence paves an opportunity to research on a similar theme in services context as well. Practical implications Before embarking on an LSS journey, an organization can use the LSS training module proposed in this study to assess the employee awareness on LSS. Furthermore, organizations that already have a mature LSS practice can incorporate the LSS training module for periodic evaluation of the employees for effective change management. Originality/value The training module presented in this paper is the original contribution by the authors. This is no association to any single identifiable organization or associated funding. The direct practical implication of its application in real time is the value that managers could derive from the proposed LSS training framework.

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Development of Lean Six Sigma training module: evidence from an emerging economy

Sreedharan

Sunder

Madhavan

et al. 2019

IJQRM

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“…While the dominance of IIT in trade flows was more common among the developed countries up until the 1980s, the scenario changed from the 1990s onward. Owing to a series of tariff reforms, for either compliance with the reform commitments mandated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) or through partnership in regional trade agreements (RTAs), the developing countries increasingly witnessed a rise in two-way trade flows in recent years (Bagchi, 2018;Burange & Kelkar, 2018;Hoang, 2019;Sawyer et al, 2010). There exists a rich literature that explores the determinants of IIT from both the theoretical (Krugman, 1981;Lancaster, 1980) and empirical (Bagchi & Bhattacharyya, 2021;Bergstrand & Egger, 2006;Bernhofen, 1999;Burange et al, 2017;Cole & Elliott, 2003;Greenaway et al, 1994;Yoshida, 2013) perspectives.…”

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Does Difference in Environmental Standard Influence India’s Bilateral IIT Flows? Evidence from GMM Results

Aggarwal

Chakraborty

Banik

2022

Journal of Emerging Market Finance

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In the recent past, India has entered into several regional trading agreements (RTAs) with the objective of export promotion, on the one hand, and deepening participation in the global value chains, on the other. The consequent rise in Indian exports had been accompanied by a simultaneous import growth, given the trade preferences for partners through RTAs as well as ongoing unilateral tariff reforms. The rise in simultaneous exports and imports has enhanced the country’s intra-industry trade (IIT) level. Recently, India has engaged in RTA negotiations with several developed countries, which are characterized by more stringent environmental standards. The current analysis attempts to identify factors that influence India’s bilateral aggregate IIT index in a dynamic panel framework. In particular, it attempts to assess whether greater divergence in environmental standards adversely influence India’s IIT patterns. The empirical estimates reveal that India’s IIT is found to be relatively higher with countries that are technologically more advanced and have relatively stringent environmental standards. The observation indicates that India is possibly specializing in relatively low technology-intensive products vis-à-vis its developed trade partners. The analysis concludes that India would be better off by facilitating innovation and adhering to a higher level of environmental standard. JEL Codes: F13, F14, F15, F18

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Is Intra-industry Trade Gainful? Evidence from Manufacturing Industries of India

Cited by 2 publications

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Development of Lean Six Sigma training module: evidence from an emerging economy

Development of Lean Six Sigma training module: evidence from an emerging economy

Does Difference in Environmental Standard Influence India’s Bilateral IIT Flows? Evidence from GMM Results

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