Sandip Solanki
@siib.ac.in
Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Sandip Solanki, Seema Singh, and Meeta Joshi
EconJournals
This paper performs a bibliometric analysis of the International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy (IJEEP) for 2013-2022. Bibliometrix R package (R studio) and Scopus database were used for the study and examined 2194 documents published in the journal between 2013-2022. The results showed an upward trend in publications with a yearly growth rate of 21.92%. H. Mahmood is the most relevant author by the number of papers published with the highest h-index, while the most-cited author is A. Mikhaylov. This research revealed that Indonesia is the most productive country in terms of publications, while Malaysia is the most-cited nation. Covenant University is the most productive university in terms of overall publications. The results show that there are 4782 authors’ keywords in total. Of these keywords, “economic growth” is the top keyword, with more than 293 occurrences. Intellectual and social structures highlighted collaborations amongst authors, institutes and countries.
Sandip Solanki, Achuta Ratna Paluri, and Seema Singh
UNIMAS Publisher
This study used bibliometric analysis to derive meaningful insights from the literature related to the field of defense expenditure and economic development. The analysis covered 381 documents published across a range of journals from 1991–2021. The Scopus database and the bibliometric R package (R studio) were utilized to identify prominent journals, authors, countries, articles, and themes in the area under study. The study's findings revealed a noticeable increase in publications and citations over the years, indicating a positive yearly growth rate of 2.16%. Among the 161 journals examined, Defence and Peace Economics was found to be the most impactful, with 99 published articles, 1,743 citations, an h-index of 25, and a g-index of 34. Moreover, Dunne JP published the most papers, consistently remained the most cited author, and continued to be the most influential author, with an h-index of 12. The USA, China, and Greece produced the highest number of articles, while the collaborative networks of countries were divided into four major clusters, with researchers from the USA collaborating the most with researchers from other countries and the University of Cape Town and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology collaborating the most with other universities.
B. B. Nair and S. Solanki
Laboratory for Knowledge Management and E-Learning - The University of Hong Kong
Higher education has undergone substantial digital change due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which altered the status quo in education. Universities across the globe have initiated and adapted various course delivery modes to mitigate this unprecedented situation. Among these responses, online classes continue to be the most common. Therefore, this study examines institutional knowledge management and readiness to sustain online course delivery. Adopting a qualitative research design, this study used two methods, semi-structured interviews (n15) and online open questionnaires (n42), to gather data. Reflexive thematic analysis was then used to analyse the data. The study findings underline that the adaptability, flexibility, and approachability of the virtual learning experience are critical to determining an institution’s readiness for online classes. Based on student perceptions, the faculties of digital skills, integration of innovative pedagogies, student readiness, skills and experience, and integration of learning resources are the main aspects that determine the readiness of universities for online learning.
Krunal Vishavadia Krunal, Sandip Solanki Sandip, Hiren Prajapati Hiren, Madhu Sharma Madhu, , , , and
Bionika Media
Bipithalal Balakrishnan Nair and Sandip Solanki
Institute for Tourism
The present-day stress, societal changes, and hectic life make the quest for mental and physical well-being. The market for yoga tourism has been growing ever before. Ashrams and Gurus are vital aspects of Yoga tourism. These religious gurus are functional celebrities with millions of followers and franchises worldwide. Gurus are inextricably linked to the global popularisation of Yoga, and they have the potential to be more convincing than government initiatives since they travel to and through more nations and establish personal contact zones between multinational groups. To this end, this study examines the significance of religious gurus as celebrities in promoting Yoga tourism. This research utilized a qualitative interpretive approach by the application of Netnography. The findings emphasize the substantial role of religious gurus in tourists’ motivation, behavioral intentions, destination attachment, and ashram selection. The study also connects the search for authenticity in the well-being tour with the pleasant tourism experience that Yoga ashrams offer.
Sandip Solanki, Seema Singh, and Inumula Krishna Murthy
Asian Economic and Social Society
The relationship between agricultural exports and agricultural company performance in India is investigated in this research. The objective of the study is to find the relationship among agriculture firms’ financial performance and agriculture exports and macroeconomic indicators. System generalized method of moments (GMM) models are used to explore the dynamic linkage between exports and firm performance from 2012 to 2019. The findings indicate that agriculture exports have a significant negative correlation with interest rates, and the value addition of exports to GDP indicates that higher interest rates and more value addition to GDP results in a reduction in agriculture exports. This negative relationship between agriculture exports and the profitability of firms implies that an increase in exports potentially reduces the profit margins. The agriculture firms’ financial performance is closely monitored with agriculture exports, which facilitates the exploration of sectoral performance and can be linked with export performance for future studies. The study results cannot be generalized to the other countries due to demographic and other natural constraints. The results are critical for decision makers who want to develop strategies that support the agriculture sector. Implementing the right policies may incentivize investment in this industry. Furthermore, the results have significant theoretical consequences, bridging the theoretical and experimental literature gaps in the agricultural sector.
Vishavadia Krunal, Seema Singh, and Sandip Solanki
Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd.
Background: The promotion of a pharmaceutical product is based on the effective collaboration between medical representatives (MR) & physicians. Pharmaceutical companies are following many doctor-consulting strategies and have found a way to promote their products through MR. But it’s only possible if the MR communicates the brand’s benefit effectively to the doctor. Aims and Objectives: To identify the personal and professional qualities of MRs that affect doctors' prescribing behavior. The impact of three variables like product detailing of MR, MR's attire, and MR's knowledge has been measured on doctor's prescription behavior. Methodology: Three personal and/or professional qualities of MR have been identified (effective detailing, personal attire, and scientific knowledge of MRs) and studied the influence of these qualities on physician's prescribing habits. Responses were collected through self-administered questionnaires from general practitioners, physicians, gynecologists, pediatricians, and dentists. ANOVA & regression analysis models were used to analyze the hypothesis. Result: Eighty-seven percent of the doctors agreed that pharmaceutical companies should train MRs properly about the detailing of brand and product knowledge, 64% of doctors agreed-upon personal attire of MRs attract their attention, and 92% agreed that MR knowledge plays a crucial role in influencing their prescribing behavior. The hypothesis was accepted for detailing, personal attire, and scientific understanding of MRs regarding their influence on doctor's prescription. Conclusion: The role of detailing, personal attire, and scientific knowledge of MR is well established to influence the practice of physicians. Pharmaceutical companies should train their sales team properly, starting from personal grooming to every aspect of brand and therapy for practical in-clinic discussion and doctor conversion.
Sandip Solanki and Krishna Murthy Inumula
This research explores indicators of the attitudes, preferences, and features of customers who buy at farmers’ markets in India, using an intercept survey design. Single-stage purposive sampling was carried out in which consumers were targeted at weekend farmers’ markets at nine different locations within the state of Maharashtra, India. Over a 2-month period of data collection (eight weekend visits) a total of 255 consumers were interviewed on site at the time of purchase, from whom we collected 235 completed questionnaires. Consumers in the sample were divided into three clusters and were rated positively on all seven factors considered. The findings of the study are that in cluster 1, about 80% of consumers were willing to pay more at the farmers’ market rather than to go to a nearby retail outlet or supermarket. Cluster 2 comprised those consumers who prefer value for money while cluster 3 includes those consumers who gave a high rating to the hygiene and service conditions at the market. This research concludes that consumers are positive about the operation of farmers’ markets held near their home.
Krishna Murthy Inumula, Seema Singh, and Sandip Solanki
EconJournals
This study aims to empirically test the relationship between agriculture economic growth and energy consumption in India covering the annual time series data for the period 1985-2017 on four economic indicators namely agricultural value added (constant 2010 US$) as an alternate favoring fiscal development of agriculture, energy spending represented by agricultural electricity consumption (GWh), agricultural gas consumption (mmcft) and agricultural oil consumption (tons) in India. The study variables are assessed for stationary using the ADF tests and after confirming the same order of integration, the Johansen’s Co-integration Test is exercised to find the extended association amid agriculture growth and energy consumption. Both the Trace and Lmax tests found that there exists one co-integrating equation in the system. The co-integration test confirms the long run equilibrium relation between energy consumption and agricultural economic growth in India. The short run relationships are tested by using the VECM methodology and finally the impulse responses are studied for the forecast horizon of ten years period to assess the performance of agricultural growth Vis a Vis energy consumption by imposing one standard deviation shock to the independent variables.
Sandip SOLANKI, , Krishna Murthy INUMULA, and Asmita CHITNIS
Korea Distribution Science Association
This research paper examines the causal relationship between India’s economic growth and sectoral contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and vice versa, in the short-run and long-run, over a 10 years time period. Johansen’s method of cointegration is used to study the cointegration between the sectoral contributions to Indian GDP vis-a-vis India’s economic growth. Further, the route of interconnection between economic growth and sectoral contribution is tested by using Vector Auto Regression (VAR) model. Special attention was given for investigating impulse responses of economic growth depending on the innovations in sectoral contribution using time-series data from 1960 to 2015. This paper highlighted a dynamic co-relationship among industrial sector contribution and agricultural sector contribution and economic development. In the long run, one percent change in industrial sector contribution causes an increase of 3.42 percent in the economic growth and an increase of 1.12 percent in the primary sector contribution, while in the short run industrial and service sector contributions showed significant impact on economic development and agriculture sector. The changing composition of sector contribution is going to be an important activity for the policymakers to monitor and control where the technology and integration of sectors play a significant role in economic development.
Anupama Tadamarla*, , Dr. Mallika Srivastava, Dr. Sandip Solanki, , and
Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Engineering and Sciences Publication - BEIESP
The foundation of this research is that cost is not the only determining factor in the selection of a specific airline.quality of service and satisfaction of customers are also essential tools for evaluating the customers' preference when the airfares between the airlines are marginal.This research also aims to define best practices in quality prevalent in the domestic civil aviation sector in India and based on the results; suggestions are given to quality improvement dimensions for the Indian Airlines. Quantitative research analysis is carried with structural equation model to draw the conclusions. The quality service practices identified by the study will benefit the domestic airlines to improve their overall customer value and thereby customer loyalty and profitability. The study is confined to only domestic airlines and the data collection was conducted only in Pune.
Sandip Solanki and Jaydeep H. Sheth
Associated Management Consultants, PVT., Ltd.
India is the world's second largest producer of food next to China and has the potential of being the largest food producer in the world. The food processing industry is the fifth largest industry in India in terms of production, consumption, export, and expected growth. Among the various sectors of the food-processing industry, the ready to eat food products industry is growing at the fastest pace of 30 % p.a. There are nearly 100 international, national, and local players already operating in the industry, and equal numbers of players are likely to enter in the market in the coming years due to its huge growth potential. Ready to eat food products being products of low involvement category, a little differentiation exists among the products produced by various players of the industry so as to differentiate their products. To differentiate their products, one of the most prominent tools used in the industry is packaging. The companies make use of various packaging elements to differentiate their products. This study was undertaken to analyze the influence of nutritional information provided on the packages of ready to eat food products on the product evaluation and buying behavior of consumers in Rajkot.