Employee Satisfaction: A Key Contributor to Data Centers’.........

Data Centers are an important entity for any IT setup. They are the backbone of e-enabled services and are organizations in themselves. Just like any other organization, data centers also aim for organizational effectiveness. This paper presents some of the findings from a research study on “Organizational Effectiveness of Data Centers”. In this paper, we refer to various measures of data centers’ organizational effectiveness and present a detailed analysis of employee satisfaction as a key measure of data centers’ organizational effectiveness. We also present various factors contributing to data centers’ employee satisfaction, followed by a comparison between the factors contributing to employee satisfaction of Government and corporate data center employees.

Indian Tourists’ Satisfaction of Bangkok, Thailand..........

Indian outbound tourist flow is expected to increase annually. This study investigates Indian tourists’ satisfaction of Bangkok, Thailand. The study reveals that these Indian tourists are highly educated and mostly hail from Mumbai and New Delhi. They are highly satisfied with the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, attraction, and shopping, while their satisfaction levels are low regarding english speaking ability, variety of food, and traffic. The majority of Indian tourists (over 90%) show their willingness to return and recommend Bangkok and Thailand as travel destinations. The findings of this study benefit Tourism Authority of Thailand and tourism businesses.

An Analysis of Inventory Turnover and its Impact on Financial............

The purpose of this research paper is to assess the operational efficiency of the companies in the Indian organized retail industry, expressed in terms of inventory days, and to investigate the impact of the inventory days on the key financial indicators. Panel data was collected from CMIE’s Prowess database for the period 2000 - 2010 for three retailers viz., Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd., Shopper’s Stop Ltd. and Trent Ltd. These are considered as the representatives of the industry due to high market share. Fixed effect model has been used to analyze the panel data. For the data analysis, ANOVA is used to check the significance of differences in the inventory holding period of the case companies. Further, for analyzing financial impact of inventory holding period, regression analysis is used. The results suggest large differences in the inventory positions of companies under study. An inverse relationship is observed between inventory days and the financial performance ratios under consideration which is partially supported by the regression function. Interestingly, significant results could not be obtained for all the companies under study. The findings have policy implications as the measures could be implemented for improving the inventory position and thereby the financial performance by the retailers.

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