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This book presents thoughts and pathways to build revolutionary machine learning models with the new paradigm of machine learning to adapt behaviorism. It focuses on two aspects one focuses on architecting a choice process to lead users on the certain choice path while the second focuses on developing machine learning models based on choice paradigm. This book is divided in three parts where part one deals with human choice and choice architecting models with stories of choice architects. Second part closely studies human choosing models and deliberates on developing machine learning models based on the human choice paradigm. Third part takes you further to look at machine learning based choice architecture. The proposed pioneering choice-based paradigm for machine learning presented in the book will help readers to develop products help readers to solve problems in a more humanish way and to negotiate with uncertainty in a more graceful but in an objective way. It will help to create unprecedented value for business and society. Further, it will unveil a new paradigm for modern intelligent businesses to embark on the new journey; the journey of transition from shackled feature rich and choice poor systems to feature flexible and choice rich natural behaviors.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 The Knowledge Economy Framework -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Importance of Innovation -- 1.3 Definition of Innovation and Knowledge -- 1.4 Theories and Frameworks of Innovation -- 1.4.1 National Competiveness Theories -- 1.4.2 Firm-Based Innovations -- 1.4.3 Meso Theories -- 1.4.4 Inclusive Innovation -- 1.5 Implications of Theories for India -- 1.6 Limitations of Theories -- 1.7 Planning in Practice in India -- 1.8 Techno-Nation Building -- 1.9 Techno Nationalist Phase -- 1.10 Techno Integrative Phase -- 1.11 Bifurcated Phases -- 1.12 Current Era -- 1.13 Planning Impacts and Weaknesses -- 1.14 Planning Legacies -- 1.15 Premises of This Book -- 1.15.1 A Broad-Based Approach -- 1.15.2 Theoretical and Practical Premises -- 1.15.3 Connected to the World -- 1.15.4 A Solutions Approach -- 1.15.5 Institutions -- 1.16 Towards a Framework -- 1.17 Enablers -- 1.18 Education -- 1.19 Engagement -- 1.20 Entrepreneurship -- 1.21 Empowerment -- 1.22 Environment -- 1.23 Proposed Intervention Schema -- 1.24 What This Book Is and What It Is Not -- 1.25 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Enablers -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 India's Experience of Statism -- 2.2.1 A Different View of the State -- 2.2.2 The Market Mechanism -- 2.2.3 The Enabling State -- 2.3 Elements of the Enabling State -- 2.3.1 Market Establishment Policies -- 2.3.2 Market Conforming Policies -- 2.3.3 Some Policy Reforms -- 2.3.4 Modi Administration Performance in Relation to Market Conforming/Market Establishment -- 2.3.5 Market Augmenting Policies -- 2.3.6 Market Adjustment -- 2.3.7 Market Linkage Policies -- 2.3.8 Market Adjunct -- 2.4 The Nature of the Enabling State -- 2.5 Types of Instruments -- 2.5.1 Newer Policies -- 2.6 Paradigm Shifts -- 2.7 Business Environment -- 2.7.1 World Bank Doing Business Index.

From the grey streets of Coventry, to the green jungles of India, Neil Kulkarni chases the sounds of his past and ancient songs from the sub-continent to try and find himself a new way of listening to some of the oldest music on earth. Part touching memoir, part ferocious

Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Political Theory offers fresh and thought-provoking perspectives on some of the most pressing political concerns of our times. The volume includes a dozen articles that draw upon a wide spectrum of social sciences and humanities (political science, sociology, international studies, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural studies) to explore the historically-grounded contemporaneity and the interdisciplinarity of political theory. It represents the joint endeavour of the editor and 12 outstanding scholars affiliated with renowned academic institutions spanning fou

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe workplace disclosure dilemmas of individuals with hidden mental health conditions who have privately accepted their mental health condition (anxiety and/or depression), but have chosen not to disclose it in their respective workplaces.Design/methodology/approachInterviews were conducted with 15 individuals who experience anxiety and/or depression. These individuals work across diverse organizations and sectors in India (e.g. architecture and health care). Data were analyzed using qualitative methods.FindingsInterviewees grappled with three dilemmas: professionalism versus authenticity (i.e. bringing only a partial professional self or the whole self to work), withdrawal versus participation (i.e. withdrawal from workplace interactions to conceal their condition or participation such that people could know of it) and personal privacy versus general advocacy (i.e. guarding one's privacy or engaging in advocacy for individuals who experience mental health conditions). Overall, findings suggest that the disclosure dilemma can stem from both one's internalized sense of a devalued self and by perceived contextual cues.Research limitations/implicationsFindings imply that perceived contextual conditions that amplify threat of discovery and its anticipated consequences can lead to and reinforce the disclosure dilemma. As individuals internalize others' constructions of themselves, they self-police and do not interrogate assumed normality within their social contexts.Practical implicationsEmployers can create inclusive environments. Present findings suggest some examples of inclusive practices such as the employment of dedicated resident counselors or counselors shared across organizations, training of stakeholders (including human resource personnel), allowing for selective disclosure (e.g. only to medical personnel) and cultivating informal support networks comprising similar others.Originality/valueSuch evidence-based research that can inform practices of inclusion for persons with a disability is especially important, considering that research on mental health conditions is conspicuous by its relative absence in mainstream management journals.

With the introduction of Industry 4.0, there has been a revolutionary change in the way of manufacturing. Digitalization being an important factor of this insurgence is playing a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency of production, producing better quality goods and helping in construction of novel and innovative business models. The Small and Medium scale Enterprises are backbone to developing nations like India, which are a source of income and employment to millions of families. In a country with a huge demographic sector and abundant labour, SMEs play a crucial role in the development and growth of the economy. The contribution of SMEs to the national GDP is around 29% and 49.6% to the total exports in the financial year 2018-19 (PIB Delhi, 2019). That is why they are called as the growth engine of the Indian economy. But in digital era, they fail to make their stand in the global market due to lack of technology upgradation and digitalization. The focus of this paper is on the need and requirement for digitalization in SMEs in India. With the present government schemes like Digital India, Make in India, E-Governance, a new and emerging consumer market the paper further explores possible opportunities and challenges in the way for adopting a complete digitalization of SMEs.