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The economic benefits attributed by the literature to ethnic networks include helping their members cope with social exclusion, mainstreaming, facilitating entrepreneurship, and providing access to transnational opportunities. In this article, the authors explore the benefits provided by participation in ethnic professional associations formed by Indian and Chinese engineers in Silicon Valley. We find that the ethnic professional associations offer several of these economic benefits. These benefits are complementary to the benefits from other ethnic ties and from nonethnic ties.

Chapter1. UHMWPE/OPA Composite Coatings on Ti6Al4V Alloy as Protective Barriers in a Biological-like Medium -- Chapter2. Multi-functional Behaviour of TiO2 Cementitious Compo-sites for Photocatalyst Air Cleaning and Energy Saving -- Chapter3. Co-utilization of slag by-products from steel industries in sustainable concrete -- Chapter4. Green concrete with clinker-free cement and blast furnace slag aggregate and its application to concrete-filled-bamboo (CFB) -- Chapter5. MPCM-based porous cementitious composites for enhanced energy efficiency of smart buildings -- Chapter6. Usage of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag on Mechanical and Absorption Properties of Concrete -- Chapter7. Study on Self-Compacting Concrete using Marble Powder with Silpozz -- Chapter8. Contribution of waste paper sludge on the mechanical and durability attributes of concrete- A review -- Chapter9. Investigating the Effect of Corn Cob Ash on the Characteristics of Cement Paste and Concrete- A Review -- Chapter10. Influence of copper slag on the mechanical properties of concrete- A Review -- Chapter11. Experimental Study on Fly ash and GGBS Based Geopolymer Corbels -- Chapter12. Environmental Remediation for Cementitious Systems using Titania Nanocomposites -- Chapter13. Restoring urban green cover of Chennai city - an ecological approach -- Chapter14. Cities and their role in promoting Sustainability -- Chapter15. Landslide Susceptibility Analysis of Mandi District, India Using Hybrid Machine Learning Methods -- Chapter16. Planning strategies to improve deteriorating living environment of hill towns: A case of Dharamshala -- Chapter17. Volatile organic compounds: the concealed depreciator of indoor air quality -- Chapter18. High levels of nitrate in well waters of Saipem ward, Candolim, Goa -- Chapter19. Fuel Cell Technology – The Future Ahead.

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the risk-return trade-off in the Indian equity market at both the aggregate equity market level and in the cross-sections of stock return using alternative risk measures.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses weekly and monthly data of 3,085 Bombay Stock Exchange-listed stocks spanning over 20 years from January 2000 to December 2019. The study evaluates the risk-return trade-off at the aggregate equity market level using the value-weighted and the equal-weighted broader portfolios. Eight different risk proxies belonging to the conventional, downside and extreme risk categories are considered to analyse the cross-sectional risk-return relationship.FindingsThe results show a positive equity premium on the value-weighted portfolio; however, the equal-weighted portfolio of these stocks shows an average return lower than the return on the 91-day Treasury Bills. The inverted size premium mainly causes this anomaly in the Indian equity market as the small stocks have lower returns than big stocks. The study presents a strong negative risk-return relationship across different risk proxies. However, under the subsample of more liquid stocks, the low-risk anomaly regarding other risk proxies becomes moderate except the beta-anomaly. This anomalous relationship seems to be caused by small and less liquid stocks having low institutional ownership and higher short-selling constraints.Practical implicationsThe findings have important implications for investors, managers and practitioners. Investors can incorporate the effects of different highlighted anomalies in their investment strategies to fetch higher returns. Managers can also use these findings in their capital budgeting decisions, resource allocations and other diverse range of direct and indirect decisions, particularly in emerging markets such as India. The findings provide insights to practitioners while valuing the firms.Originality/valueThe study is among the earlier attempts to examine the risk-return trade-off in an emerging equity market at both the aggregate equity market level and in the cross-sections of stock returns using alternative measures of risk and expected returns.

The World Travel and Tourism Council has said "The coronavirus COVID19 epidemic is putting up to 50 million jobs in the global travel and tourism sector at risk, with travel likely to slump by a quarter this year, Asia being the most affected continent". The predictions being flashed by the world economic forum about the travel & tourism industry is also reflected in North India tourism industry. Hence, the study aimed to address and evaluate the effect of COVID19 on Uttarakhand tourism, especially, on the site of Haridwar and Dehradun as they are the entry to the gateway of Major Char Dham Yatra of Himalaya, and where all India tourists arrive since centuries. The prime focus of the study was to review and investigate the people's reaction towards the pandemic situation and how it had affected the working as well as livelihood of people associated with Tourism and hospitality in this region of Uttarakhand. The study did a online survey through self-prepared 20 questions questionnaire. The study indicates before and COVID19 pandemic affected nearly 60% respondents for their professional working and many were affected with payment schedules. The majority of the respondents (78.4%) were very much positive and had faith for the bright future besides happy to spend time with family. In addition, the study showed a strong response from participants for the need of the change in the service of the tourism industry indicating a change for its survival with the present threat possibly through finding solutions such as local tourism, spiritual collective effort and support.