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Please provide me with the syllabus of Ph.D entrance exam of Lucknow University in commerce stream? Can you please attach the same or let me know from where we can get it? I need to start the preparation soon. Thanks!

The syllabus of PhD (Commerce) Entrance Exam in Lucknow university

Unit 1 – Business Environment

Second Generation reforms
Privatization and Globalization
Planning Policy
Meaning and definition of Business Environment
Liberalization
Legal Environment of Business in India
Industrial Policy
Industrial Growth and Structural Changes
Environment protection
Economic Policy
Economic Environment
Consumer Protection
Competition Policy
Unit II – Financial and Management Accounting

Valuation of Shares
Responsibility Accounting
Ratio Analysis
Partnership Accounts
Liquidation
Financial Statements
Cost and Management Accounting
Capital and Revenue
Basic Accounting Concept
Advanced Company Accounts
Unit III – Business Economics

Utility analysis
Price determination in different Market Situations
Nature and Uses of Business Economics
Laws of Variable Proportion
Laws of Returns
Elasticity of Demand
Demand Analysis
Concept of Profit and Wealth Maximization
Unit IV– Business Statistics and Data Processing

Sampling Errors
Data types
Data Processing
Data Collection and Analysis
Correlation and Regression
Computer Application to Functional Areas
Analysis and Interpretation of data
Unit V– Business Management

Staffing
Principles of Management
Planning Process
Organizational Culture and Structure
Organising
Leadership and Control
Decision Making
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
Unit VI– Marketing Management

Product decision
Pricing, Distribution and Promotion
Marketing Planning
Marketing Mix
Marketing Environment
Evolution of Marketing
Concepts of Marketing
Unit VII– Financial Management

Working Capital Management
Financial and Operating Leverage
Dividend Policy
Cost of capital; Capital Budgeting
Capital Structure
Unit VIII– Human Resource Management

Training and Development
Succession Planning
Role and Functions of HRM
Recruitment and Selection
Performance Appraisal
Industrial Relations
HR Planning
Compensation
Unit IX – Banking and Financial Institution

Reserve Bank of India
NABARD and Rural Banking
Importance of Banking to Business
Types of Banks
E Banking
Development Banking
Banking Sector Reforms in India