Small Scale Enterprises in Industrial Development: The Indian Experience - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803995393 ISBN 13: 9780803995390

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

This wide ranging enquiry into small scale industries in India is the outcome of the International Conference on Small Scale Industry Development sponsored by the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and the World Bank. The aspects investigated are the relative efficiency of the small scale sector; the widely held beliefs about its employment generating and capital saving characteristics; the rationale and impact of Government policies that support small enterprises and the capacity of the small sector to play its assigned role in Indian industrial development.

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Review:

`All the papers are based on in-depth study and competent analysis. The book is ably edited with an introduction that opens the subject and incisively summarises the contents of various papers. The book will be an important addition to libraries and research scholars will find it extrememly valuable.′ - The Hindustan Times

`will find its place on the bookshelf of academics, administrators, students and all others interested in the field.′ - Economic and Political Weekly

`of immense value... gives an indepth insight into the issues connected with the growth of the small scale sector.′ - Productivity

`certainly deserves to be read by government officials and policy planners responsible for framing industrial policies. It should also be useful to the academic community because of its incisive treatment and precise analysis of the small scale sector in India′s industrial development.′ - Management and Labour Studies

`...this is good book; this will be talked about for some time as only rarely is such a collection of thoughts of eminent people brought together in a book.′ - Vikalpa

`The papers in the volume have asked practically all the questions that are relevant for an assessment of the role and policy of small sector in India.... The introduction provides an excellent integration of the issues and their treatment by different authors and participants. The volume is, by far, the best available reference work on the subject and should, therefore, be studied with advantage by research workers and policy makers.′ - Journal of Quantitative Economics

`The book provides an overview of the performance of the small scale sector, throws light on the inconsistencies in government policy and carefully delineates the economic and technical inefficiencies of the units, despite the favourable government policy.′ - Artha Vijnana

`The book is a useful study and contains sophisticated analysis of the small scale industry, handy for industrial economists, econometricians and planners.′ - Marketology

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0803995393
• ISBN 13: 9780803995390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Suri K B