1st Edition
Small and Medium Enterprises in India Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters
By Satyaki Roy
Copyright 2013
208 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If growth has largely failed to be inclusive so far, and if employing a work force in increasing... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Spatial organization of production: Contesting themes 3. Shifts in policy: SSI sector to SME cluster 4. Horizontal Expansion or Fragmentation? A Tale of Artisanal Clusters 5. Foundries in Howrah: Impediments in Institutions and Organizations 6. Garments Cluster in NCR: Fluid Labor and Footloose Industry 7. Tiruppur Knitwear Cluster: Global Links and Local Networks 8. Export Enclave within a Natural Cluster: Agra a Different Story 9. FDI in Automobile Sector: Myth of Creation and Diffusion of Knowledge 10. Dynamics of Size Distribution: Explaining Self-exploitative Fragmentation
Biography
Satyaki Roy is at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, India. He works on issues related to development with special focus on industrialization in developing countries.
