1st Edition

Manufacturing Enterprise in Asia Size Structure and Economic Growth

By Dipak Mazumdar, Sandip Sarkar Copyright 2013
360 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Issues relating to the size of firms in manufacturing are central to the discussion of development strategies. This book offers an interpretation of growth trajectories in selected Asian economies in terms of the size-structure of enterprises in the manufacturing sector of these economies. The book presents a comparative survey of distribution of enterprises by size across Asia, including... Read more

1. Introduction  2. An International Comparison of the Size-Structure of Manufacturing Firms  3. Salient Features of the Growth Pattern in India  4. The Non-Household Sector in Indian Manufacturing  5. The Impact of the Missing Middle on the Growth Rate  6. The Missing Middle in Manufacturing  7. Causes of Dualism in Indian Manufacturing  8. The Role of SMEs in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Japan  9. The Role of Small-Medium Enterprises in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Taiwan  10. The Case of Korea  11. The Case of Thailand  12. Size-Structure of Manufacturing Industry in Bangladesh and Implications for Growth and Poverty  13. The Case of Vietnam

Biography

Sandip Sarkar is currently a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Human Development in Delhi, India. He has been extensively involved in several large –scale research projects funded by national and international agencies.

Dipak Mazumdar is an Academic Economist, working out of Toronto, who has had a long teaching career at the London School of Economics, and subsequently a Senior Research Economist at the World Bank. He has published widely in the field of Labour and Development Economics.