Global Players and the Indian Car Industry: Trade, Technology and Structural Change

ISBN-13: 9780367733537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Jatinder Singh

Opis

One of the first critical analyses of the automobile industry in India, this book studies the sector in general and the passenger car industry in particular, and provides valuable insights into the operation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) companies in a technology-intensive industry under changing economic regimes. The volume underlines th

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figure. List of Abbreviations. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Exploring the Basics: Development of Passenger Car Industry in the Changing Regulatory Framework 3. Restructuring of Passenger Car Industry 4. Technological Development of Passenger Car Industry (1981–2000) 5. Technological Development of Passenger Car Industry Since 2000 6. Foreign Presence and Balance of Payments (1981–2000) 7. Contribution of Foreign Firms to Balance of Payments Since 2000: Net Importers or Exporters? 8. MUL and Hyundai: Two Special Cases 9. Conclusion and Policy Implications. Annexure. Bibliography. Index

O autorze

Jatinder Singh is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, India. He obtained his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and M.Phil. from the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His research areas include foreign direct investment, technology development and industrialisation in India. He has published nine research papers in refereed national and international journals and five chapters in edited volumes apart from presenting papers at various conferences. Presently, he is coordinating two research studies funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, including one on industrial development in Punjab. He has worked in different capacities with various organisations including Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram; Centre for WTO Studies, New Delhi; University of Delhi; and National University of Education Planning and Administration, New Delhi.