Micro and Small Enterprises in India: The Era of Reforms

ISBN-13: 9781138664937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 366 str.

Keshab Das;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This book presents a set of analytical and deeply policy-oriented articles on the dynamics of growth and performance of micro and small enterprises in India during the period of reforms. It provides fairly detailed analyses of policy changes for the micro and small enterprises secotr as well as empirical analyses of performance and efficiency of the unorganised manufacturing sector. it examines a range of emerging and persistent complex issues facing this crucial sector including credit, exports, trade regulations, capacity building, subcontracting, clustering, entrepreneurship and rural industrialisation. Focusing on the constraints facing this sector even during the economic reforms, most of the articles analyse how and why special attention, particularly by the state, needs to be paid towards enhancing firm competitiveness. Broad-basing the benefits of policy interventions to the overwhelmingly present yet left out micro enterprises, including rural areas, forms an important concern. This volume attempts to critically examine critical areas of intervention that could open up possibilities of developing a strong micro and small enterprises sector in India.

Spis treści

List of Tables. Foreword. Preface and Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction:Indian Micro and Small Enterprises in a Changing Policy Environment Keshab Das Part I. Policy and Performance2. Dynamic Business Environments: What These Mean to Small Enterprises T. A. Bhavnani 3. Small Scale Industry Development for Export Promotion: India’s Experience Under Liberalisation M. H. Bala Subrahmanya 4. Performance of Unorganised Manufacturing in the Post-Reform Period B. Goldar, Arup Mitra and Anita Kumari 5. Efficiency of the Unorganised Small Scale Sector in India: A State Level Analysis Sreepriya S. Part II. Issues in Focus6. Credit and Micro Enterprise Development: A Critical Appraisal Tara S. Nair 7. Systems of Education, Training and Skill Formation: How Relevant for Small Enterprises? Pradip Kumar Biswas 8. Subcontracting in India’s Micro and Small Enterprises: An Exploratory Analysis Partha P. Sahu 9. Rural Industrialisation in India: Enhancing Reach and Reforms Keshab Das Part III. Interventions and Experiences10. New Policy Regime and Small Pharmaceutical Firms Jaya Prakash Pradhan 11. Inducing Targeted Joint Action: Block Printing Textile Clusters of Jaipur, Rajasthan Tamal Sarkar 12. Levels of Small Entrepreneurs: A Cultural Trait Analysis in Kerala Martin Patrick 13. Policy Reforms and Small Enterprises: Entrepreneur Perceptions from Uttar Pradesh Nomita P. Kumar 14. Micro and Small Enterprises: Looking Through Public Policy Kaleidoscope P. M. Mathew. Bibliography

O autorze

Keshab Das is Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Gota, Ahmedabad, India.