Main description:
This book constitutes a significant contribution to the debate on industrial development and the role of small firms in India, in the context of economic liberalization and rapid technological change. Situated in the wider international debate on flexible specialization, this collection of studies by sociologists, economists and social anthropologists suggests how clusters of small, technically and economically independent firms can provide jobs and help achieve economic growth.
Table of contents:
Introduction - Mark Holmstr[um]om
Industrial Districts and Flexible Specialization - The Outlook for Smaller Firms in India
PART ONE: DECENTRALIZED PRODUCTION IN INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIALIZING SOCIETIES
Firms and Society in Local Development - Arnaldo Bagnasco
Lessons from Italian Experience
Industrial Clusters in Less Developed Countries - Khalid Nadvi and Hubert Schmitz
Review of Experiences and Research Agenda
Network Specialists, Industrial Clusters and the Integration of Space in India - Philippe Cad[gr]ene
PART TWO: INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS IN THE MAKING? ENGINEERING AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Bangalore as an Industrial District - Mark Holmstr[um]om
Flexible Specialization in a Labour Surplus Economy?
The Role of History in the Transition to an Industrial District - Paul Kattuman
The Case of the Indian Bicycle Industry
The State and the Shaping of the Conditions of Accumulation in Ludhiana's Industrial Regime - Meenu Tewari
An Historical Interpretation
PART THREE: OLD INDUSTRIES RESTRUCTURED?
Barriers to Flexible Specialization in Agra's Footwear Industry - Peter Knorringa
Industrial Clustering and Flexibility in the Textile-Printing Industry of Jetpur (Gujarat) - V[ac]eronique Dupont
Labour Markets and Flexible Specialization - Theo Van der Loop
Evidence from the Construction Sector in South India
PART FOUR: THE POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Representation or Racket? Political Networks in an Industrial Estate in West India - Pieter Gorter
The Civic Politics of Industrial Districts in Delhi - Solomon Benjamin and Nawratan Mal Bengani
Conclusion - Philippe Cad[gr]ene
A New Model for Indian Industry?
This book constitutes a significant contribution to the debate on industrial development and the role of small firms in India, in the context of economic liberalization and rapid technological change. Situated in the wider international debate on flexible specialization, this collection of studies by sociologists, economists and social anthropologists suggests how clusters of small, technically and economically independent firms can provide jobs and help achieve economic growth.
Table of contents:
Introduction - Mark Holmstr[um]om
Industrial Districts and Flexible Specialization - The Outlook for Smaller Firms in India
PART ONE: DECENTRALIZED PRODUCTION IN INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIALIZING SOCIETIES
Firms and Society in Local Development - Arnaldo Bagnasco
Lessons from Italian Experience
Industrial Clusters in Less Developed Countries - Khalid Nadvi and Hubert Schmitz
Review of Experiences and Research Agenda
Network Specialists, Industrial Clusters and the Integration of Space in India - Philippe Cad[gr]ene
PART TWO: INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS IN THE MAKING? ENGINEERING AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Bangalore as an Industrial District - Mark Holmstr[um]om
Flexible Specialization in a Labour Surplus Economy?
The Role of History in the Transition to an Industrial District - Paul Kattuman
The Case of the Indian Bicycle Industry
The State and the Shaping of the Conditions of Accumulation in Ludhiana's Industrial Regime - Meenu Tewari
An Historical Interpretation
PART THREE: OLD INDUSTRIES RESTRUCTURED?
Barriers to Flexible Specialization in Agra's Footwear Industry - Peter Knorringa
Industrial Clustering and Flexibility in the Textile-Printing Industry of Jetpur (Gujarat) - V[ac]eronique Dupont
Labour Markets and Flexible Specialization - Theo Van der Loop
Evidence from the Construction Sector in South India
PART FOUR: THE POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Representation or Racket? Political Networks in an Industrial Estate in West India - Pieter Gorter
The Civic Politics of Industrial Districts in Delhi - Solomon Benjamin and Nawratan Mal Bengani
Conclusion - Philippe Cad[gr]ene
A New Model for Indian Industry?