Cost Structure of the Indian Cement Industry

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 59-67

  Jha, Raghbendra ^a   Murty, M N ^b   Paul, Satya ^c   Sahni, Balbir S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT INDUSTRY; COST STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY;

INDIA;

EID: 0026342385     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000000156     Document Type: Article

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