Why nations fail: Managerial decisions and performance in Indian cotton textiles, 1890-1938

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-423

  Wolcott, Susan ^a,b   Clark, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

JAPAN;

ANALYSIS; COTTON INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032728839     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700022889     Document Type: Article

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