Relative underdevelopment as a barrier to technological efficiency: A comparative study of ministeel plants in India and the UK

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 733-758

  Athreye, Suma S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNDERDEVELOPMENT;

INDIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032802405     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X99003443     Document Type: Article

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