Labour productivity, energy intensity and economic performance in small enterprises: A study of brick enterprises cluster in India

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 763-777

  Bala Subrahmanya, M H ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bricks industry; Economic performance; Energy intensity; India; Karnataka; Labour productivity; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; PERSONNEL;

BRICKS INDUSTRY; ENERGY INTENSITY; INDIA; KARNATAKA; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 29144481628     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.05.021     Document Type: Article

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