Small-scale industries in India in the globalisation era: performance and prospects

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-139

  Bala Subrahmanya, M H ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

clusters; competitiveness; employment; exports; globalisation; India; innovation; policy; production; small scale industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645136784     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmed.2005.006034     Document Type: Article

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