Ira Gang
Rutgers University
Department of Economics
E-mail: gang@economics.rutgers.edu
Item Number: [J25]
Title: Small Firm "Presence" in Indian Manufacturing
Abstract: This paper employs a pooled cross-section time-series model
to examine the determinants of the relative importance of registered small
firms in Indian manufacturing. These determinants include both industry-specific
and economy-wide characteristics. Small firms perform relatively better in
an expansionary macroeconomy and in industries with less vertical integration
and economies of scale in management, and where small firms are able to overcome
their inherent cost disadvantages. The evidence suggests the more capital
intensive the industry, the greater small firm presence.
Reference: Small Firm "Presence" in Indian Manufacturing,
World Development, 20 (1992) 1377-1389
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