Author: Dwijendra Tripathi
Jyoti Jumani/
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 265
ISBN/UPC (if available): 019568429X
Description
The Concise Oxford History of Indian Business is an adapted edition of The Oxford History of Business.
The author traces the transformation of the Indian business class from merchants to industrialists and, more recently, service providers. The focus of this volume is on the modern or that phase of Indian business in free India and response of Indian business to the call of globalization.
Contents
Preface to the Concise Edition
Prologue
List of Plates
List of Abbreviations
The Backdrop:
Indian Business c.1700
Merchants during the Imperial Crisis
Towards Transition
The Western Scenario
Birth Pangs of Modern Industries
Rise of the Industrial Elite
Developing an Identity
Towards Maturity
Expatriates and Multinationals
During the War and After
Independence:
A New Business Climate
Business in the Nehru Era
The Licence-Permit Raj
Aftermath of Liberalization
A sum up
Appendix
References
Index