The House of Tata Meets the Second Industrial Revolution An Institutional Analysis of Tata Iron and Steel Co. in Colonial India /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Nomura, Chikayoshi (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Studies in Economic History,
• Θέματα: Economic history.; Family-owned business enterprises.; Asia-History.; Economic History.; Family Business.; History of South Asia.

This monograph aims to analyze the economic and business history of colonial India from a corporate perspective by clarifying the historical role of institutional developments based on archival evidence of a representative enterprise. The perspective is distinctively unique in that it highlights the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 The development of the modern business corporation in 19th century India: Building the foundations for the emergence of TISCO in the 20th century
• 3 TISCO during the decade of the 1900s: The Formation period
• 4 Initial failure to produce competitive steel, capitalization problems and the institution of an internal financing system
• 5 Labour unrest and the introduction of a direct labour management system
• 6 The financial crisis of the 1920s, the introduction of tariff protection and "imperial commitment"
• 7 Continuing labour unrest, efficiency enhancing schemes and improvements in labour productivity during the late 1920s
• 8 The 1930s: Failure in export-oriented development and conservative attitudes towards further expansion
• 9 Conclusion
• Index
• Bibliography.