Economy and Organization: Indian Institutions Under the Neo-Liberal Regime

This book explores the wide variety of forms of economic organization which have developed in India over the last century, from conventional joint-stock firms to household and family structures.

Amiya Kumar Gagchi analyzes actual and intended results of economic policies pursued after the neoliberal reforms of 1991; examines the peculiarities of economic organization in less developed countries in a principal-agent framework; and presents detailed case studies of the leather and knitwear industries

In the final section, the author explores: the oligopolistic nature of large firms; the behaviour of big firms in response to economic reforms; subcontracting relations in industrial cities; and the relationship between industry and research institutions.