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Private Sector Industrialization in China: Evidence from Wenzhou
Strauss, John; Qian, Edward Y.; Shen, Minggao; Liu, Dong; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this study to help shed light on the entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and enterprise growth in Wenzhou …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008616868
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Survey Of Research In Industrial Sociology (1987-2002)
Bhowmik, Sharit - eSocialSciences - 2005
This paper attempts to assess the research done in the field of industrial sociology during the period 1987 and 2002. Only published work have been noted. The review does not cover unpublished M. Phil. and Ph. D. dissertations, nor does it take into account unpublished research reports. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528365
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Post-Liberalisation India: and the Importance of Legal Reform
Sanyal, Sanjeev - eSocialSciences - 2006
The main purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the central importance of legal reform within the context of second generation reforms. Unfortunately, this area is usually seen as peripheral to the economic reform process and only rarely attracts attention in the wider debate. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487879
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540528
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Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Matthews, Paul; Young, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
The Overseas Development Institute in the UK recently carried out a study on ICT for rural livelihoods, commissioned by InfoDev. The study included a literature and donor review in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies, and country studies carried out with partners in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528305
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Why Don’t Small and Medium Enterprises Innovate More : Creating a Cooperative Learning Environment at Individual, Firm and Regional Level
Gupta, Anil K - eSocialSciences - 2007
or practices, Indian small scale entrepreneurs will have to benchmark their current status in this regard with the best …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170169
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Innovations for Reviving Small-Scale Industries
Gupta, Anil K - eSocialSciences - 2010
led by the entrepreneurs, policy makers and also other support organizations. There are several innovative options that … innovations for developing new products and services and (d) forging new partnerships among the entrepreneurs and also with the R … small entrepreneurs will anyway soon vote on the vision of the parties in taking country out of the current stressful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455846
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Gender-based Indicators in Human Development: Correcting for ‘Missing Women’
Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle - eSocialSciences - 2008
Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations Development Program. Population share of the genders enter the formulation of these indicators in such a way that it favours the better performing gender. This can lead to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528100
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Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women through SHGs Case Study from Orissa
Baisakh, Pradeep - eSocialSciences - 2007
In a remote tribal village of Kandhamal District of Orissa, where there there are visible signs of empowerment of women … due to the formation of SHG in the village. The confidence level of women, who are illiterate, has gone up substantially … and the process has changed the man-woman equation. In economic terms, women are now able to help their counterparts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528134
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Women, Work and Insecurities in India
Unni, Jeemol; Rani, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2007
The poor women in developing countries are burdened with the dual responsibility of taking care of housework and the … are characterized by low incomes and high levels of insecurity. There is a need to address the economic needs of the women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528140