Are Indian Firms too Small? A Nonparametric Analysis of Cost Efficiency and Industry Structure of Indian Manufacturing

In this paper we use the 2004-05 Annual Survey of Industries data to estimate the levels of cost efficiency of Indian manufacturing firms in the various states and also get state level measures of industrial organization (IO) efficiency. The empirical results show the presence of considerable cost inefficiency in a majority of the states. Further, we also find that, on average, Indian firms are too small. Consolidating them to attain the optimal scale would further enhance efficiency and lower average cost.

Technical Efficiency in the Indian Textiles Industry: A Nonparametric Analysis of Firm-Level Data

The Indian textiles industry is now at the crossroads with the phasing out of quota regime that prevailed under the Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA) until the end of 2004. In the face of a full integration of the textiles sector in the WTO, maintaining and enhancing productive efficiency is a precondition for competitiveness of the Indian firms in the new liberalized world market. In this paper we use data obtained from the Annual Survey of Industries for a number of years to measure the levels of technical efficiency in the Indian textiles industry at the firm level. We use both a grand frontier applicable to all firms and a group frontier specific to firms from any individual state, ownership, or organization type in order to evaluate their efficiencies. This permits us to separately identify how locational, proprietary, and organizational characteristics of a firm affect its performance.

Knowledge spillover in Indian automobile industry : the process and the coverage

In India, as the production of passenger cars increased, many local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) entered the parts and components manufacturing sector. The sources of knowledge for large enterprises and SMEs are different. Naturally, spillover effects among large enterprises and between large enterprises and SMEs are different. This paper focuses on knowledge spillover among large enterprises and from large enterprises to SMEs. Subcontractor can absorb relation-specific skills through repeated interaction with parent company. The results of field survey emphasizes that relation-specific skills are a determinant factor of spillover effects from assemblers and large auto component manufacturers to SMEs. Econometric analysis shows that spillover effects among medium and large automobile units and from medium and large automobile units to small units went beyond boundary of cluster.

Paintings of the petroleum industry in Lea County, New Mexico

"The pr1.mary purpose of this thea1a waa to learn about and t .o produce a aeries of pa1nt1n~.a that aymbolized. tbe oil induatry 1n Lea. Count,-, New ltexic.o. The secondary purpose waa to learn more about tho oil industry, which is the big business in Le.a Countj, :New Mexico"

In the matter of: public hearing before Special Industry Committee no. 41-A for the chemical, petroleum, rubber, and related products industry in Puerto Rico. September 3, 4, and 5, 1958 ... San Juan Puerto Rico. . Reporters: John F. Hrozencik [and] Genevieve Biolsi.

Maynard E. Pirsig, chairman.

Export refining centers of the World /

"A (ER) 75-66."

Labor relations in the petroleum industry,

Mimeographed.

The Nigerian petroleum industry : a guide /

Includes index.

Applied mathematics for petroleum industry,

Mode of access: Internet.

The American petroleum industry.

Contents.- v.1. Age of illumination, 1859-1899.- v.2. Age of energy, 1899-1959.

Petroleum industry record, 1918-1948.

Mode of access: Internet.

Nefti͡anoe khozi͡aĭstvo. Petroleum industry.

Issues for 1920-35 called also v. 1-29.

The mineral industry of the British Empire and foreign countries. Statistics, 1920-1922. Petroleum and allied products.

At head of title: Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau.