Routledge Productivity in Indian Manufacturing: Measurements, Methods and Analysis

This volume comprehensively captures trends in productivity and its determinants in the post-reform period for Indian manufacturing. It provides an up-to-date survey of different methods employed in measuring productivity and their applications across organized and unorganized sectors, including food, beverages, furniture, gems, chemicals, petroleum and rubber, metals and minerals, paper products, publishing, textiles, etc. The essays examine the uneven impact of economic reforms and growth on the performance of the manufacturing sector. This will be especially useful to students and scholars of economics, business and management, policymakers and governmental agencies, particularly those interested in Indian economy and manufacturing. Review ‘[This book] will be particularly useful for government statistical agencies such as CSO [Central Statistical Office] in showing how the data collected by them are relevant and helps plan future data collection exercises.’ ― P.C. Mohanan, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India ‘The novelty of this book is that it discusses different methods of estimating productivity to highlight the relative strengths of these methods… [T]he theoretical discussions and empirical applications on productivity clearly demonstrate the authors’ expertise in productivity research.’ ― Kaliappa Kalirajan, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University ‘A volume par excellence delving with considerable depth into the entire gamut of issues surrounding the theme of productivity and growth in the Indian context. [A] distinctive and landmark contribution to the received literature on the "Indian growth miracle".’ ― Dilip Nachane, Former Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai ‘I would recommend this volume to any serious student of the economic reforms in Indian manufacturing and the lessons that can be drawn from them.’ ― Subhash C. Ray, Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs About the Author Vinish Kathuria is Associate Professor, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. Rajesh Raj S N is Assistant Professor, Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research (CMDR), Dharwad, India. Kunal Sen is Professor of Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management; and Associate Director, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, UK.