Indian Manufacturing Sector in Post-Reform Period

The book outlines the importance of Indian manufacturing sector and its growth under alternative policy regimes. The authors highlight the significance of various firm-specific and macroeconomic factors on the level of efficiency and profitability of the firms operating in the diverse manufacturing sector during the post-liberalization era. The book also examines the dynamic relationship between the select manufacturing sector-specific stock market indices and the various macroeconomic variables.

Examines roles of firm specific microeconomic and macroeconomic variables to explain financial performance of the firms Establishes interrelation between sectoral manufacturing stock indices and the important macroeconomic variables Discusses effect of the economic policy uncertainty on the sectoral stock indices of the Indian manufacturing industry

Autorentext

Dr. Sumit Kumar Maji is Assistant Professor at the Department of Commerce, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Dr. Arindam Laha is Professor at the Department of Commerce, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Dr. Debasish Sur is Professor at the Department of Commerce of the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Manufacturing Policies in India: A Disaggregated Analysis.- Chapter 3: Factors Affecting Financial Performance of Firms: An Exploration of Existing Research Works.- Chapter 4: Measurement of Efficiency of the Select Indian Manufacturing Firms and Its Determinants.- Chapter 5: Implications of Various Macroeconomic and Firm Specific Factors on the Profitability of the Select Indian Manufacturing Firms.- Chapter 6: Interrelationship between Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Sector Specific Stock Indices of Indian Manufacturing Sector.- Chapter 7: Summary and Policy Implications.