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The Setting of Entrepreneurship in India

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I. Introduction, 553. — II. Nature and origin of the managing agency system, 554; critical role of the agency firm, 554; British and Indian agency firms contrasted, 556; origin and development of the managing agency system, 559. — III. Scope of the managing agency system, 563; industrial distribution of the agency system, 564; type and size of agency firms, 565. — IV. Relations between the agency firm and operating companies, 567; the managing agency contract, 568; financial relations, 569; control of voting rights by the agency firm, 573; role of boards of directors, 573. — V. Conclusion, 575.

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  • Andrew F. Brimmer, 1955. "The Setting of Entrepreneurship in India," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 69(4), pages 553-576.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:69:y:1955:i:4:p:553-576.
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    1. Nupur Bang & Sougata Ray & Kavil Ramachandran, 2018. "Family Businesses: The Emerging Landscape 1990 - 2015," Working Papers id:12750, eSocialSciences.
    2. Mazumdar, Surajit, 2008. "The analysis of business groups: Some observations with reference to India," MPRA Paper 19628, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Tyabji, Nasir, 2010. "Private Industry and the Second Five-Year Plan:The Mundhra Episode as Exemplar of Capitalist Myopia," MPRA Paper 49611, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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