Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : HS5432 : Industry and Development { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Bikash Ranjan Mishra
Syllabus
Industry and Economic Development
? The Market: Structure – Conduct – Performance
? Industrial Organization and Ownership Pattern
? Size of Optimum Unit and Economies of Scale
? Industrial Location
? Industrial Productivity
? Cost – Benefit Analysis
? Industrial Policy and Indian Planning
? Industrial Development during Planning Period
Course Objectives
- Identify and analyze the behavior of a firm under different market situations in a <br />systematic way (with the help of diagrams and mathematical derivations).
- Understand and assimilate the issues related to locational determinants and industrial efficiency.
- Have a comprehensive coverage of various issues related to industrialization with special emphasis on industrial planning.
Course Outcomes
1. Identify and analyze the behavior of a firm under different market situations in a <br />systematic way (with the help of diagrams and mathematical derivations). <br />2. Understand and assimilate the issues related to locational determinants and industrial efficiency. <br />3. Have a comprehensive coverage of various issues related to industrialization with special emphasis on industrial planning.
Essential Reading
- Barthwal R.R., Industrial Economics, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi , 1985
- Singh, A and A.N. Sandhu, Industrial Economics, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay , 1988
Supplementary Reading
- Hay D. and D. J. Morris, Industrial Economics Theory and Evidence, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. , 1979
- Stephen Martin, Advanced Industrial Economics, Oxford, UK Blackwell Publisher. , 2002