01445pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002000040245008300060260000900143300001500152362001100167520085300178650004101031650002501072773003401097909001001131999001701141952010501158180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRoy, Tirthankar  aGrowth and recession in small-scale industry: a study of Tamil Nadu powerlooms  c1999  ap.3137-145  a30 Oct  aThe powerloom industry has done exceptionally well in India, in the long run and especially during an export boom after trade liberalisation in the late 1980s. Its growth illustrates several intuitions of recent international literature on small firm dynamics. An export recession in 1996-98, however, showed that the growth had happened without basic changes in the technological and organisational capability of the industry. Using the example of an export-oriented weaving region, the paper describes the origin and presents conditions of the industry, its major handicaps, how it tries to address its handicaps, and what kind of policy initiatives may be needed to deal with them. The paper also suggests that some recent changes in organisation and technology in the industry can be seen as attempts to deal with these weaknesses. - Reproduced  aTamil Nadu - Industries, Small scale  aSmall scale industry  aEconomic and Political Weekly  a42986  c42986d42986  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 34, Issue no: 44pAR43371r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR