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100			_aNikaido, Yuko
245			_aTechnical efficiency of small-scale industry: application of stochastic production frontier model
260			_c2004
300			_ap.592-97.
362			_a7 Feb
520			_aIn the 1950s, the focus of policy-making for SSI was on protection. With the onset of liberalisation in 1991. SSI was recognised as a growth engine of the economy and the government urged to make the attendant policy changes. Section II of the paper measures the technical efficiency of SSI by using a stochastic production frontier model. Section III analyses the impact of firm size and individual agglomeration on the measured technical efficiency in order to arrive at policy implications for SSI sector. - Reproduced.
650			_aIndia - Industries, Small scale
650			_aSmall scale industry
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a59504
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