Part I: Basics of Industrial Economics1. Industrial Economics: An Introduction1.1 Meaning and Scope of Industrial Economics1.2 Industrial Revolution1.3 Issues in Industrialization1.4 Classification of Industries1.5 Industrial Clusters1.6 Globalization and Industrial Development1.
7 Input-Output Analysis2. Forms of Business Organizations and Start-ups2.1 Sole Proprietorship2.2 Partnership2.3 Joint Stock Company2.4 Co-operative2.5 Choice of Business Organization2.6 Start-ups3.
Location of Industry: Determinants and Theories3.1 Land and its Attributes3.2 Accessibility of Capital3.3 Availability of Raw Materials3.4 Transportation3.5 Access to Market3.6 Sources of Power and Water3.7 Skilled Workforce and Managerial Skills3.
8 Agglomeration3.9 Backward and Forward Linkages3.10 Public Policy3.11 Personal Considerations3.12 Theories of Industrial Location3.13 William Launhardt's Location Triangle Model3.14 Alfred Weber's Theory of Industrial Location3.15 Sargent Florence's Theory of Industrial Location4.
Market Structure (or Types of Market)4.1 Perfect Competition4.2 Monopoly4.3 Monopolistic Competition4.4 Oligopoly4.5 Duopoly4.6 Monopsony4.7 Bilateral Monopoly5.
Production Function, Cost Function and Revenue Function of a Firm5.1 Objective Function of a Firm5.2 Production Function5.3 Cost Function5.4 Revenue Function5.5 Macroeconomics and Microeconomics5.6 Economic Models5.7 Economic Laws and Their Assumptions6.
Profit Maximization by a Firm: The Marginal Rule6.1 Profit Maximization Objective of a Firm6.2 Equilibrium (Profit Maximization) of a Firm under Perfect Competition6.3 The Marginal Rule6.4 Short-run and Long-run7. Industrial Productivity and Efficiency7.1 Factors of Production and Their Rewards7.2 What is Industrial Productivity?7.
3 Partial Productivity and Multi-factor Productivity7.4 Individual and Team Productivity7.5 Business Productivity7.6 National Productivity7.7 Benefits of Productivity Growth7.8 Determinants of Productivity7.9 Factors Harming Productivity8. Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications8.
1 Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)8.2 Trademarks8.3 Patents8.4 Industrial Designs8.5 Geographical Indications8.6 Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in India9. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)9.1 Meaning of M&A9.
2 Brief History of M&A9.3 Categorization of M&A9.4 Documentation of a M&A Transaction9.5 Business Valuation and Financing9.6 Motives for M&A10. Industrial Imbalances and the Need for Balanced Regional Development10.1 Causes of Industrial Imbalances10.2 Need for Balanced Regional Development11.
Infrastructure and Logistics for Industry11.1 Infrastructure: Meaning, Importance and Financing11.2 Logistics: Meaning, Importance and Improvement Strategies12. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Technology Parks12.1 Meaning of SEZs12.2 Types of SEZs12.3 Configuration of a SEZ12.4 Advantages of SEZs12.
5 Pre-conditions for the Success of SEZs12.6 Role of the Government12.7 Role of the Private Sector12.8 SEZs and Small Enterprises12.9 Global Experiences12.10 Technology Parks13. Entrepreneurship and Innovations13.1 Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship13.
2 Meaning and Importance of Innovations14. Domestic Industry and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)14.1 Meaning of FDI14.2 Superiority of FDI over Other Forms of Capital Inflows14.3 Resource-seeking, Market-seeking and Efficiency-seeking FDI14.4 Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Aspects of FDI14.5 Crowding-in and Crowding-out Impacts of FDI14.6 Advantages of FDI for the Host Country14.
7 Disadvantages of FDI for the Host Country14.8 Determinants of FDI14.9 World Bank Determinants of FDI14.10 FDI and Corporate Strategies15. Industry and Internet15.1 Co-ordination of Productive Activities15.2 Consumer Centricity of Business15.3 Marketing and Adver.