Globalization, Cities, and Firms in Twentieth-Century India

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ID9623098
AuthorsChinmay Tumbe (0000-0003-1724-2914, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume96
Issue2
Pages399-423
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0007680522000010
OpenAlexW4283160579
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

This article explores the linkages between globalization, cities, and firms in twentieth-century India. Since the interwar period in the early twentieth century, India withdrew from the global economy, reintegrating only in the 1990s. This reshaped the metropolitan hierarchy in India in specific ways, whether through international migration and creation of new supply chains before 1991 or by foreign direct investment in the final decade of the twentieth century. Firms—both Indian and multinational—had to respond to different waves of globalization and accordingly made location choices that in turn shaped the urban evolution. More broadly, this article points to the relevance of integrating urban history more closely with business history in studies of globalization

Economic geography · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Foreign direct investment · Geography · Globalization · Interwar period · Market economy · Metropolitan area · Multinational corporation · Political science · Relevance (law · Sociology · Urban hierarchy · World economy · World War II · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Indian Economic and Social Development

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