House of Tata Meets the Second Industrial Revolution

Chikayoshi Nomura is an associate professor of the Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, Japan. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2005. His research interest includes issues in the area of the economic and business history of colonial India, institutional development, and imperialism.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 The development of the modern business corporation in 19th century India: Building the foundations for the emergence of TISCO in the 20th century.- 3 TISCO during the decade of the 1900s: The Formation period.- 4 Initial failure to produce competitive steel, capitalization problems and the institution of an internal financing system.- 5 Labour unrest and the introduction of a direct labour management system.- 6 The financial crisis of the 1920s, the introduction of tariff protection and “imperial commitment”.- 7 Continuing labour unrest, efficiency enhancing schemes and improvements in labour productivity during the late 1920s.- 8 The 1930s: Failure in export-oriented development and conservative attitudes towards further expansion.- 9 Conclusion.- Index.- Bibliography.