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Private enterprise and the state in modern Nepal
- Title
- Private enterprise and the state in modern Nepal / Laurie Zivetz.
- Author
- Zivetz, Laurie.
- Publication
- Madras ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Details
- Description
- 248 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- This study explores the emergence and evolution of modern entrepreneurship in the context of a small developing nation largely cut off from outside contact until only 40 years ago. The author, an American scholar with extensive direct experience of life and work in Nepal, first examines the ethnic, religious and family background of the country's entrepreneurs, seeking to explain why certain minority communities--the Marwaris, the Sherpas, Tibetan refugees based in Nepal, and others--have proved particularly successful in adopting an entrepreneurial culture. The factors which lie behind the decline of the Newars as Nepal's foremost entrepreneurial community are also explored. There follows an analysis of the major problems encountered by Nepal-based entrepreneurs, especially in relation to the State (which, during the period of research for this book, was dominated by the monarchy). The study raises questions about the relationship between government and private sector that seem certain to figure prominently on Nepal's national agenda as the country develops under its new democratic dispensation.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241).
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Determinants of Entrepreneurship -- Social Marginality -- Social Organization -- Factors of Production -- National Policy Issues -- Conclusions -- Ch. 2. Entrepreneurship in Nepal: An Overview -- Portraits from Nepal -- Historical Overview -- Growth of Modern Industry and Entrepreneurship: India and Nepal -- Ethnic Distribution of Entrepreneurship in Nepal -- Ch. 3. Entrepreneurial Communities in Nepal: Some Case Studies -- Newars -- Marwaris -- Thakalis -- Sherpas -- Tibetans -- Gurungs and the Managis -- Ch. 4. Private Enterprise and the Public Sector -- Nepal's Industrial Sector: a Review -- Public : Private Sector Relationship: Problems and Tensions -- Public : Private Sector Relationship: Two Case-Studies -- Conclusions -- Ch. 5. Entrepreneur and the Enterprise -- Entrepreneur: Choosing a Business Career -- Enterprise -- Ch. 6. Looking Back, Looking Forward: Some Concluding Observations.
- ISBN
- 0195628721
- 9780195628722
- LCCN
- 92906067
- ZBWT00466560
- OCLC
- ocm28378906
- 28378906
- SCSB-1991610
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library