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The amazing story of the Birla group, embodying the journey of a Marwari family from small trading in spices and opium to big business over a period of about 140 years, reveals several facets of the history of Indian industrial policies and entrepreneurs’ adjustment to them, the nexus of businessmen-politicians-bureaucrats over the years, and the underlying ambition among Indian businessmen to grow.
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© 2011 Amar K.J.R. Nayak
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Nayak, A.K.J.R. (2011). A.V. Birla Group. In: Indian Multinationals. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230308718_5
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