How India can compete in labour-intensive manufacturing
Lessons from a superstar exporter
HARISH AHUJA is the chairman of Shahi Exports, India’s biggest exporter of clothes. Two things about his business surprise. With some 50 factories and $1bn in annual revenues, Shahi is managing to expand even as most peers in its sector struggle. It is also short of workers, says Mr Ahuja—at a time when many young Indians complain that their country offers too few jobs.
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