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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aHamish McDonald _933106
245			_aPolyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani
260			_aAustralia _bAllen and Unwin _c1998
300			_axxi,273 p. _bPB _c21x14 cm.
520			_aDhirubhai Ambani's life is a rags-to-riches story, from Bombay's crowded pavements and bazaars to the city's extravagantly wealthy social circles where business tycoons, stockmarket speculators, smugglers, politicians and Hindi film stars mingle, make money, make and break marriages and carry out prolonged feuds-sometimes violent, often histrionic. Until the arrival of Ambani, India's big business scene was dominated by a few industrial houses from British times. In just 26 years since its foundation, Ambani's Reliance group has risen to rival these houses. By 1995 the group had 2.6 million investors. Along with the dramatic expansion of the Reliance Group have come intricate political connections, a whole raft of corruption charges and a rollercoaster of booms and crashes for Ambani and his company. This study shows how capitalism emerges by fair means and foul in the new industrial countries of the Third World, and is one of very few studies of Asian or Third World tycoons.
650			_aAmbani Dhirubhai _933107
650			_aBusinessmen India Biography _933108
700			_aMCDONALD (Hamish) _933109
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