Over 90 consulate offices, 23 foreign banks and more than 640 foreign owned firms are located in the region.

Bombay was one of the few industrial centres of India where strong unions grew up, particularly company or enterprise based unions, often in foreign owned firms.

In addition, minority owned firms are twice as likely to export as non-minority owned firms.

Minority-owned firms are less likely to receive loans than non-minority owned firms regardless of firm size.

The private good is produced by private owned firms according to certain productivity.

During the same period, job growth for non-minority owned firms was less than 1 percent.

Minority-owned firms are less likely to receive loans than non-minority owned firms.

Minority-owned firms paid 7.8 percent on average for loans compared with 6.4 percent for non-minority owned firms.

Among minority-owned firms with gross receipts under $500,000, loan denial rates are an astronomical 42 percent compared to non-minority owned firms at 16 percent.

First, sustainable value added in a specific country may result from both domestically owned and foreign owned firms.