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Rethinking Security Paradigms in the Face of External Backlash: A Case Study in Private Security

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  • Soumendra Narain Bagchi
  • Rajeev Sharma

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Security of premises, assets and personnel form an essential requirement for commercial organisations. Lack of security impacts beyond the bottom-line, signalling a joint failure of organisation’s leadership and public governance, attracting more crime. The overloaded government’s police force can hardly dedicate resources to specific businesses. Private security firms, while offering a way out, create legal and socio-political challenges when, in line of duty, they resort to the use of firearms. In this article we research a manufacturing firm whose different security paradigm offers a rare insight into the hitherto relatively unexplored world of industrial security in an Indian context.

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  • Soumendra Narain Bagchi & Rajeev Sharma, 2026. "Rethinking Security Paradigms in the Face of External Backlash: A Case Study in Private Security," Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, , vol. 51(1), pages 25-38, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:vikjou:v:51:y:2026:i:1:p:25-38
    DOI: 10.1177/02560909241292137
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