INDIA IN THE GLOBAL SOFTWARE INDUSTRY: INNOVATION, FIRM STRATEGIES AND DEVELOPMENT; ED. BY ANTHONY P. D'COSTA

In this timely and unique study, the innovations in India's information (IT) industry are examined in detail. Globally the IT Industry has experienced phenomenal growth. The book examines the issues surrounding the analysis of the Indian IT sector on a global, national, regional, firm, and product level and the significance of national policies to sustain the competitiveness of the Indian IT sector. This Volume Examines The Indian It Industry, Especially The Software Sector, And Brings Out The Structural And Market Challenges It Faces, The Policies To Deal With Them And The Organizational And Strategic Means To Resolve These Challenges Internally. The Book Also Considers How External Factors, Such As Transnational Links With Foreign Firms, Markets And India-born Entrepreneurs Overseas, Become Significant Sources Of Innovation In India.--book Jacket. 1. The Indian Software Industry In The Global Division Of Labour / Anthony P. D'costa -- 2. Evolving Towards Innovation? The Recent Evolution And Future Trajectory Of The Indian Software Industry / E. Sridharan -- 3. Export Growth And Path-dependence: The Locking-in Of Innovations In The Software Industry / Anthony P. D'costa -- 4. Innovation Under Export Orientation / Ashok Parthasarathi And K. J. Joseph -- 5. The Indian Software Industry From An Israeli Perspective: A Systems/evolutionary And Policy View / Gil Avnimelech And Morris Teubal -- 6. Software Product Development In India: Lessons From Six Cases / Rishikesha T. Krishnan And Ganesh N. Prabhu -- 7. The Silicon Valley Connection: Transnational Networks And Regional Development In Taiwan, China And India / Annalee Saxenian -- 8. Capability Building And Inter-organization Linkages In The Indian It Industry: The Role Of Multinationals, Domestic Firms And Academic Institutions / Rakesh Basant And Pankaj Chandra -- 9. Originative Innovation And Entrepreneurship In The Software Industry In India / Abhoy K. Ojha And S. Krishna -- 10. Stages In Multiple Innovations In Software Firms: A Model Derived From Infosys And Niit Case Studies / Deepti Bhatnagar And Mukund Dixit -- 11. Conclusion: Global Links, Domestic Market And Policy For Development / Anthony P. D'costa And E. Sridharan. Edited By Anthony P. D'costa And E. Sridharan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii The Indian Software Industry in the Global Division of Labour....Pages 1-26 Evolving Towards Innovation? The Recent Evolution and Future Trajectory of the Indian Software Industry....Pages 27-50 Export Growth and Path-Dependence: the Locking-in of Innovations in the Software Industry....Pages 51-82 Innovation Under Export Orientation....Pages 83-111 The Indian Software Industry from an Israeli Perspective: a Systems/Evolutionary and Policy View....Pages 112-138 Software Product Development in India: Lessons from Six Cases....Pages 139-163 The Silicon Valley Connection: Transnational Networks and Regional Development in Taiwan, China and India....Pages 164-192 Capability Building and Inter-Organization Linkages in the Indian IT Industry: the Role of Multinationals, Domestic Firms and Academic Institutions....Pages 193-219 Originative Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Software Industry in India....Pages 220-245 Stages in Multiple Innovations in Software Firms: a Model Derived from Infosys and NIIT Case Studies....Pages 246-270 Conclusion: Global Links, Domestic Market and Policy for Development....Pages 271-278 Back Matter....Pages 279-292 India in the Global Software Industry investigates India's IT industry, which is expected to be the engine of growth. By showing how India can become internationally competitive in the IT industry, it also offers an avenue for India to tackle the massive needs of all its people in the increasingly globalized post-WTO world economy. India has many of the necessary ingredients for being competitive - a large diversified scientific pool, an extensive network of higher education institutions nad an array of centres of excellence in R & D. However, to remain internationally competitive, India must keep abreast of rapid technological developments by adopting a more proactive development strategy. In this spirit, this volume examines the Indian IT industry, especially the software sector, by bringing out the structural and market challenges it faces, the policies to deal with them and the organizational and strategic ways by which they resolve these challenges internally. Also considered is how external factors such as transnational links with foreign firms, markets and India-born entrepeneurs overseas become significant sources of innovation in India In this timely and unique study, the innovations in India's information (IT) industry are examined in detail. Globally the IT Industry has experienced phenomenal growth. For many economies, IT is expected to be the engine of growth for many countries. Already in India, the IT industry has made a mark in the global economy. However, India faces major challenges in meeting the basic needs of all its people and simultaneously meeting the requirements of competing in the increasingly globalized post-WTO world economy. The Indian IT sector provides a unique window to understand the process of development in an era of global economic integration. This unique study examines the issues surrounding the analysis of the Indian IT sector on a global, national, regional, firm, and product level and the significance of national policies to sustain the competitiveness of the Indian IT sector. At the dawn of the twenty-first century India's traditional image as an improvished nation is undergoing considerable change.