India in the Global Software Industry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. The Indian Software Industry in the Global Division of Labour

   • Anthony P. D’Costa

   Pages 1-26

3. Evolving Towards Innovation? The Recent Evolution and Future Trajectory of the Indian Software Industry

   • E. Sridharan

   Pages 27-50

4. Export Growth and Path-Dependence: the Locking-in of Innovations in the Software Industry

   • Anthony P. D’Costa

   Pages 51-82

5. Innovation Under Export Orientation

   • Ashok Parthasarathi, K. J. Joseph

   Pages 83-111

6. The Indian Software Industry from an Israeli Perspective: a Systems/Evolutionary and Policy View

   • Gil Avnimelech, Morris Teubal

   Pages 112-138

7. Software Product Development in India: Lessons from Six Cases

   • Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Ganesh N. Prabhu

   Pages 139-163

8. The Silicon Valley Connection: Transnational Networks and Regional Development in Taiwan, China and India

   • AnnaLee Saxenian

   Pages 164-192

9. Capability Building and Inter-Organization Linkages in the Indian IT Industry: the Role of Multinationals, Domestic Firms and Academic Institutions

   • Rakesh Basant, Pankaj Chandra

   Pages 193-219

10. Originative Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Software Industry in India

    • Abhoy K. Ojha, S. Krishna

    Pages 220-245

11. Stages in Multiple Innovations in Software Firms: a Model Derived from Infosys and NIIT Case Studies

    • Deepti Bhatnagar, Mukund Dixit

    Pages 246-270

12. Conclusion: Global Links, Domestic Market and Policy for Development

    • Anthony P. D’Costa, E. Sridharan

    Pages 271-278

13. Back Matter

    Pages 279-292

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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.

• China
• economic integration
• Global economy
• Information Technology (IT)
• WTO

• Comparative International Development, University of Washington, USA

  Anthony P. D’Costa

• University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India (in New Delhi), India

  E. Sridharan

GIL AVNIMELECH Ph.D candidate of the School of Business Administration at Hebrew University, Jerusalem RAKESH BASANT Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad DEEPTI BHATNAGAR Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad PANKAJ CHANDRA Professor of Operations Management and Chair, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad MUKUND R. DIXIT Professor of Business Policy at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad K.J. JOSEPH Professor of Economics at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum on secondment to Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University S. KRISHNA Professor of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore RISHIKESHA T. KRISHNAN Associate Professor of Corporate Strategy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore ABHOY K. OJHA Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore ASHOK PARTHASARATHI Professor at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University GANESH N. PRABHU Associate Professor of Corporate Strategy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore ANNALEE SAXENIAN Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, USA MORRIS TEUBAL Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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