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Linking up with the global economy: A case study of the Bangalore software industry New Industrial Organization Programme
DP/96/1997
ISBN 92-9014-599-4
First published 1997

Linking up with the global economy: A case study of the Bangalore software industry

By
Asma Lateef

Linking up with the global economy: A case study of the Bangalore software industry
TABLE OF CONTENTS

*Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

*Chapter 2: THE GLOBAL SOFTWARE INDUSTRY: FROM SILICON VALLEY TO BANGALORE
* 2.1 Some definitions
* 2.2 How the software industry went global
* 2.3 The size and spread of the global software industry
* 2.4 India's role in the global software industry
* 2.5 Labour market trends in the Indian software industry

*Chapter 3: THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY: POLICY AND PRACTICE
* 3.1 The early years in software policy: an export focus
* 3.2 Developments in the domestic software industry: The early years
* 3.3 Policy changes that led to the boom: Post 1984
* 3.4 The Indian software industry in the post-1984 period:

*Chapter 4: A CASE STUDY OF BANGALORE
* 4.1 Bangalore: a natural location for the software industry
* 4.2 The policy environment
* 4.3 The nature of the software industry in Bangalore
* 4 3.1 Foreign direct investment in Bangalore
* 4.3.2 The domestic firms in Bangalore
* 4.3.3 Employment in the Bangalore software industry
* 4.3.4 Wages
* 4.3.5 The quality of the jobs created
* 4.3.6 Summary
* 4.4 The growth of the industry and the changing locational advantages of Bangalore
* 4.4.1 Visible changes
* 4.4.2 Property prices
* 4.4.3 Infrastructure
* 4.4.4 Summary

*Chapter 5: BANGALORE AT A CROSSROADS: PROSPECTS AND DILEMMAS
* 5.1 The sustainability of the software industry in Bangalore
* 5.2 General issues for the industry as a whole
* 5.3 Policy issues
* 5.4 Conclusions

*Chapter 6: TABLES

*Chapter 7: LIST OF INTERVIEWEES

*Chapter 8: REFERENCES

*Chapter 9: ACRONYMS

Updated by RS. Approved by AVJ. Last Updated 16 March 2004.