Competitive advantage in the software industry: an analysis of the Indian experience

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Why do particular industries in some nations succeed internationally? Porter (1990a, p. 855) has provided a framework to answer this question. Porter argued that a nation's competitiveness in any industry is dependent on good factor conditions, strong domestic rivals, aggressive home-based suppliers, and demanding local customers. In this chapter, it is argued that the Indian software industry has been successful despite significant weaknesses on these attributes, and the reasons for its success lie in issues not addressed in the framework. The chapter highlights the need to give greater emphasis to the role of social and historical context to explain the success of a particular industry in a nation.

Publication Date

1-4-2017

DOI

10.4324/9781315187785

ISBN

978-1315187785

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Inc.

Keywords

Organizational Behaviour, Software industry, Competitive advantage, Competitive pressures

Source Link URL

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315187785

discipline

Business; Technology and Innovation; Business; Strategic Management Policy

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