Originative Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Software Industry in India

Ojha, Abhoy K.; Krishna, S.

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“…It is in turn likely that the advancement and organizational changes brought about by the skilled labour translate into increases in productivity and help in maintaining the competitiveness in the world market. For instance, in the Indian context, the growth of the IT and software service firms projects the role of the entrepreneurs and the subsequent changes in those firms in contributing to their growth (Athreye, 2010; Ojha & Krishna, 2004; Parthasarathy & Aoyama, 2006). The small and emerging firms in the industry continuously strive to excel in niche services/verticals so as to circumvent the competition from the industry majors (Bhattacharjee & Chakraborti, 2015); thus, better skilled workers with more knowledge deliver new and innovative products/services.…”

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Productivity and Exports: An Industry-Level Analysis of the Service Sector in India

Goswami

Narayanan

2023

Millennial Asia

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The large share of the service sector and its status as a net exporter raise concerns about the sustainability of such growth for a developing economy like India. Given the context, the present article attempts to examine the productivity dynamics of the service sector in India at the industry level. We use the India KLEMS dataset to identify the trends in total factor productivity (TFP) growth and the growth in factor inputs. By uniquely combining the India KLEMS dataset with the trade values in the Extended Balance of Payments Services classification, we examine the dynamics between TFP growth and exports of services using panel vector autoregression technique. The trends in factor inputs show that there is capital deepening within services and the growth in employment remained comparatively lower. The results indicate a feedback effect of exports and productivity growth within the service sector. Additionally, we note that the use of more skilled labour that is better equipped to handle new technology also contributes to growth in the service sector, both in terms of productivity and exports.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Productivity and Exports: An Industry-Level Analysis of the Service Sector in India

Goswami

Narayanan

2023

Millennial Asia

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“…to be insufficient in creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurship (Kabiraj and Yang, 2001;Ojha, 2009). Thus, it may be concluded that the present governmental efforts in J&K have not proved sufficient in promoting entrepreneurship in the State.…”

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Entrepreneurial Orientation of Professional Graduates in Autonomous States: The Case of Jammu & Kashmir (India)

Sharma,

Jain,

Sharma

2017

Abhigyan

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Special autonomy to manage own affairs, while staying within the overall bounds of a nation, is supposed to be a better recipe for an equitable social and economic development. In an attempt to describe the long drawn impact of special-autonomy on Entrepreneurial Orientations (EO) of professionally qualified youth, this study explores the case of the State of Jammu & Kashmir (India). The volatile State, sharing borders with hostile neighbor viz. Pakistan, enjoys an exclusive form of autonomy within India while retaining a loose suzerainty of Indian constitution. The study attempts to examine the perceptions of graduating youth towards challenges and benefits of entrepreneurship in this State. These perceptions are examined for differentials across Gender as well as Family business background for a sample of 564 respondents. These two demographics have been handled differently by legislators of an extra-autonomous J&K. The findings reveal little differential with respect to gender but a higher perception of challenges and benefits among the respondents from family business background. The possible explanation of the findings as well as the implications, are presented, in terms of the benefits and challenges of public policy handling under the conditions of special-autonomy.

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“…The industry shifted to software product development as a means of maintaining its comparative advantage, increasing exports and moving up the value chain (Ojha and Krishna, 2004). Yet, the high development costs, piracy and preference for imported products made firms wary of squandering their low labor cost advantages (Correa, 1996).…”

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Organizational and Talent attributes of the Indian IT industry

Cherian

Kamalanabhan

2019

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Purpose This study is a comparative organizational analysis of the four subsectors of the Indian information technology (IT) industry, namely, IT service (ITS), business process outsourcing (BPO), software products services (SPS) and engineering and R&D (ER&D). The purpose of this paper is to empirically identify the cross-sectorial attributes, organizational characteristics and the talent best suited to it. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews of 17 industry experts. Findings Findings suggest there are differences in the internal organization of each subsector and this influences the talent attracted toward it. ITS and BPO are perceived as customer driven sectors where technology is an enabler to facilitate smooth functioning of customer operations. Conversely, technology is the core factor that drives SPS and ER&D. Similar observations and differences in the design, environment, individual motives and competencies are identified. The study also identified the inter-relationships between organizational characteristics, task and social structures in the IT industry using Perrow’s organizational theory. Research limitations/implications The findings identify contextual dimensions and shared patterns that exist between the subsectors. At the same time, it distinguishes each subsector in terms of observable and objective characteristics. Significantly, the study highlights the inter-relationships between technology, task, raw material, goal and social interactions. However, the authors stop short of framing hypotheses to test the relationships identified here. Originality/value This cross-sectorial study delineates between the four subsectors and provides a foundation for pursuing future investigations in the right direction. This attempt to systematically analyze and compare all the subsectors of the IT industry simultaneously is a distinctive approach. The sectorial diversity suggests a need for talent management practices that will fit the unique characteristics of each subsector.

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Originative Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Software Industry in India

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Productivity and Exports: An Industry-Level Analysis of the Service Sector in India

Productivity and Exports: An Industry-Level Analysis of the Service Sector in India

Entrepreneurial Orientation of Professional Graduates in Autonomous States: The Case of Jammu & Kashmir (India)

Organizational and Talent attributes of the Indian IT industry

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