The New International Division of Labour and the Indian Computer Software Industry

Lakha, Salim

doi:10.1017/s0026749x00012452

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“…Taken together these have increased the distances over which the arbitrage of knowledge and labour costs can occur. Third, processes of offshoring and outsourcing will be shaped by institutional influences in sender and receiver countries (Lakha, 1994;Balasubramanyan and Balasubramanyan, 1997;Grimshaw and Miozzo, 2006). At an international level important institutional developments such as the deregulation of financial markets, GATS, TRIPS and EU enlargement have been important in differentiating the geography of space and costs (Ellis and Taylor, 2006).…”

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Upgrading Local Economies in Central and Eastern Europe? The Role of Business Service Foreign Direct Investment in the Knowledge Economy

Hardy

Micek

Capik

2011

European Planning Studies

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Section: Drivers Of Offshoring and Embeddednessmentioning

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Upgrading Local Economies in Central and Eastern Europe? The Role of Business Service Foreign Direct Investment in the Knowledge Economy

Hardy

Micek

Capik

2011

European Planning Studies

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“…However, with the exception of India (Lakha, 1994;Balsubramanyam and Balsubramanyam, 1997;Bain and Taylor, 2005) and Ireland (Breathnach, 2000;White, 2004;Sokol, 2007), little consideration has been given to the location of offshore destinations (Jensen and Pedersen, 2011) and even less to the impacts of this emerging trend in foreign investment in the new receiver countries of CEE.…”

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Impacts of horizontal and vertical foreign investment in business services: the experience of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Hardy

Sass

Fifeková

2011

European Urban and Regional Studies

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This article examines the impact of foreign direct investment in business services on the economies of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia and their place in the European division of labour. A distinction is drawn between horizontal market-seeking foreign investment in business services and efficiency-seeking vertical investments, which have increased since 2000. We posit a conceptual framework that differentiates between the static, dynamic and institutional properties of global production networks and their impacts on localities and regions. The research is based on interviews with senior managers in 25 companies in the three case-study countries, as well as inward investment agencies. We conclude that the most salient static impacts of these investments are on the labour market, where horizontal investments provide fewer, but more skilled jobs than vertical investments. Dynamic effects were contradictory in that, although learning and spillover effects were modest, vertical investments demonstrated a propensity to move up the value chain. Strategic coupling with local actors involved institution bending, enhancement or harnessing in changing the spaces of production.

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“…This is particularly relevant in areas such as computer software and design services and call centre services where firms have located activity in countries such as India not only to take advantage of around the clock production but also the abundant supplies of suitably qualified low cost labour (Lakha, 1994;Curtis, 2001). Such international production of services is possible when the service produced is highly standardised or based on highly codified knowledge.…”

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Competition in the Business Services Sector: Implications for the Competitiveness of the European Economy

Roberts

2003

Competition & Change

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This paper investigates the nature and extent of competition in the European business services sector. Levels of competition in the sector vary considerably by market segment and location. A number of factors, including the fragmented nature of the market, firm based strategies and regulatory conditions, restrict competition in the sector. The analysis of competition in the business services sector highlights the failure of the market to promote consistently an efficient and quality provision of business services. Given the important role of business services in the economy as a whole and their impact on the competitiveness of client firms, it is argued here that policymakers would be wise to influence competition within the business services sector through a variety of initiatives, with the aim of improving the efficiency and quality of business services provision. Such initiatives would result in positive spill-over effects for Europe's general competitive position in the global economy.

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The New International Division of Labour and the Indian Computer Software Industry

Cited by 44 publications

References 7 publications

Upgrading Local Economies in Central and Eastern Europe? The Role of Business Service Foreign Direct Investment in the Knowledge Economy

Upgrading Local Economies in Central and Eastern Europe? The Role of Business Service Foreign Direct Investment in the Knowledge Economy

Impacts of horizontal and vertical foreign investment in business services: the experience of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Competition in the Business Services Sector: Implications for the Competitiveness of the European Economy

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