Tata Infotech, 77

Tekedge, 77

Telugu Association of North America (TANA), 112–115, 119, 137

Terman, Frederick, 12, 15–18, 25, 40

Tibco Software, 110

TiE. See Indus Entrepreneurs, the

Touraine, Alain, 117

transnational capitalist class

allegiance to global capitalist system, 153–156

definition of, 151–152

transnationalism. See also globalization; transnational capitalist class

definition of, 84, 89–90

imagined community, 167–176

sociocultural transnational activity, 147

transmigrant, 89–91, 95

transnational business practices, 147–150

transnationalism (continued)

transnational political activity, 147, 156–163

transnational software professionals, 165

Tydings McDuffie Act, 70

value chain, 74

software industry value chain, 81

Varian Associates, 20

Vertovec, Steve, 84

Weber, Max, 65–67, 120, 126, 142

Western Electronics Manufacturers Association, 12

Westinghouse, 15

Wipro, 77, 79, 111, 164

Wolfe, Tom, 24

Y2K problem, 74

Zenith, 21