Anna University, Chennai, 100, 123, 179

Ansell, C. K., 5, 17

AppLabs Technologies Pvt. Ltd., 114

Arora, A., 41, 49, 54, 62–63, 65, 68–69, 75, 77, 79, 146

Arrow, K. J., 20

Arunachalam, V. S., 62

Asian innovation systems, 14, 18

Asian School of Business, Kerala, 145, 149

Asundi, J., 62

Athreye, S. S., 17, 22, 26, 36, 45, 50, 54, 56–58, 72, 86, 112, 141, 186, 188, 193

attracting leading firms, 181

Bagde, S., 41, 63, 65, 68–69, 75, 77, 79, 146

Bajpai, N., 3, 26, 27, 47, 56, 95

Bangalore, 2, 33, 53, 56, 59, 66, 89, 151–152

software industry in, 2, 53, 59, 66

banks, finance from, 103, 132, 167, 171, 175–176, 185, 188, 193

Bardhan, P., 23–24, 43, 157

Bennett, A., 8, 160

Bombay (Mumbai), 31, 53, 56, 59, 82

Borrell, J., 58

business associations, 24

business house subsidiaries. See firms

business networks, 106

business process outsourcing (BPO), 173

in Andhra Pradesh, 111, 113

in Kerala, 139, 142

in Tamil Nadu, 85, 87–88

business-friendly

environment, 96, 130

labor relations, 101

Breznitz, D., 5, 15, 35, 188–189, 196

Burgess, R., 44

Byres, T. J., 23, 43, 157

Cairo, G., 25, 43, 158

Calder, K. E., 17

capital subsidy, 90

capital accumulation, 25

Cardoza, G., 19

central government policies for the software industry, 50–53

Chakravorty, S., 3, 26–27

Chandrababu Naidu, 37, 120–121, 128, 132

Chaturvedi, S., 26

Chaudhuri, P., 23, 43, 157

Cheng, T. -J., 16

Chennai, 32–33, 40, 46, 56, 59, 78, 83–87, 89–90, 93, 97, 99–100, 102, 108–109, 111, 115, 120, 123, 125, 129–133, 138, 143, 151–152, 154, 163, 168, 179

Chibber, V., 17

Chu, W. W., 16, 18, 187

Citibank, 56