Kerala software and ITES, 39–40, 46, 137–138

market, 21, 30, 33, 35, 38, 99, 102, 122, 131, 173, 190–191

-oriented industrial structure, 16

-oriented industry, 192, 197–198

-oriented subsidiary, 57

regional variation in software, 65–80

Tamil Nadu software and ITES, 32, 81–82

face-to-face interviews, 9

factors of production, specialized, 7, 28, 178

Fernandes, R., 62

Fields, K., 16

finance for software firms, 30, 103, 132, 155, 167, 175, 199

firms

foreign, 6–7, 52–53, 58, 84, 110, 140, 175, 197

foreign-expatriate Indian, 32–33, 37, 40, 83–88, 94, 99–100, 103, 110–112, 114, 120–122, 125, 128–129, 131–132, 139–142, 147, 151, 153–155, 185

Indian business house subsidiaries, 84–86, 88, 99–100, 110–113, 139–141, 193

Indian entrepreneurial, 32–33, 37, 40, 83–88, 99–100, 103, 110–113, 120, 128, 132, 139–142, 151–152, 154–155

joint venture, 84, 86, 88, 110, 112, 140–141

multinational (MNCs), 10, 17, 21–23, 26–27, 32–33, 37–40, 42, 44–45, 47, 84–88, 92–93, 95–99, 101–104, 107, 109–113, 115, 120–121, 124–125, 127–129, 131–135, 139–140, 142, 151, 154–155, 157, 161, 165, 167, 169, 172–173, 175–176, 180–181, 185, 187, 193, 196–197

public sector, 84, 86, 110, 112, 140–141

flexible states, 199

foreign

competition, 24, 31

direct investment (FDI), 26, 42–43, 57, 147

equity, 51

exchange policies, 3, 51–55, 57

expatriate Indian firms. See firms

firms. See firms

market(s), 6, 44, 192, 197, 200

Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), 51

Freeman, C., 190