Polaris Software Lab Ltd., 87

policies for the software industry

in Andhra Pradesh. See Andhra Pradesh

in Kerala. See Kerala

national policies, 50–53

in Tamil Nadu. See Tamil Nadu

political economy of development in India, 15, 23–26

Porter, M. E., 28, 190

post-Fordist production, 15, 29–31, 105

Pradeep, G., 25, 41, 145–147, 156

prior experience before reforms, 46, 161–162, 168–169

private engineering colleges, 32, 34

in Andhra Pradesh. See Andhra Pradesh

in Kerala. See Kerala

in Tamil Nadu. See Tamil Nadu

process-and project-execution capabilities, 17, 36, 45, 191

product life cycle, 22

proemployer regulatory and labor reforms. See regulatory reforms

public-private partnership, 178

public sector, 19, 24

firms. See firms

R&D expenditures, 65–67, 69

venture capital fund, 118

research and development (R&D)

diffusion, 19

in-house, 103, 105, 132, 155, 171, 175

and innovation, 14

interactions between R&D institutions and industry, 19, 38–39, 46, 77–78, 123, 126

offshoring, 22

policies, 31, 35–36, 46, 92, 103, 116, 119, 122, 132–134, 144, 155, 161–163, 167, 169, 175–176, 180, 188, 193, 199

in private sector, 19

public expenditure on, 65–67, 69

in public sector, 19, 32

Ragin, C. C., 8

Ramachandran, K., 2, 46

Ramco Systems Ltd., 88

Ray, S., 2, 46

Redding, S., 44

Reddy, P., 22

regional

development of software/high-technology industry, 2, 8, 10–11, 59, 106, 135, 160, 178, 185, 190, 192, 194, 198–199

development/economic development, 1, 4, 11, 15, 26–27

under postreform policies, 8, 15, 26–27