industrial competitiveness, 7, 14–15, 106, 190–191

innovation systems, 18, 20, 30, 190

variation in software exports from India, 61–80

regression

endogeneity in regression model, 73

with instrumental variable, 75

multivariate time-series, 8, 10, 61–63

outliers in the regression model, 72

with panel data, 68–69

regulatory reforms

and innovation, 14, 20

proemployer labor policy and, 6, 44, 95, 163, 166, 173, 175, 178, 180–181, 195, 197–198

replication logic, 8

research methodology, 8

primary/secondary data, 9

role of institutions, 20

role of state. See Andhra Pradesh; Tamil Nadu; Kerala

RM Education Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., 142

Ruiz Duran, C., 21

Sachs, J. D., 3, 26–27, 44, 47, 95

Satyam Computer Services Ltd., 113, 123

Saxenian, A., 2, 21, 54, 78, 191

Schmitz, H., 19, 21

Knorringa, P., 21

Scope International Pvt. Ltd., 88

Scott, A. J., 19, 190

Segal, A., 18

Sen, A., 25, 43, 158

shadow case, 8, 155

Shastri, V., 56

Sigurdson, J., 22

Silicon Valley, 1, 21

single-window clearance, 34, 44, 90, 93, 115, 118, 125, 165

Sinha, A., 24

skilled labor, 44, 46, 61–62, 64–66, 68–69, 73, 75, 77–78, 80, 161–163, 166, 168–170, 172, 175, 178–181, 183, 190–198

in Andhra Pradesh, 38, 116, 119–120, 122, 127–128, 130, 133, 136

in Kerala, 39–42, 144, 146, 149–150, 153, 156–157

in Tamil Nadu, 32, 34, 89, 93–96, 99–101, 104–106

Smart City project, 148

software industry

evolution of software industry in Andhra Pradesh, 36–39, 107–128

evolution of software industry in India, 5, 10, 13, 19, 49–59

evolution of software industry in Kerala, 39–43, 137–150