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Human Capital and Development: A Tale of Two Cities--Software Sector in Hyderabad and Bangalore
Balasubramanyam, V. N.; Balasubramanyam, A - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper discusses the factors that promote clusters and the role of clusters in the generation and spread of human capital The analysis in the paper is based on a comparative study of software firms in the two neighbouring south Indian cities – Bangalore and Hyderabad. Some of the...
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Non-equity Alliances and the Performance of Indian Software Firms
Siddharthan, N.S.; Nollen, Stanley - eSocialSciences - 2006
The Indian software industry has grown very rapidly for more than a decade. In this study we report the results of a multivariate statistical analysis of the determinants of sales revenue growth and profit margins of Indian software firms. Based on original firm-level survey data, our SUR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699275
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Offshoring in a Ricardian World
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés - eSocialSciences - 2007
Falling costs of coordination and communication have allowed firms in rich countries to fragment their production process and offshore an increasing share of the value chain to low-wage countries. This paper proposes a Ricardian model where both of these effects are present and analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341648
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Outsourcing Versus Foreign Direct Investment: A Welfare Analysis
Grover, Arti - eSocialSciences - 2010
country may avail options like – Joint venture, technology licensing, franchising, outsourcing etc. A host country’s choice of … outsourcing in the host country using Grossman-Helpman quality ladders framework. If the host absorptive capacity is above a … threshold level, outsourcing is more welfare enhancing vis-à-vis FDI; while even with lower than threshold absorptive capacity …
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Strategic Orientation of Outsourcing Firms: Demystifying Key Differentiators
Sharda, Kirti - eSocialSciences - 2010
Despite the importance of outsourcing firms and the highly competitive nature of the outsourcing industry, there has … been minimal examination of outsourcing firm strategy. This paper investigates the strategic focus of 60 outsourcing firms …. Factor and cluster analysis reveal three outsourcing firm archetypes based on their strategic orientation, namely, super …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008486533
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The Role of Technological Complexity and Absorptive Capacity in Internalization Decision
Grover, Arti - eSocialSciences - 2010
Technology transfer costs have a profound influence on the firm’s entry mode into a production sharing relationship. To explore this nexus, they associate technological complexity of the off-shored input with the organizational mode of international production sharing by extending the Antràs...
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Labour Market in Urban Agglomerations: A case from an Indian Global City
Paul, G.D Bino; M, Krishna Krishna - eSocialSciences - 2011
The study explores different aspects of employment and labour market prevalent in large in UAs, in particular global cities. To capture the role of labour market in urban agglomeration, particularly pooling of labour and concentration of economic activities, the paper present a case study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319328
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Secondary Education in India: Determinants of Development and Performance
P, Geetha Rani - eSocialSciences - 2007
A review of development of school education in India reflects an expansionary phase of number of institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170139
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The Economic Impact of Forest Hydrological Services on Local Communities: A Case Study from the Western Ghats of India
Menon, Ajit; LELE, SHARACHCHANDRA; Patil, Ishwar; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the …
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Community Management is Good for Forests: Results from a Field Experiment in India
eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2011
The study looks at the relationship between indigenous people and their forest homes using a novel field field experiments approach. [Policy Brief No. 48-10]. URL:[http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/906_PUB_Policy_Brief_48_Rucha.pdf].
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