Development, distribution, implementation and maintenance of software in various applications is considered to be one of the fastest growing sectors of Economy. USA has been the leader in this field by virtue of its initial developments in hardware/software and subsequent advantage of new...

Current body of knowledge primarily focuses on variations in and determinants of management control systems at organizational level and, to some extent, at Strategic Business Unit (SBU) level. This study proposes that the level of analysis be extended to Responsibility Center (RC) level....

The Indian software services industry has been spectacularly successful, growing at over 50% annually for several years. However, the nature of markets and technology is changing. Other changes include rising salaries in India, fast growing higher end markets, talent shortage worldwide, and need...

Research has established the importance of including demographic considerations in organizational analysis to provide a more comprehensive explanation of organizational phenomena. Most empirical studies have focused on a single perspective and the impact of a few demographic characteristics on...

The software industry in India has witnessed tremendous growth in the past few years and is poised to become the industry of the new millennium for the country. With manpower or intellectual capital being the main driver of this industry, it is imperative that the companies take proactive...

The growth of Indian software industry till date has been mainly due to the availability of highly competent and cost competitive software professionals in India, Software organisations, national educational institutes, corporate private training institutes and the central and state governments...

Indian software industry has had a phenomenal growth for the last fifteen years and is expected to sustain its growth momentum at least in the near future. Abundant supply of low cost manpower has been one of the major factors contributing to the growth of Indian software industry. However, the...

Indian software industry has been experiencing a phenomenal growth for the last few years. The software industry is expected to play a vital role in the growth of Indian Economy. However the ability of the software industry to sustain its growth will depend upon its ability to integrate needs of...

Indian software service providers are in an enviable position due to unprecedented market growth, overseas shortage of manpower, and access to high quality, low cost manpower within the country. We describe two alternate models for future growth of top Indian firms: manpower based growth (MBG)...

In this paper, we investigate subsidiary initiative and strategic choice in the context of Indian software subsidiaries of multinational corporations. Contrary to earlier research, we find that high levels of subsidiary initiative are associated with subsidiaries that have low levels of...