Breaking out of lock-in: Insights from case studies into ways up the value ladder for Indian software SMEs

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 40-61

  Nirjar, Abhishek ^a   Tylecote, Andrew ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Client relationship; Communities of practice; HR issues; Indian software industry; Moving up value ladder; Small and medium enterprises; Venture capitalist enterpreneurial team relationship

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; SECURITY OF DATA;

CLIENT RELATIONSHIP; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; HR ISSUES; INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES; MOVING UP VALUE LADDERS; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES; VENTURE CAPITALIST-ENTERPRENEURIAL TEAM RELATIONSHIP;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 25144442231     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 10401628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2005100103     Document Type: Review

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