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The Indian Software Industry from an Israeli Perspective: a Systems/Evolutionary and Policy View

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This chapter has two objectives: first an analysis of the evolution of Israel’s high-tech sector and cluster over the past thirty years to identify aspects of Israel’s IT high-tech experience of the 1990s which may be useful in assessing the prospects of India’s IT high-tech sector during this decade; the second to suggest policy directions or policy issues that, if put into effect, might contribute to accelerating the evolution, alongside India’s existing software/IT industry, of a more R&D-intensive, ‘Silicon Valley’-type segment of high-tech.

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  1. Gil Avnimelech
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  1. Comparative International Development, University of Washington, USA

    Anthony P. D’Costa (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India (in New Delhi), India

    E. Sridharan (Academic Director) (Academic Director)

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Avnimelech, G., Teubal, M. (2004). The Indian Software Industry from an Israeli Perspective: a Systems/Evolutionary and Policy View. In: D’Costa, A.P., Sridharan, E. (eds) India in the Global Software Industry. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403943842_5

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