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[...] FDI in ITES and It will not automatically lead to greater IT diffusion [...] part of the 'business-friendly environment' allegedly required to develop an Indian-style software industry is the strong enforcement of anti-piracy software laws. [...] As NASSCOM became dominated by TNCs (including…

the fetter is an unfortunate impediment rather than immovable ballast

This change from domestic to transnational ownership [...] is a concern for the long-term development of the industry, as well as for India more broadly.

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Second, a captive-dominated industry primarily exporting ITES is far less embedded in the economy and therefore less developmental as…

[...] Having secured their control of NASSCOM, and through NASSCOM the IT policy agenda, the Giants felt suitably emboldened to change tack in their recruitment. They stopped employing entry-level professionals and started poaching experienced employees of other software firms, in particular from I…

The competition in the domestic labour market between Giants and Majors initially induced the Indian Majors to move up the value chain. [...] the Majors had long since settled on informal anti-poaching agreements amongst themselves, acknowledging that the costs of poaching far outweighed the gains.…