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Resources, Capability and Coordination in Indian Software Firms

In: The Knowledge Economy in India

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  • Parthasarathi Banerjee

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Interoperability of a software service or a product appears to be only one aspect of the larger issue of coordination amongst software-writing firms. The system that a software must be complementary to, is itself evolving, in other words a software introduces a variation and consequently a change in the system Richardson (1997)??? talked about. A system appearing to be robust often quickly gives in to an emergent standard. Product life-cycles are extremely short, and exchange of technical information between software firms helps this concurrent coordination. Inside a firm, especially if it is large, product planning is coordinated through another kind of information. Beyond these two variants of information, there must be another creative variant of information which sets a disequilibrium in the system interoperability. In order that the new technology that this disequilibrating software is bringing in can become operational in the market, a bevy of firms must commence coordination in anticipation – coordination in expectation (Rosenberg, 1976). This appears as a new mode of coordination. ‘Business models’ has been a recent attempt in such coordination.

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  • Parthasarathi Banerjee, 2003. "Resources, Capability and Coordination in Indian Software Firms," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Frank-Jürgen Richter & Parthasarathi Banerjee (ed.), The Knowledge Economy in India, chapter 6, pages 106-129, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-51298-6_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230512986_7
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