Message-ID: <AB94A81FB6@mail1.mcc.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:21:27 GMT From: Richard Heeks <mailto:MZDRBHS@MH1.MCC.AC.UK> Subject: India's Software Industry - New Book To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
INDIA'S SOFTWARE INDUSTRY - NEW BOOKThis new book provides full and up-to-date details about India's US$500m software outsourcing trade: production figures; number of workers; the Indian producer firms and the US and European clients involved; costs; productivity data; divisions of labour and skills; impact of automated programming tools and other threats; historical trends and future directions; etc.
It provides a key focus on the role played by the Indian government in fostering (or hindering) the growth of India's software industry, and also provides analysis of the development of India's local software markets. In addition, two chapters include an in-depth analysis of the development of India's computer industry.
This book's analysis probes many misconceptions, and is based on a wealth of facts and figures gathered in India and other countries for an ongoing research project. The author, Dr Richard Heeks, is a researcher based at the Institute for Development Policy and Management within the UK's University of Manchester.
Publication details: Heeks, R. (1996) India's Software Industry. Sage Publications. [ISBN: 0-8039-9265-3]
Order details for US: Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, California 91320 Phone: 805-499-0721 Fax: 805-499-0871 Email: mailto:order@sagepub.com Price: $39.95 + $2.00 handling/postage for pre-paid orders
Information on UK orders and further details from: mailto:richard.heeks@man.ac.uk