Resources, Capability and Coordination in Indian Software Firms

Parthasarathi Banerjee

Chapter 6 in The Knowledge Economy in India, 2003, pp 106-129 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Vertical Integration; Intermediate Good; Dynamic Capability; Strategic Management Journal; Resource Theorist (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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