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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS VOL 3, NO 2
5.4.3 Autonomy of Software Firms
Data reveals that 71% of the software firms are subsidiary of some international software
firm. These firms, through these linkages, get well-organized and have predefined setup
and internal nimble culture. While remaining 29% firms have to strive for survival and
progress using their local resources.
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5.4.4 Competitive Resources
6% of the entrepreneurs consider physical resources as their strength, 48% reputational
resources, 37% organizational resources, 10% financial resources, 79% intellectual
resources and 74% technological resources. Jay Barney (1991) argued that the firms get
sustained competitive advantage over others if the advantage is based on reputation,
organizational and intellectual resources, as they are inimitable. But it is found that in
software firms, people develop their comparative advantage on reputation, intellectual
and technological resources which may prolong for longer period of time. They neglect
the importance of organizational resources at a considerable level.
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5.4.5 System Software Developing Firms
Since developing ‘system software’ requires high competency in software development,
therefore, very few firms are developing device drivers, operating system (OS) and
windowing systems. Firms developing ‘utility programs’ are higher in number. Such
shows a potential for improvement in expertise of software development.
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5.4.6 Programming Software Developing Firms
Due to low demand of programming software, its development is low in number. Few
exceptions are NetSol, Systems International and AOS that are developing programming
software for international market. 5% of the sample firms are developing device drivers,
4% operating system, 18% utility programs, 4% windowing system and 54% firms are
not developing programming software.
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5.4.7 Firms that are Developing Application Software
82% of sample firms are developing customized software, 25% Industrial automation,
8% video gaming , 7% image editing, 23% Science software, 35% telecom software,
68% databases, 13% office software, 28% educational software, 17% web application,
8% security tools, 3% military software and 32% are developing decision making
software. The variety in developing software is evident.
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5.4.8 Type of Financing
79% of the sample firms do equity financing, 6% Debt financing and 15% both. It is the
most common mode of starting a business and there are many firms who use debt source
of financing to fulfill their financial needs. It shows that investors’ trend to this industry.
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