It is generally understood that firm strategy is linked to both internal firm resources and external, competitive industry forces. More recently, studies have suggested that firm strategy is also influenced by the formal and informal institutions of the institutional environment. Culture and...

This article examines how and why firms in Bangalore, a city in southern India, have achieved success in the global software industry. We use Porter's "diamond framework" to analyze information obtained from secondary sources and interviews with engineers, managers, and top executives from...