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Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 17: 147–149, 2014 Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1097-198X print / 2333-6846 online DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2014.951297 EDITORIAL PREFACE Jaideep Ghosh CSIR – National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi, India Since the resurgence of growth in the globalization of information technology (IT) products and services in the late 1990s, the performance of the information technology/information technology enabled services & business process outsourcing (IT/ITES & BPO) sectors in India has indeed been remarkable. The contribution of this entire sector of the industry to India’s gross domestic product (GDP) alone has amounted close to 6.0% during the past decade. As indicated in a report by the National Association of Software Services and Companies (NASSCOM), employment opportunities in the Indian IT sector have exceeded two million in 2009. The IT and BPO industry is also the largest employer in the private sector in India, with annual revenues exceeding US $50 billion (U.S.; NASSCOM report). Nevertheless, over the past several years, India’s position as a leading, global IT player has been neither fully steady nor sufficiently stable. Indeed, Indian IT/ITES companies have been contending with many difficult issues, challenges,