Infosys: Financing an Indian Software Start-Up

Infosys is small software festering venture which erects information technology (IT) consulting services for worldwideistic clients. The smart set is placed in Bangalore and was founded back in 1981 by a small pigeonholing of skllfull entrepreneurs, with very little equity of 1000$ and with bulge out backing from a adult companies. Mr. R. Narayana Murthy is the CEO and chairman and Nandan Nilekani is the president and chief operating officer (COO), of Infosys Technologies Ltd. world a ac companion grounded on a Indian soil at that tome was non an advantage for Infosys because the economic policy supported by the organisation prior to 1991 caused many problems for business, especially for those businesses that wanted to import goods from a extraneous mart. on that pointfore the easiest business solution for Infosys was to develop software services , since product of hardware could have been a troble because all the devices they need for the hardware education were impor ted from abroad. Because the domestic market held no real opportunity for the sensitive company, Infosys focused on international markets for its software products.Up till 1999 Narayana Murthy bought out all the shares from the remaining founders, the company has dramatically transformed its business and doubling and grown with over 100 employees. It faced possible bancropcy but in some way managed to survive it, took the advantage of the capital markets with one of the first market-priced IPOs and brought itself a abominable growth in its business. It is our vision at Infosys, to create world-class leadership who will be at the forefront of business and technology in todays competitive marketplace.Challenges As the mission for the company was to become a globally respected firm and a leader in the Indian market, they necessitate to transform Infosys as a desirable place to work not only for domestic people but also for the foreigners who have complementary skills. That is why they have invested the money from the IPO and created an environment that would enhance the boilersuit experience for employees by taking three most valuable value learning value-added, if there is financial value-added, and if there is emotional value-added.This was very salubrious percieved by the internal employees as well as all different gratuated students who were considering Infosys as the best place to work. Employees had very good training programm, prospect for carrier development, possibility for company loans for private reasons etc. Infosys even offered phone line options to all qualified employees. The factor which helped Infosys to grow at a meteoric pace than others was the low employee turnover. The turnover rate at Infosys was around 11% as opposed to industry average for software companies of over 25% during the 1990s.Infosys retention capability was a function both of its rigorous alternative procedures as well as proactive HRD practices Increasing produc tivity was their following dispute in order to remain competitive on a global basis. Therefore they considered three objectives increase our customer penetration, to increase our shop equity, increase the amount of fixed price contracts we work on. Hiring international employees was a possibility to accomplish many of the objectives with regard to productivity.And finally the most important challenge was regarding future growth and financing. Infosys shares trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The company must decide whether it should seek to also list its shares on a U. S. stock exchange and, if yes, whether to list on NASDAQ or NYSE. Solution There are several opportunities and constraints for considering the current situation and objective of the company. The main challenge is to move up the value chain by increasing our revenues per employee and by increasing our customer base.For accomplishing this goal, the brand should be enhanced not with tools worry advertising and other traditional forms of marketing but with word-of-mouth packaging that will highlight the uniqueness of our company compared to our competitors. Secondly, an ADR go in the join States would help accomplish other goals, such as the recruitment of international employees. Thirdly, in addition to providing currency for our employees, a listing would also provide currency for acquisitions in the United States or any another international location.Finally, it would be helpful for our current investors as well. Very few contraints appeared for infosyss listing on the US exchange, mostly related to the valuation of the company on the US exhange. Conclusions In my opinion I think the company should be list its shares on the US exhange due to the following reasons The offering would be fantastic for investors as there are very few, if any, a analogous(p) ways to invest in this part of the world and there is a huge desire to invest in international markets.Possibility to recrute internatio nal employees. Finally with the listing Infosys will voluntarily opt to behave like a US domestic issuer, rather than subjecting itself to the less stringent standards of a foreign issuer. When it comes for deciding the right exchange, I would choose NASDAQ since it is a favoired market for technology stocks and offers better conditions for foreign companies unlike NYSE .