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New industries from new places : the emergence of the software and hardware industries in China and India

Tenev, Stoyan, Gregory, Neil F., Nollen, Stanley D.

2009

Overview

Software comes from India, hardware comes from China. Why is that? Why did China and India take such different paths to global dominance in new high-tech industries? Will their paths continue to diverge or converge? How can other countries learn from their successes – and failures – in reaching global scale in new industries? To answer these questions, this book presents the first rigorous comparison of the growth of the IT industries in China and India, based on interviews with over 300 companies. It explains the different growth paths of the software and hardware sectors in each country, providing insights into the factors behind the emergence of China and India as global economic powers. It provides a compelling case study of how differences in economic policies and the investment climate affect industrial growth. This book sheds new light on common debates on 'China versus India', on why India is the software capital of the world while China is a manufacturing powerhouse. It refutes common myths about the growth of these industries – for example, the role of Non-Resident Indians or the Y2K problem in the growth of the Indian software industry, the role of government intervention in industrial growth, and the relative size of China and India's software industries.

• Publisher: World Bank,Stanford University Press,World Bank Publications,Washington, DC: World Bank and Stanford University Press,Stanford Univ. Press [u.a.]
• Subject: Advanced Technology / back office / Balance of Payments / bandwidth / best practices / broadband / broadband connectivity / BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Environment / business environments / business function / Business Indicators / business process / business process outsourcing / Business services / business Software / business strategies / business strategy / businesses / call centers / capabilities / Capability / Capital Needs / capital requirements / catalytic role / China / collaboration / communities / competitive advantage / Competitiveness / components / Computer / Computer equipment / Computer hardware / Computer industry / Computer industry -- China / Computer industry -- India / Computer software / Computer software industry / Computer software industry -- China / Computer software industry -- India / computer storage / Computers / Connectivity / consumer electronics / Copying / Copyright / Corporate Culture / Corporate cultures / cultural norms / customer relations / customer service / data collection / data entry / data sources / data storage / devices / digital / digital video / Disk drives / E-mail / economic activities / economic development / Edible Oils / electrical machinery / electronic equipment / engineering / engineers / Enterprise applications / enterprise development / expert opinion / export markets / Factors of Production / financial flows / financial institutions / financial resources / financial services / financial support / financial system / financial systems / Fiscal Deficits / foreign direct investment / Foreign Investment / global economy / global market / Government Policies / Government Policy / Hardware / hardware manufacturing / high technology / high technology industries / higher education institutions / human capital / IKT-Sektor / India / Industrial development / Information and communication technologies / information services / information technology / information technology industry / innovation / innovations / intangible assets / intellectual property / intellectual property rights / Interest Rates / International Business / international comparisons / international competition / international competitiveness / international trade / Internet service providers / internet software / IT services / keyboards / knowledge sharing / Labor Costs / land use / learning / licenses / local area networks / localization / Mainframe / Mainframe computers / mainframes / Manufacturing / Manufacturing Industries / manufacturing industry / market economies / market share / marketing / material / medium enterprises / menu / microelectronics / Middleware / mobile telephones / modems / monitors / motherboards / natural resource / natural resources / Networking / new markets / office operations / open access / operating systems / outsourcing / Peripherals / personal computer / personal computers / photo / physical infrastructure / policy framework / power supplies / printed circuits / private investment / Private Sector / Private Sector Development / procurement / product development / production process / Production Processes / Productivity / Programming / programs / protection of intellectual property / publishing / purchasing power / purchasing power parity / queries / R&D / radios / regulatory framework / result / results / routers / satellite / scanners / searches / Semiconductor / Semiconductor Industry / Semiconductors / servers / social services / Software / Software Companies / software exports / Software Industries / software product / software Production / software products / Software Services / software services industry / Softwareindustrie / Standardization / storage devices / subsidiary / supply chain / Systems integration / Systems software / technical knowledge / technical skill / technical skills / technical support / technological change / Technological innovations / technology development / technology park / Technology Transfer / Telecom / telecom infrastructure / Telecommunications / telecommunications connectivity / Telecommunications equipment / telecommunications industry / Telecommunications services / Telephone / televisions / transaction / users / uses / video / wide area networks / Workstations
• ISBN: 9780804762816, 0804762805, 0821364782, 0804762813, 9780821377857, 9780804762809, 9780821364789, 082137785X, 0821377841, 9780821377840