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Author Gregory, Neil

Title New Industries from New Places : the Emergence of the Hardware and Software Industries in China and India
Published Washington : World Bank, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (278 pages)
Series World Bank e-Library.
Contents Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Part I Foundations; Tables; Figures; Boxes; Part II Software; Part III Hardware; Part IV Summary and Conclusions; References and Other Resources; Index
Summary 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, providi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index
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Subject Computer software industry -- China
Computer software industry -- India
Computer industry -- China
Computer industry -- India
Computer industry
Computer software industry
China
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780821377840
0821377841
9780821364789
0821364782