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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455003403321

Autore

Gregory Neil F

Titolo

New industries from new places [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of the software and hardware industries in China and India / / Neil Gregory, Stanley Nollen, Stoyan Tenev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA, : Stanford Economics and Finance/Stanford University Press

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009

ISBN

1-282-06087-2

9786612060878

0-8213-7784-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NollenStanley D

TenevStoyan <1961->

Disciplina

338.4/70040951

Soggetti

Computer software industry - China

Computer software industry - India

Computer industry - China

Computer industry - India

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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