Structural Shifts in the Chinese Software Industry

Abstract:     
Although China has left India far behind in terms of most economic and technological indicators, there is one area China has failed to catch up: the commercial software industry. Analysts disagree on the magnitude and direction of future gap between the software industries of the two economies. While India's development has been one-dimensional in the development of skill base, the Chinese software industry in recent years is undergoing major structural shifts in many respects. An analysis cannot make a meaningful prediction without considering such structural changes. This paper analyzes structural shifts in the Chinese software industry in terms of market, technology, actor, product and focus.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 18

Keywords: Structural shift, software industry, India, China, disruptive innovations, OSS

JEL Classification: O33

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