A comparison of institutional systems affecting software advancement in China and India: The role of outsourcing from Japan and the United States

Technology in Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 429-436

  Zhao, Weilin ^a   Watanabe, Chihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Co evolution; India; Innovation; Institutional systems; Japan; Outsourcing; Software

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; OUTSOURCING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ADVANCEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INNOVATION; OUTSOURCING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46549088413     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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