The computer software industry as a vehicle of late industrialization: Lessons from the indian case

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-270

  Parthasarathy, Balaji ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bottom of the pyramid; India; Industrialization; Innovation; Learning; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPUTER INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INNOVATION; LEARNING; SOFTWARE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

INDIA;

EID: 77954642523     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2010.494902     Document Type: Article

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