An Analytical View of China as a Software Outsourcing Outlet
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چکیده
While China is recognized as an important software outsourcing outlet today, its growth as a software outsourcing outlet is not without struggle. This article examines the early-day growth of China as a software outsourcing outlet, discusses hindering factors that once constrained China’s potential as a software outsourcing service provider, and identifies various enabling factors that contributed to China’s growing potential as a software outsourcing service provider. It analyzes the potential impact China’s growing capabilities as a software outsourcing outlet may have internationally and identifies what China would need to do to become a greater contributor to the world’s software outChina as a Software Outsourcing Outlet 65 sourcing service industry. While the study focuses on China, its analysis and suggestions can be valuable to other developing countries as well.
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