China's Opportunity in Software

Author: Liu Yadong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
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The author, Dr. Liu Yadong, based on his profound understanding of the national conditions of both China and the United States, as well as the software industry, reveals the dangers of blindly copying the "American model." The author eloquently points out: the fast-changing market characteristics, the widespread lack of basic management systems, the extensive application of large-scale enterprise software, and the virgin-like IT implementation environment—China faces an industrial landscape completely different from that of the United States. To study the general success patterns of the U.S. software industry, one must first research the success patterns of the enterprise software market, and more importantly, focus on the uniqueness of enterprise software in China. Only by fully understanding the factors behind the U.S. success and combining them with China's specific conditions can one uncover the unique development patterns of China's software industry and create success models tailored to them.
Through a comparative study of the development environments of the software industries in China and the United States, the book concludes that China's software industry needs to take a completely different development path from that of the United States, thereby gaining a unique competitive position in the global software industry landscape.