From underdogs to tigers : the rise and growth of the software industry in Brazil, China, India, Ireland, and Israel /
Contributor(s): Arora, Ashish
| Gambardella, Alfonso
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Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xii, 313 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0199205310 (hbk.); 9780199205318:.Subject(s): Globalization![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Given that the software industry is commonly viewed as a high-tech industry, how is it that its spectacular growth has occurred in countries where high-tech industries would not seem likely to develop? This book examines the reasons behind this phenomenon, and asks whether it suggests a new model of economic development.