Software exporting: a developing country advantage

• Main Authors: Hossein Askari, Joydeep Chatterjee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associazione Economia civile 2003-03-01
• Series: PSL Quarterly Review
• Subjects: Developing Country; Software
• Online Access: http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/9893/9775

Software exports have the potential to make a significant contribution to the economies of developing countries and to the global IT industry. Developing countries have demonstrated a comparative advantage in this export sector and the global IT industry can benefit from this developing country advantage. Today, IT is high investment, high risk, and high reward and has graduated from being a critical support function to a key partner, sometimes responsible for directing the strategy of an enterprise. Business and technology managers cannot afford to miss the opportunities provided by the comparative advantage of developing countries in the IT arena.