China as a Software Outsourcing Outlet: Status, Enabling Factors, International Impact, and Growth Determinants

This article analyzes the potential of China as a software outsourcing outlet It reviews the progress China´s software industry made in recent years, 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 outsourcing service industry. Although the study focuses on China, its analysis and suggestions can be valuable to other developing countries as well.