Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li

This article discusses the recent development of offshoring in the software industry in Japan. Following interviews with several Japanese ICT companies, we reveal the present status and problems of offshoring software development, which cannot be recognized from its macro data. Japanese firms must...

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Main Authors: Takahashi, Nobuhiro, Li, Mita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2008
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29918/
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description This article discusses the recent development of offshoring in the software industry in Japan. Following interviews with several Japanese ICT companies, we reveal the present status and problems of offshoring software development, which cannot be recognized from its macro data. Japanese firms must expand offshoring because of increasing competition within Japan, although offshoring creates an outflow of technology and know-how to foreign firms. This outflow fosters prospective foreign competitors, and improves their technology,especially in China. Small and medium-sized Japanese software companies that lack advanced technology will face competition for survival against foreign firms in the near future. The income gap among Japanese software engineers will also increase.
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spelling uitm-299182020-10-09T05:44:55Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29918/ Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li gadingss Takahashi, Nobuhiro Li, Mita Small business. Medium-sized business Occupational Health Information technology. Information systems This article discusses the recent development of offshoring in the software industry in Japan. Following interviews with several Japanese ICT companies, we reveal the present status and problems of offshoring software development, which cannot be recognized from its macro data. Japanese firms must expand offshoring because of increasing competition within Japan, although offshoring creates an outflow of technology and know-how to foreign firms. This outflow fosters prospective foreign competitors, and improves their technology,especially in China. Small and medium-sized Japanese software companies that lack advanced technology will face competition for survival against foreign firms in the near future. The income gap among Japanese software engineers will also increase. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2008-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29918/1/29918.pdf Takahashi, Nobuhiro and Li, Mita (2008) Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li. (2008) Gading Journal for the Social Sciences <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Gading_Journal_for_the_Social_Sciences.html>, 12 (1). pp. 105-122. ISSN 2600-7568 https://gadingssuitm.com/
spellingShingle Small business. Medium-sized business
Occupational Health
Information technology. Information systems
Takahashi, Nobuhiro
Li, Mita
Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li
title Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li
title_full Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li
title_fullStr Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li
title_full_unstemmed Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li
title_short Offshoring of software development from Japan to China / Nobuhiro Takahashi and Mita Li
title_sort offshoring of software development from japan to china / nobuhiro takahashi and mita li
topic Small business. Medium-sized business
Occupational Health
Information technology. Information systems
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29918/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29918/