Nickname: Alex

Review: China is finally moving up the value chain. It is in transition of developing its own technology. Many of the engineers and scientists that have worked in transnational companies eventually could move to Chinese-owned companies and peform their own R & D. Also, they could open their own companies. A good example is Fairchild Semiconductor where many of its engineers would become entrepreneurs and open their own companies such as Intel, AMD, National Semiconductor, et al.

Date reviewed: Apr 21, 2006 8:45 AM

Nickname: Untitled

Review: Some development centers in India: Microsoft India: 600 developers; Adobe India: 250+ developers; IBM: 38,500 now, and 55,000 by the end of this year, with high-end consultancy being moved to India as new delivery center starts; Symantec India: 1,700 employees, 40% of global workforce; McAfee India: Largest development center for McAfee SAP India: 450 developers; Oracle India: 8,600 employees, largest development center outside U.S. Regarding innovation: Ask TI, Intel (whitefield), adobe(Photo Shop Album Starter Edition, PageMaker 7.0 besides other applications), so on and so forth.

Date reviewed: Apr 12, 2006 8:59 AM

Nickname: Boondocks

Review: Blockbuster: If China is to play a major role, the CCP must go. Democracy in China is inevitable. How long can one political party enslave its own people!

Date reviewed: Apr 12, 2006 6:55 AM

Nickname: Dr. Jack Galvin

Review: An excerpt from http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/3014083/2/c_3046613?f=related "Take TCS. The company currently has 26,000 engineers--more than any other company in the world-- assessed at the highest level of Carnegie Mellon University's SEI-CMM scale, the industry benchmark for software quality. Other Indian companies are equally dedicated to SEI-CMM, as well as to such other quality standards as ISO and Six Sigma. The result is often not just a cheaper service in India, but a better and timelier one, too."

Date reviewed: Apr 12, 2006 6:14 AM

Nickname: Rambo

Review: I bet this forum is being monitored by the CCP. I really wonder how successful software project teams can be in "top-down" culture which places more emphasis on "conformity" than on innovation. Democratic thought process is alien to the Chinese. I dont think I'd like to work for a company where I am a foot soldier of Chairman Mao.

Date reviewed: Apr 12, 2006 6:06 AM

Nickname: blockbuster

Review: China is poise to play a growing role in the global community, which will provide enormous opportunities for business around the world. Yet some problems still remain to be resolved, the widespread use of the piracy, for instance, have made substantial amount of lost to high-technology companies each year. The rectification is a prime requisite to an enduring business order

Date reviewed: Apr 6, 2006 2:44 PM

Nickname: nanheyangrouchuan

Review: For all of the hype around these foriegn research labs, the research managers are all foreign. The chinese are hired as assembly line programmers and developers. And as for ma's comments, if chinese culture is so great now, why is china such a wreck? Those east asian countries leading the way in science and tech are much more open and exploratory. China is only for making the CCP look good and "traditional" culture is like carrying a dead horse on China's back.

Date reviewed: Apr 4, 2006 12:05 AM

Nickname: rootrat

Review: India has no software products worthy of mention. All that the Indian software industry can offer is low productivity and shoddy workmanship. Most Indian engineers do not produce enough to justify their pitiful salaries.

Date reviewed: Apr 2, 2006 5:35 PM

Nickname: randyjg2

Review: Would BusinessWeek care to do an article on US R&D centers as well? I would really like to learn more about them. A comparison might be interesting.

Date reviewed: Mar 31, 2006 4:33 AM

Nickname: Edward

Review: I toured China to see business and had my wife take Gray Line Tours..she saw more of China than me

Date reviewed: Mar 30, 2006 10:02 PM