The Business Ecosystem of the Chinese Software Industry

Jiangping Wan, Hui Zhang, Xiaoyao Wan, Weiping Luo

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DOI: 10.4236/ib.2011.32018                

Abstract

The software industry business ecosystem is proposed, and a business ecosystem health evaluation model is built. Its factors are in the following: stability factors, including productivity, diversity and resilience; the sustainability factors, including productivity, vitality and creativity. And this evaluation model is applied to the Chinese software industry business ecosystem health analysis. Finally, some considerations on the industrial policy and the industrial clusters are put forward.

Keywords

Software Industry, Business Ecosystem, Health Research, Stability, Sustainability, Industrial Policy, Industrial Cluster

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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