IT and the East: How China and India Are Altering the Future of Technology and Innovation.

• Author: Marshall, Jeffrey
• Position: Bookshelf - Brief article

IT and the East: How China and India Are Altering the Future of Technology and Innovation. By James M. Popkin and Partha Iyengar. Harvard Business School Press, 224 pages. $35.

It's common wisdom that, as the authors argue, "the center of gravity in the technology world has shifted east." Certainly, India's leap into technology and its dominant position in technology outsourcing for Western companies has been chronicled for years; China's technology prowess is in more of a developmental stage, but the potential is enormous.

Popkin and lyengar, a retired research leader and current research vice president at Gartner Inc., respectively, note that the two nations are producing engineers and technicians at rates that far surpass those in the West--and that the domestic market for technology in those nations is surging. As they improve their...