September 12, 2012

Analysis of US Software Industry - Part 2

Part 1 is here .  4 Factor Inputs 4.1 Labour Supply Software Industry is dependent on very high-skilled technical workers, and demand for these high skilled workers, remains high. The U.S software sector employs almost 2 million people that pay 195% of the national average (Holleyman 2011). Unionization is rare and the industry represents younger workforce most, with large proportions of workers in the age range of 25-to-44. The labour force in software industry is not homogeneous, i.e., workers in this category...
Posted by Vaishak V. Suvarna on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

September 10, 2012

Analysis of US Software Industry - Part 1

1 Introduction The Information Technology (IT) industry has experienced immense growth in the last couple of decades. It has changed the working methods in almost all other sectors in the economy and achieved an increasing economic importance. The software industry is a critical sub set within this Information Technology industry. The United States has been the world leader in the software industry since its inception. The United States is the largest single software market representing total revenues of $100.6 billion...
Posted by Vaishak V. Suvarna on Monday, September 10, 2012