Bangalore: Chinese software industry, which is domestic-focused lacks process capability of Indian firms to put them in a bigger league and compete globally, according to a joint study by a Singapore and Chinese University.

The study by Ted Tschang of Asian Development Bank Institute and Singapore Management University and Lan Xue, School of Public Policy and Management, TsingHua University, China, said there are features, which are unique to the Chinese model like the large number of product firms catering to the domestic market.

While Indian software firms began with export services and were built by existing professionals who quit multinational companies and first generation Indian IT firms like TCS and Wipro, the Chinese industry grew by developing products in the Chinese language, it said.

The study on "The Development of Software Industry in China and India: A Comparison" was presented by Rajeev Gowda of Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore at a workshop on Indian development experience recently.

It said, Chinese firms are yet to reach the process maturity of Indian software companies and lacked the ability to manage and control large projects.

On the technology side, the study said the origin of product-based Chinese firms and their technology basis clearly contradicts with that of India.

PTI