The rising importance of software and information technology as drivers of R&D and innovation The shortage in software/IT workers drove US firms to countries with an abundant supply of tech talent, like China, India and Israel, write Lee Branstetter, Britta Glennon and J. Bradford Jensen

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2019/04/30/the-rising-importance-software-and-information-technology-as-drivers-of-rd-and-innovation/