Information Technology Services in Shanghai

General Issue

Specific Focus

Specific Issue

A global research by The Accenture 2012 CIO Mobility Survey showed that about 2/3 (67%) of the employees and managers of the information technology services believe that mobile technologies will have a greater impact on business than the Internet in the 1990-ies. The research also showed that more than 2/3 (69%) of the managers who participated in the survey will allocate this year about 20% of it budgets for the development of mobile technologies in their companies (Cnews.ru, 2018).

In the last year, Shanghai has discovered 30% of all the most important discoveries in science and technology. Shanghai scientists and institutes received a third of all national awards and invented more than 30% of new generation medicines. And various technologies in Europe, Asia and North America from this city were exported for more than $3.1 billion, according to China Daily Website.

The impact on small businesses in Shanghai is the main specific issue. Thus, using new technologies of access to information, its processing and storage, businessmen will be able to work more efficiently and effectively, as well as to withstand competition from industrial States.

Even small businesses will have more space to expand: small businesses will be able to use computer technology to establish partnerships with large transnational corporations; advertising; e-Commerce, etc.
(8cent-emails.com, 2018). 

Evidence

Evidence

Evidence

According to Statista Website the growth of the mobile phone users in the world is expected to pass the five billion mark by 2019. China was predicted to have just over 1.4 billion mobile connections in 2017, while India was forecast to reach over one billion. By 2019, China is expected to reach almost 1.5 billion mobile connections and India almost 1.1 billion. 

Nowadays people use mobile phones not only for calling, chatting and gaming, but also for online shopping, etc. What this indicates is that technologies are having a major impact on our lives. The question that needs to be asked is, what does this mean for small businesses?

The population of Shanghai in 2017 was 24 152 700 people. It is the most populous city in the world. It is a 6 thousand square kilometers (Vereshagina, L. , 2017). 

According to 8cent-emails Website, today, the existence of a high-tech environment, competitive business pressure, continuous improvement of information systems and technologies encourage companies to reconsider their attitude to the management of information systems and technologies. As practice shows, information systems and technologies promote innovations in obtaining information for decision-making; positively influence the reorganization of departments of companies and administrative work in companies around the world.

Information systems and technologies really turn into a resource that can radically affect the structure of the organization, provide new types of services for the clients of the company; open new means of communication both in the organization (company) and abroad, etc..