RE: Frog Design: 'Chinese soccer moms' and why software is king
It's all about new products and new markets. You don't want to be "so last year", because someone else has a newer/better gadget than you do.
China? India? These are not just booming economies, they are booming marketplaces... which is exaclty why the Kyoto Accords were doomed. China and India were exempt. Those two countries are driving the global energy demand, and the price of oil, among other things.