China allows its firms to copy, or pirate, software created by firms in the United States and other countries.The Chinese firms take the intellectual property created by the other companies and then sell the resulting products for a lower price, undercutting the sales of the companies that invested in the product development.This activity represents a threat in the general environment that might prevent the U.S.companies from achieving strategic competitiveness.

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Piracy and intellectual property theft by Chinese firms can undermine U.S. companies' competitive advantage by reducing their market share and profitability, thus threatening their strategic competitiveness.

China Allows Its Firms to Copy, or Pirate, Software Created