Report SLICING THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY IN BRAZIL, CHINA AND INDIA: A TALE OF 3 SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES Francisco Veloso fveloso@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University and Universidade Católica Portuguesa Antonio J Junqueira Botelho abotelho@dctc.puc-rio.br Instituto Gênesis, PUC–Rio, Brasil Ted Tschang tedt@smu.edu.sg Singapore Management University and Asian Development Bank Institute Alice Amsden amsden@mit.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology September 2003