Top 10 Outsourcing Stocks

Anything I write about outsourcing seems to lead to a heated debate. My article on the Death of Indian Outsourcing was one such piece. The more recent Obama and Outsourcing received a similar welcome. Regardless of what happens to the outsourcing industry as a result of the US elections in November, outsourcing firms will remain key contributors to a changing

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Vision India 2020: Green Village

India’s real estate development, for the longest time, had consisted of multi-story residential and commercial buildings in urban settings. With increasing traffic and the cities bursting at their seams, getting to and from work every day had become a tremendous challenge. We founded Green Village, a real estate development company with a commitment to green

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How Jagmohan Dalmiya Commercialized Cricket (Part 6)

SM: From where you sit, where do you think cricket needs to go next? JD: Nobody can say for sure, as it is still very early. I see a lot of countries like India and Pakistan where cricket is moving fast towards club cricket, like league football.

How Jagmohan Dalmiya Commercialized Cricket (Part 5)

SM: When you were president of the ICC, what were the main areas you wanted to improve? JD: Everything. Coaching, umpiring, and everything associated with the game, and I needed the money to do that.

Dell Targets India

Dell and rival HP continue to jockey over market share. As per market intelligence firm IDC, Dell increased its market share from 15.5% last quarter to 16.4% versus HP’s 18.9%. It has grown 21.4% y-o-y compared with the industry growth rate of 15.3%. But this growth has apparently come at the cost of profit: yesterday

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Vision India 2020: Harvard Medical School, India

As our MIT India project gained its stride, and MIT won tremendous international acclaim for the vision and leadership it demonstrated in promoting open education, the folks at Harvard were feeling jealous. They wanted their own playground to contribute and to show off!

How Jagmohan Dalmiya Commercialized Cricket (Part 4)

SM: Can you talk about 1993 to 2008? JD: That was a great time. It seemed that every day the situation improved.

Building Indian Mobile Banking: mChek CEO Sanjay Swamy (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Sanjay Swamy is the CEO of mChek, a mobile payment platform developed in collaboration with VISA. The company has enabled users to access their Indian bank-issued credit or debit card via their cell phones. It has quickly become India’s largest mobile payments platform. SM: Tell me

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