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...India Inc. might also be more palatable to some because individual managers and entrepreneurs from the subcontinent are familiar faces overseas. Driven in the past by lack of opportunity at home, India's best and brightest have long studied and worked in the U.S. and Europe. America's high-tech sector in particular has an unusual concentration of Indian workers. Some 13% of all private, venture-backed start-up companies in the U.S. are founded by Indian immigrants, according to a study released this month by the National Venture Capital Association. Many of Silicon Valley's high-tech leaders...
...Like many foreign observers of India's economic emergence, Luce starts by laying out the basic problem: the "curiously lopsided" way in which India's economy has boomed. Why does a country that is home to advanced high-tech and manufacturing companies still have about 400 million illiterate people and high unemployment? In so many aspects of its economy, Luce notes, "India finds itself higher on the ladder than one would expect it to be," yet "most of its population are still standing at the bottom." Many articles and books on India end here, but Luce explains the reasons...
India may be an emerging world leader in high-tech innovation, but you wouldn't know that while shopping for household items in New Delhi. My wife and kids land here in a week, and that has prompted me to try and make things look as homey as possible in our rented house. But as a newcomer to this country, I've discovered that filling the cupboards with groceries and household basics is not as simple as heading to the mall or the supermarket...
...Research for $ale’ is an examination of the process known as "tech transfer," by which innovations move from Harvard’s labs to consumers and patients across the globe. It is funded by the Christopher J. Georges Fellowship, an annual grant awarded to journalists on the staff of The Crimson and administered by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. The fellowship supports investigative projects that exemplify Chris Georges’ commitment to in-depth reporting on issues of enduring social value and the human impact of public policy.Chris Georges ’87 was an executive editor...
...rest of the world, sex and libraries may seem like strange bedfellows. But not at Harvard. Around here, nothing spices up romance like a little Heidegger. After all, boredatlamont.com is really just a tech-savvy cousin of the old “sex in the Widener stacks” fantasy. Maybe this affinity for library lasciviousness is simply the product of convenience. Many Harvard students like studying, and some of them also like sex. Boredatlamont.com lets you kill two birds with one stone...