Month: October 2003

Red Herring’s December event to feature Offshore Outsourcing “Outsourcing in India and elsewhere” features prominently among the topics listed for the Red Herring Fall conference, an invitation-only event to be…

SEBI’s Venture Capital advisory committee submits report The Advisory Committee on Venture Capital has submitted its report to India’s capital market regulator, SEBI. The committee, under the Chairmanship of Dr.…

Manish Sabharwal’s interview to Knowledge@Wharton In a fascinating interview to Knowledge@Wharton, Manish Sabharwal, Founder & Managing Director of pioneering HR BPO firm, India Life Hewitt, provides both solid and witty…

Products and services businesses require completely different DNA: Infosys sales chief “(When) someone asks me why my company (Infosys Technologies) isn’t being more aggressive with products, I will just put…

“Venture Capital is not available for start-ups” “Today, there are no true start-up VCs. Investments are happening in companies which have made cash profits and are looking for funds for…

Selecting an offshore software development partner The McKinsey Quarterly recently published a primer on offshore software development with an aim to help US companies identify which projects they should outsource…

What’s slowing India’s economic growth? A recent study by global consulting firm McKinsey found three main barriers to faster growth in India: the multiplicity of regulations governing product markets, distortions…

New research counters anti-outsourcing lobby At last, there is some research to counter the huge negative press generated by the “3.3 million US jobs to be lost due to offshoring”…

The Economist profiles travel BPO firm Tecnovate and its UK parent ebookers New Delhi-based Tecnovate, the Indian BPO subsidiary of UK-based leisure travel firm, ebookers plc, recently raised $10 million…