Tag Archives: India

“The New Oil” privatizing global water supply chains

Posted on October 17, 2010 by aviyer2010

The Oct 18, 2010 edition of Newsweek has an article titled “The New Oil” and describes a private supply chain to take water from Sitka, send it to a bottler near Mumbai, India for sale to customers in the Middle … Continue reading →

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Outsourced Legal Services

Posted on October 1, 2010 by aviyer2010

A recent New York Times article described the outsourcing of legal work to lawyers in India. The concept of splitting white collar work into a standard and a customized component is interesting. A careful splitting of such work requires coordination … Continue reading →

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