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The Outsourcer : The Story of India's IT Revolution.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (295 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262328333
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.4/70050954
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Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- Exchange Rate of Indian Rupee vis-à-vis U.S. Dollar (End-of-Year Rates) -- Introduction -- 1 India's First Computers -- 2 The Beginning of State Involvement -- 3 The Rise, Fall, and Rise of IBM -- 4 The Dawn of the Computer Age in India -- 5 Discovering a New Continent -- 6 Software Dreams Take Flight -- 7 The Transition to Offshore -- 8 Turning Geography into History -- 9 Conclusion: The Making of a Digital Nation -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: A history of how India became a major player in the global technology industry, mapping technological, economic, and political transformations.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- Exchange Rate of Indian Rupee vis-à-vis U.S. Dollar (End-of-Year Rates) -- Introduction -- 1 India's First Computers -- 2 The Beginning of State Involvement -- 3 The Rise, Fall, and Rise of IBM -- 4 The Dawn of the Computer Age in India -- 5 Discovering a New Continent -- 6 Software Dreams Take Flight -- 7 The Transition to Offshore -- 8 Turning Geography into History -- 9 Conclusion: The Making of a Digital Nation -- Notes -- Index.

A history of how India became a major player in the global technology industry, mapping technological, economic, and political transformations.

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