Comments on: One billion customers http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1824 Sukumar Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:41:12 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1824 Thanks Ranjit for the interesting update on Google China. Thanks Ranjit for the interesting update on Google China.

]]> By: Ranjit Nair http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1823 Ranjit Nair Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:54:57 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1823 A lecture that was held in Carnegie Mellon earlier this month on how google has been doing business in China . Kai-Fu Lee, President of Google Greater China explains the fine points. Thought you would be interested in this. (I know you like google a lot :) . Thanks. http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgDGNPnb124 Did you know that Google bought out the domain G.cn cos lot of chinese ppl couldn't spell out google ! It's a nice & pretty informative lecture. liked it. A lecture that was held in Carnegie Mellon earlier this month on how google has been doing business in China . Kai-Fu Lee, President of Google Greater China explains the fine points. Thought you would be interested in this. (I know you like google a lot :) . Thanks.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgDGNPnb124

Did you know that Google bought out the domain G.cn cos lot of chinese ppl couldn’t spell out google ! It’s a nice & pretty informative lecture. liked it.

]]> By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1312 Sukumar Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:19:48 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1312 Thanks Ranjit. While Indian IT engineers at client sites have certainly contributed, the industry was created first by Tata and then Infosys and Wipro - true Indian entreprenurship. For the longest time being an Indian was not anything you could be proud about especially when you're abroad. Indian IT engineers becoming offshoring experts is a relatively recent phenomenon. They've successfully latched onto the oportunity after ofshoring became mainstream. Thanks also for the book link. Sounds interesting. I'll add it to my todo list. Thanks Ranjit. While Indian IT engineers at client sites have certainly contributed, the industry was created first by Tata and then Infosys and Wipro - true Indian entreprenurship. For the longest time being an Indian was not anything you could be proud about especially when you’re abroad. Indian IT engineers becoming offshoring experts is a relatively recent phenomenon. They’ve successfully latched onto the oportunity after ofshoring became mainstream.

Thanks also for the book link. Sounds interesting. I’ll add it to my todo list.

]]> By: Ranjit http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1309 Ranjit Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:51:09 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1309 Update: http://www.amazon.com/Billions-Entrepreneurs-China-Reshaping-Futures/dp/1422103838 Update: http://www.amazon.com/Billions-Entrepreneurs-China-Reshaping-Futures/dp/1422103838

]]> By: Ranjit http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1308 Ranjit Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:12:57 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/18/one-billion-customers/#comment-1308 Oops ! I caught this post a bit late sir ... A line that most of them missed 'when an Indian IT engineer becomes the India offshoring expert at our client sites with the only qualification being the Indian origin.' Huh... but please do always remember that between the guy at client site and a bunch of out of college Engineers in India, some chaps have spun up a billion dollar offshoring industry :) And yep, not many cases of McDonell type troubles I believe ! I liked the comparison between China & India that was all over the post. As for books, I found lots of them by Chinese mainlanders in Amazon , but I guess all of them have been influenced either by a UCLA or a Stanford. I recently read in an HBR article that Prof Tarun khanna is working on a book titled 'Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours' . Should be a nice read.It's supposed to be out this Jan. Oops ! I caught this post a bit late sir …
A line that most of them missed ‘when an Indian IT engineer becomes the India offshoring expert at our client sites with the only qualification being the Indian origin.’ Huh… but please do always remember that between the guy at client site and a bunch of out of college Engineers in India, some chaps have spun up a billion dollar offshoring industry :) And yep, not many cases of McDonell type troubles I believe !

I liked the comparison between China & India that was all over the post. As for books, I found lots of them by Chinese mainlanders in Amazon , but I guess all of them have been influenced either by a UCLA or a Stanford.
I recently read in an HBR article that Prof Tarun khanna is working on a book titled ‘Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours’ . Should be a nice read.It’s supposed to be out this Jan.

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