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Discusses how the information technology industry is changing popular culture in parts of India and China. How companies such as IBM have moved many jobs in fields such as software development, accounting, and insurance-claims processing to offshore locations; Changes in traditional Indian traditio...

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Publicado en:	Economist Vol. 370; no. 8356; pp. 25 - 27
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Economist Newspaper Limited 1/3/2004
Materias:	Computer software development Information technology International Business Machines Corp. Offshore assembly industry Manufacturing industries Contracting out Accounting India China
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Sumario:	Discusses how the information technology industry is changing popular culture in parts of India and China. How companies such as IBM have moved many jobs in fields such as software development, accounting, and insurance-claims processing to offshore locations; Changes in traditional Indian traditions due to the influx of jobs and money; Impact of consumer culture and television; Changes in the ways that Indian youth meet and court each other.