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Consuming passions.

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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Published in:Economist Vol. 370; no. 8356; pp. 25 - 27
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 1/3/2004
Subjects:
Computer software development
Information technology
International Business Machines Corp.
Offshore assembly industry
Manufacturing industries
Contracting out
Accounting
India
China
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.