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Autore |
Sharma Dinesh C |
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Titolo |
The outsourcer : the story of India's IT revolution / / Dinesh C. Sharma |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2015] |
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ISBN |
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0-262-32834-8 |
0-262-32833-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (295 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computer software industry - India - History |
Information technology - India - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published as: The long revolution. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A history of how India became a major player in the global technology industry, mapping technological, economic, and political transformations. |
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