A year and a half ago, I wrote a BusinessWeek story about an effort by Byrraju Foundation in India’s Hyderabad to establish BPO operations in rural farming villages. I got…
What a time to go public! India’s Genpact, the leading independent business-process-outsourcing company, IPOed on Thursday in the midst of near-panic on Wall Street. I caught up with CEO Pramod…
Essar Group, a smallish Indian conglomerate, acquired a bit of fame earlier this year when Vodafone bought out Essar’s partner in Hutch-Essar, the fourth-largest Indian wireless carrier. Essar now has…

Innovation is happening everywhere these days. Companies operate without borders to find the best talent and the best ideas wherever they may be. Meanwhile, new business models are arising that just might make it possible to turn large swaths of this contentious world into something approximating a true global village. Tune in for Senior Writer Steve Hamm's dispatches from the intersection of globalization, innovation, and leadership.
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