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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. The numerator (return) encourages more sales, which is fine. He spoke about ROCE (return on capital employed).

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Los Angeles Firm Sells Sex.com For $13M

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a stealthy, offshore firm--one of twelve bidders on the domain. Between 1994 and the sale to Escom, Kremen had to go to the courts to re-gain the domain, after the domain was transfered away from him due to forged domain registrar documents. Sex.com has a long history, having been purchased by Escom in 2006 for a reported $14M.

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Wireless Info Tech Acquired By Chinese Firm

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VanceInfo is an IT services provider providing offshore software development in China. VanceInfo said that Wireless Info Tech had sales of approximately $3M for the eight months ending August 31st.

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Teledyne Buys Instrumentation Firm

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Teledyne said that Baton Rouge-based Odom has designs and manufactures equipment for port survey, dredging, offshore energy and other applications. Odom had sales of roughly $10.9M Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. READ MORE>>.

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EntComm Sells Division

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Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. TAKE is also buying EntComm's offshore operations, which will merge with Take Solutions' center in Chennai. Gardena-based EntComm , a developer of software-as-a-service products, has sold its product division to a Indian software firm, TAKE Solutions.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

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That india isn’t just a headline about call centers, computing programming and offshoring. He wants him to understand how it really works. The author wants us to understand these lessons. These topics all feature in the book. Balram goes on to describe the system how he sees it.

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7 Reasons To Think Globally While Still New And Local

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Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Easier access to international markets is creating limitless sales opportunities on a worldwide basis. Find global sources now.

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