Information Technology Training in India toward Globalization

Human Capital Response to Globalization: Education and Information Technology in India

Recent studies show that trade liberalization increases skilled wage premiums in developing countries. This result suggests globalization bene…ts skilled workers more than unskilled workers, increasing inequality. However, if human capital investment responds to new global opportunities, this e¤ect may be mitigated. I study how the impact of globalization varies across Indian districts with di¤...

Strategic Cost-Cutting in Information Technology: toward a Framework for Enhancing the Business Value of IT

The increasing dependency of many businesses with information technology (IT)and the high percentage of the IT investment in all invested capital in businessenvironment ask for more attention to this important driver of business. Thelimitation of capital budget forces the managers to look for more wise investment inIT. There are many cost-cutting techniques in the literature and each of them ha...

Information Technology and Rural Development in India

How can information technology (IT) contribute to rural development? What are the channels through which impacts can be realized, and what are the practical means for realizing potential benefits? This paper examines several ongoing projects that aim to provide IT-based services to rural populations in India. These projects are distinguished by the goal of commercial sustainability, which suppo...

Information Technology, Telecommunications, and Globalization of Services Production

Scale to Measure Attitudes Toward Information Technology

The current post-secondary graduation rates in computing disciplines suggest American universities are only training enough students to fill one third of the projected 1.4 million technology and computing jobs available (National Center for Women and Information Technology, 2011). Pursuit of information technology (IT) majors depends, to a great extent, on students’ attitudes toward these major...