in China and India‚ 1993–2007 It was early summer 2007. Craig Mundie‚ chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft Corporation‚ had just completed a transcontinental phone call with Orlando Ayala‚ Will Poole‚ Tim Chen‚ Ravi Venkatesan (HBS MBA 1992)‚ and Ya-Qin Zhang‚ all members of the senior management team overseeing Microsoft’s growth in China and India. A decade ago‚ Mundie had begun to broaden Microsoft’s forays into both countries. Now‚ he continued to mentor the China and India teams
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diaIndia vs. China: Whose Economy Is Better? In the inevitable comparisons that economists and businesspeople make between Asia’s two rising giants‚ China and India‚ China nearly always comes out on top. The Chinese economy historically outpaces India’s by just about every measure. China’s fast-acting government implements new policies with blinding speed‚ making India’s fractured political system appear sluggish and chaotic. Beijing’s shiny new airport and wide freeways are models of modern development
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and Contrast China and India Since the end of World War II china and India have faced similar conditions and challenges in education during their rapid industrial and social transformation. During that time period the two countries have been building their national education systems through different routes. China has outperformed India in primary and secondary education along a broad spectrum of access‚ quality‚ and delivery. India has enjoyed a competitive edge over China in higher education
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Gupta Empire The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade activity. It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts‚ fabulous literature‚ and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period. In 185 B.C.E.‚ the Mauryan empire collapsed when the last of the Mauryan kings was assassinated. In its place‚ small kingdoms arose throughout India. For nearly 500 years‚ the various states warred with each other. In the northern
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I. Introductory Paragraph Although Han China and Rome shared the same attitudes regarding the importance of public works‚ with China devising the flood prevention system‚ and Rome creating the indispensable aqueducts‚ they had completely opposing views concerning tools used for crafts‚ with the Roman upper-class viewing such tools as demeaning and the Han China upper-class approving and encouraging such tools‚ especially after the invention of the mortar and pestle. II. Importance for Public
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British imperialism in China and India brought very different responses‚ in part because of the nature of imperialism in each place. While both regions were greatly influenced by the British‚ in India the country was placed under the direct rule of the Queen. In China on the other hand‚ the "spheres of influence" were economic‚ and did not entail direct British rule. During the British imperial age the culture of China continued on much the same as it had before‚ while in India the British tried to
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The roman and Han Empire were different in their political and governmental control through the use of the monarchy and the republic system. The monarchy of the Han Empire was a method of political control because it really strengthened the power of the government to really crackdown on the citizens to make sure that there were no protests or any riots. This control also showed the kinds of beliefs that they had in Han China. Also another type of political control that they used was the filial piety
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HAN CHINA & ROMAN EMPIRE • Both lasted approximately 400 years • Both had populations of about 50 million • Both emphasized territorial expansion • Agriculture was the base • Land = wealth • Gov’t revenue based on a % of the annual harvest • Both dominated by patriarchy & reverence for fathers • Both focused on veneration of ancestors (but more so the Han) • Han – family was the model of organization for the state • Early on‚ both empires focused on rituals and themes that would
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WORLD HISTORY – S10 SECOND LONG PAPER The 1876-1879 and 1896-1902 famines in India and China were some of the worst famines the world had ever seen up until that point in time (Rouse Lecture). In China and India from 1876-1882‚ the estimated mortality was between 31 and 61 million (Davis 2001: 7). If the British and the Chinese governments had made simple changes in their policies regarding India and China‚ the results of the famine would not have been so catastrophic. In this paper I will
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* How did Rajat Gupta‚ who belonged to the highest echelons of corporate America‚ the golden boy of Indian Americans‚ get convicted of insider trading? How did Rajaratnam get tips on companies like Intel? * Rajat Gupta’s impending journey into the federal prison system for criminal insider trading ends a remarkable success story and punctuates his swift fall from grace. * A native of Kolkata‚ Mr. Gupta‚ 63 years old‚ moved at a young age to New Delhi. His father‚ Ashwini‚ a disciple of Mohandas
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