Information Communication Technology and Economic Development reveals new insights regarding the complex process of globalization. It shows how the generation and circulation of intellectual capital in the US and India in ICT have led to greater productivity in the US while faci…
Preface -- Chapter 1: Unlikely Rebels -- Itinerant Experts -- The Unraveling of Permanent Employment -- The Legal Context of Contingent Work -- Estimating the Size of the Contingent Workforce -- Making Sense of Contingent Work -- The Study -- Organization of the Book -- Part I: …
"In this eye-opening, must-read book, a political insider and tech expert explains what's at stake for our tech-enabled lives-and what we can do about it. Neither an industry apologist nor irrational fearmonger, Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like F…
"In this eye-opening, must-read book, a political insider and tech expert explains what's at stake for our tech-enabled lives-and what we can do about it. Neither an industry apologist nor irrational fearmonger, Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like F…
Introduction: Technology and change : ancillary workers in the Indian IT industry -- Flat world, globalization and Indian IT -- Collection, interpretation and analysis of data -- Time, place and space -- Women workers' narratives of precarious work and social struggle -- Conflic…
"This book investigates the life, working conditions, and urban experiences of support-service workers, such as janitors, security guards, culinary workers and carpool drivers in the Information Technology (IT) sector of India. Largely omitted from academic discourse, support-se…
"This book investigates the life, working conditions, and urban experiences of support-service workers, such as janitors, security guards, culinary workers and carpool drivers in the Information Technology (IT) sector of India. Largely omitted from academic discourse, support-se…
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong.
The essential handbook for every information entrepreneur, this is the indispensable guide to launching, managing, and growing an independent research firm. From beginning to end, this newly updated study navigates through every stage of the process introductory procedures, cond…
