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Category Archives: Public Policy
Health Care and Patient Information Online
In all the health care debate – the question of patient information sharing is not getting enough importance. Should it? Probably yes if you see how doctor's offices and hospitals struggle with trying to keep track of information. Just think how many times you repeat the answer to your allergy question!! On the provider sideContinue reading “Health Care and Patient Information Online”
“Cash for clunkers” great for auto,consumer confidence and green economy
// <![CDATA[ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); // ]]> // <![CDATA[ try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} // ]]> It turns out that the tackily named "Cash for clunkers" paltry 1B $ (now 3 B $ ) government programContinue reading ““Cash for clunkers” great for auto,consumer confidence and green economy”
The Stimulus and Procurement Reform
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Ever since the stimulus package was announced I have been asking friends in the supply chain community as to whether the stimulus package will create new jobs inContinue reading “The Stimulus and Procurement Reform”
G-20 summit a success – is the world really getting “flat” ?
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} It is not just travel,communication and the Internet -that's turning the world flat as Thomas Friedman famously pointed out. The most amazing image from the G-20 summit isContinue reading “G-20 summit a success – is the world really getting “flat” ?”
What types of B2B and Supply Chain jobs will the stimulus package create ?
(Note: This post of Feb 9, 2009 refers to the 2007-8 stimulus package) We have been trying to figure out the kind of opportunities that might come up from the stimulus package – particularly in the B2B and Supply Chain areas. I think there will be plenty of opportunities in these areas if you start looking at what the stimulus is planning to do.
From a public phone booth in India
My winter break travels in India (January 2008) turned out to be great. Visited Delhi,Mumbai(Bombay),Goa and Kolkata (Calcutta)and got the distinct feel that the economy was on the move. Yes ITES ( Information Technology Enabled Services) are important and this sector feeds the notion of India as the global powerhouse of IT services. But whatContinue reading “From a public phone booth in India”
Marketing Academic in “Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee”
I had just happened to call Professor Rajesh Chandy on Monday over a problem with a US Patent database paper that my Research Assistants and me were grappling with. We were trying to do electronic searches with key words and Rajesh’s articles were not coming up in the Marketing journals. So I called Rajesh andContinue reading “Marketing Academic in “Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee””
Dems,outsourcing and innovation
With the Democrats seizing control of the US Congress and Senate everyone involved in global outsourcing as suppliers or providers would wonder how things are going to be – going forward. To investigate this – I started looking up what folks are saying …. For those of you watching campaign ads – you would rememberContinue reading “Dems,outsourcing and innovation”
Sandy Springs,Atlanta
I was on the elliptical machine at my gym which has nice LCD TV’s attached to the machines. Had been watching CNN when a fascinating story about outsourcing town hall came up. Tried to locate the story from the CNN website but it seems to have lost out to other momentous events of the day.Continue reading “Sandy Springs,Atlanta”