Monthly Archives: February 2008

Cheap Cars in India, Part I and II, by Mssrs. Michael and Tripp

[Combined two posts into this single post as Pierre and Kyle submitted on the same topic. - Prof. Carr] Submitted By: Pierre Michael Traffic, you think you have it bad!? Check this out, watch the video. As the rate of … Continue reading

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Spitting: Gross or Unhealthy?

Submitted By: Naomi Guy The air is hot, sticky, and dirty. Your throat becomes itchy and a bad taste arises. What do you do? Well, in China you better not spit. Renmin University in China has created a Civic Index … Continue reading

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Baby, If You Look Good, You Play Good

In another life I had buddies who always said, “Baby, if you look good you play good.” These guys spent more time primping their battle gear and hair than my daughter, but, they were right … they looked good, they … Continue reading

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The Next Martin Scorsese Is In Our Midst

Kudos to current Cal Poly Orfalea College of Business MBA student Steve Rodger for putting this YouTube piece together on last year’s China MBA trip. Click HERE to view. Good work, Steve and thanks for taking the time to do … Continue reading

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Rasa, CCTV, and a Laughing Club – Creativity and Failure in Society

Submitted By: Jeff Mohr [Prof. Carr Note: This post by Jeff, and the below by Shasta (be sure to see her post below after this one) raise some common issues, so I load and post both of them at the … Continue reading

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Education: Which Country is Best?

Submitted By: Shasta Palmer Education is a hot topic amongst the nations. Who has the best, who will become the best, and where should parents send their children? The article Losing an Edge, Japanese Envy India’s Schools states that the … Continue reading

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I Think I Am Working For The Chinese

Submitted By: Jesse Bilsten Ignore the fact that there are 1,321,851,888 Chinese and only 301,139,947 of us and come up with some sort of average and according to the trade deficit with China an average American owes an average Chinese … Continue reading

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Wall Street Journal Coverage on Travel in India

For those of you staying in India to travel when the course ends, click HERE to read the nice coverage the WSJ had this weekend on travel in northeast India. A good mix of tourism, travel, business, marketing, etc. Get … Continue reading

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Human Rights Questions Remain for China

Submitted By: D.J. Parsons I found this CNN article and thought it fit in nicely with the topic of human rights in China. As we all know, China will be hosting the 2008 Olympics, but as we may not have … Continue reading

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China and India, Nuclear Threats?

Submitted By: Frank Wallace During the great session last week with Dr. Ashok Bardhan, something was mentioned that caused me to think of an interesting question. I wondered what Bardhan’s thoughts were on whether or not he felt the rising … Continue reading

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