One of the important insights from The World Is Flat (have you started reading the book yet?) is that with the spread of technology as a flattener, any element of the value chain that can be disaggregated and performed more efficiently elsewhere will be outsourced.
Watch this short video from PBS' Nightly Business Report to see how the outsourcing of homework tutor services may only be the start of the outsourcing of services.
Click Here (goes to Windows Media Player Video, but you can switch)
Think of other services that you think will lend themselves to such outsourcing as the technological abilities of the Internet expand.
As an aside, pay attention to the accents you will soon start to hear in India. Also, it's interesting to see how the tutor responds to the question "Are they good students?" She responds "Most of them are." However, note the famous Indian head shake - she is saying yes but shaking her head from side to side that is often interpreted as a no in the US.
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Nice video. Clever use of RFID technology to find yet another off-shore InfoSys business niche.
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