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Incentivize social networking
Author: Ashish Goel
Associate Professor, Management Science & Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University
If we take the case of India, inter-generational interaction is much more than in the U.S. In accordance, social networks seeking to make headway here must account for that aspect and factor it in their strategy.
Unfortunately, little research has been done in India on various societal and consumer behaviors that drive internet usage. This has to do with the fact that credit card usage and e-commerce using credit cards is still very small in the country. I assume that once this rises and there is money to be made, research in the area will also increase.
Indian companies must focus on not just enabling broadband connectivity, but building social network technology. It's no use having pipes to your home when there is nothing to drive usage through them.
Going ahead, it will be interesting to see hoe SMS-based social networking turns out in India. It is still at a very early stage, and could be drastically different from online social networks.
The author is an Associate Professor, Management Science & Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University
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My name is Mrs. Mary David, The Branch Manager of a Financial Institution. I am a Ghanaian married with 3 kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$7,500,000.00 Dollars. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit last year (i.e. 2010 financial year). I have already submitted an annual report for that year to my head office in Accra-Ghana as I have watched with keen interest as they will never know of this excess. I have since, placed this amount of US$7,500,000.00 Dollars on an Escrow Coded account without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to avoid trace.
As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on my behalf. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 60% would be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account.
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