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t’s not every day that you see a work elephant lumbering along the shoulder of a traffic-packed road, hauling bamboo logs to a work site. Or a downtown street vendor killing and butchering a live chicken for a businessman’s takehome dinner.
But as 10 College of Business Administration students discovered during a trip to India in March, that’s how business can happen in the world’s fastest-growing economy of 1.3 billion people — two-thirds of them 35 and younger.
The CBA contingent — six undergrads, three MBA students and one pursuing a master’s in economics — were among 16 UNO students who traveled to India during spring break. The trip was the capstone to their Business and Social Action in India class taught by Professor Patrick McNamara, director of UNO’s International Studies Program, and developed with help from Professor Phani Tej Adidam.
ALL BUSINESS IN INDIA by Anthony Flott, UNO Alumni Engagement, University of Nebraska Foundation
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