Michigan B-School branch in Bangalore 

THE UNIVERSITY of Michigan Business School will open next week a new research centre in Bangalore which will study managerial issues and emerging practices in leveraging global resources and acessing new markets. 

The scholars at the centre for Global Resource Leverage: Indian will focus on the interface between global companies and Indian firms and on the issues and challenges associated with maximising the talent pool and knowledge infrastructure in India.

The areas of study would include services outsourcing, manufacturing outsourcing, and market opportunities,. Initially, some faculty from the Michigan Business school will be affiliated with the centre, which will be co-directed by professors CK Prahalad and MS Krishnan.