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Of Bananas And Sex

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The year: 2008. The scene: a textile plant in Mumbai. Conditions are chaotic. India's textile industry could do with a top to bottom revamp. So researchers from Stanford University and the World Bank seize this opportunity to test whether management consultants make a difference. They send teams from Accenture to some textile companies

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