Late Night Phone Calls

Due to the significant time difference between us here in Bloomington, IN and our CORD team in Sidhbari, India, each team has started their project work with late night phone calls with our liaison at CORD, Kusum. Most of the teams have chosen 11 PM phone conference calls to learn more about each project. In the past couple of weeks, we have taken this time to ask all of our basic questions as we are nailing down the objectives of each of our projects.

For example, last week the retail team had an 1.5 hr conversation with Kusum to understand what the scope of our project is. Our project is focused on increasing the supply of finished handicraft items such as clothing, bags, paintings, etc. Our conversation taught us that the women have multiple constraints that prevent them from producing these goods on a consistent basis. Now it is our responsibility to find a way to motivate the women to produce more. Our final recommendations will help CORD continue to truly empower the women of the villages that they work with.

Kelley School of Business GLOBASE India Recognition

The Financial Times recognized the amazing Kelley School of Business and the work that the GLOBASE India team is doing with CORD. Check it out here!