John Stossel did a segement on 20/20 about 8 years ago on the problems with starting a business in America. To compare to went to India where it can take over a decade or more to get all the necessary permits and apporvals from government to do virtually anything. He then went to Hong Kong and was able to open a small business in a mall in 24 hours.
Wow, that's just astonishing. India is legendary for their mountains of paperwork and legal forms, but TEN YEARS....that's just awful.
I wonder how long it took for the companies that wanted to start call centers there to get going? Perhaps because they are large corporations mainly, they might have been fast-tracked through the maze.