The world is flat : A brief history of the globalized world in the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Thorndike Press large print core seriesPublisher: London : Allen Lane, 2005Description: viii, 488 pages ; 25 cmISBN: 0713998784Subject(s): Diffusion of innovations | Information society | Globalization -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 330.90511Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library S Campus | Donation RBI | 330.90511 FRI (Browse shelf) | Available | 45128 |
Includes index.
1. While I was sleeping --
2. The ten forces that flattened the world --
Flattener #1. 11/9/89 --
Flattener #2. 8/9/95 --
Flattener #3. Work flow software --
Flattener #4. Open-sourcing --
Flattener #5. Outsourcing --
Flattener #6. Offshoring --
Flattener #7. Supply-chaining --
Flattener #8. Insourcing --
Flattener #9. In-forming --
Flattener #10. The steroids --
3. The triple convergence --
4. The great sorting out --
5. America and free trade --
6. The untouchables --
7. The quiet crisis --
8. This is not a test --
9. The Virgin of Guadalupe --
10. How companies cope --
11. The unflat world --
12. The Dell theory of conflict prevention --
13. 11/9 versus 9/11.
"The World Is Flat is a timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, illuminated by one of our most respected journalists."--Jacket.
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