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The world is flat : A brief history of the globalized world in the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman.

By: Friedman, Thomas LMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: 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: 330.90511
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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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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