The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century / by Thomas L. Friedman.

By: Friedman, Thomas LMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 488 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0374292884 (hbk)Subject(s): Diffusion of innovations | Information society | Globalization -- Economic aspects | Globalization -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 303.48
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.
Review: "The World Is Flat is a timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, illuminated by one of our most respected journalists."--BOOK 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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