TY  - BOOK
AU  - Friedman,Thomas L.
TI  - The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century 
SN  - 0374292884 (hbk)
U1  - 303.48 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Diffusion of innovations
KW  - Information society
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -