Friedman, Thomas L
The world is flat : the globalized world in the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman - London : Penguin Books, 2006. - viii, 593 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Introduction to the Updated and Expanded Edition ix
How the World Became Flat
One: While I Was Sleeping
3 (47)
Two: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World
50 (151)
Flattener #1. 11/9/89
Flattener #2. 8/9/95
Flattener #3. Work Flow Software
Flattener #4. Uploading
Flattener #5. Outsourcing
Flattener #6. Offshoring
Flattener #7. Supply-Chaining
Flattener #8. Insourcing
Flattener #9. In-forming
Flattener #10. The Steroids
Three: The Triple Convergence
201 (33)
Four: The Great Sorting Out
234 (27)
America and the Flat World
Five: America and Free Trade
261 (15)
Six: The Untouchables
276 (25)
Seven: The Right Stuff
301 (22)
Eight: The Quiet Crisis
323 (37)
Nine: This Is Not a Test
360 (33)
Developing Countries and the Flat World
Ten: The Virgin of Guadalupe
393 (32)
Companies and the Flat World
Eleven: How Companies Cope
425 (32)
Geopolitics and the Flat World
Twelve: The Unflat World
457 (48)
Thirteen: Globalization of the Local
505 (10)
Fourteen: The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
515 (28)
Conclusion: Imagination
Fifteen: 11/9 Versus 9/11
543 (24)
Acknowledgments 567 (4)
Index 571
9780141022727 (pbk.)
Economics.
Diffusion of Innovation.
Globalization Economic aspects.
Globalization Social aspects.
Information society.
Innovations Diffusion.
330 FRI
The world is flat : the globalized world in the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman - London : Penguin Books, 2006. - viii, 593 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Introduction to the Updated and Expanded Edition ix
How the World Became Flat
One: While I Was Sleeping
3 (47)
Two: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World
50 (151)
Flattener #1. 11/9/89
Flattener #2. 8/9/95
Flattener #3. Work Flow Software
Flattener #4. Uploading
Flattener #5. Outsourcing
Flattener #6. Offshoring
Flattener #7. Supply-Chaining
Flattener #8. Insourcing
Flattener #9. In-forming
Flattener #10. The Steroids
Three: The Triple Convergence
201 (33)
Four: The Great Sorting Out
234 (27)
America and the Flat World
Five: America and Free Trade
261 (15)
Six: The Untouchables
276 (25)
Seven: The Right Stuff
301 (22)
Eight: The Quiet Crisis
323 (37)
Nine: This Is Not a Test
360 (33)
Developing Countries and the Flat World
Ten: The Virgin of Guadalupe
393 (32)
Companies and the Flat World
Eleven: How Companies Cope
425 (32)
Geopolitics and the Flat World
Twelve: The Unflat World
457 (48)
Thirteen: Globalization of the Local
505 (10)
Fourteen: The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
515 (28)
Conclusion: Imagination
Fifteen: 11/9 Versus 9/11
543 (24)
Acknowledgments 567 (4)
Index 571
9780141022727 (pbk.)
Economics.
Diffusion of Innovation.
Globalization Economic aspects.
Globalization Social aspects.
Information society.
Innovations Diffusion.
330 FRI
