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    “THE WORLD IS FLAT: In his book‚ The World is Flat‚ Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman argues that globalization and its technological advances have increasingly “flattened” the world by reducing barriers among states‚ individuals and corporations‚ and by creating more and more economic interdependence and global integration. This process is not a new one. It began in 1492 when Columbus discovered America and opened up trade between the old world and the new world‚ and developed

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    Dissecting “The World Is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman “I was in Bangalore‚ India‚ the Silicon Valley of India‚ when I realized that the world was flat.” – Thomas L. Friedman‚ “The World Is Flat” After reading “The World Is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman‚ I understood the significance of globalization during the twenty-first century. I learned the progression of globalization and the significant changes it has had on the economy and world as a whole. Friedman establishes his text based on the many

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    The phrase: "the world is flat" can be interpreted in many ways. Basically what Friedman means by "flat" is "linked." The falling of trade and political barriers and technical advances have made it possible to do business‚ instantaneously with billions of other people around the world. It has allowed for parts of the world‚ which had previously been cut off‚ like China and India‚ to successfully compete in the world market. Thus‚ the playing field is being leveled‚ and no one nation has an advantage

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    Convergence” I. Summary/Synopsis Thomas L.Friedman‚ The World is Flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century. Published by Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux‚ 2007. Friedman discusses the "triple convergence." The convergence of the ten flatteners had created a whole new platform. It is a global‚ Web-enabled platform for multiple forms of collaboration. This platform enables individuals‚ groups‚ companies‚ and universities anywhere in the world to collaborate - for the purposes of innovation‚ production

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    IT Tech Paper In the world today‚ business is on the rise internationally and technology is getting stronger and stronger every day. In the book The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century‚ Thomas Friedman‚ who was a foreign affairs columnist for NY Times‚ tells of his journey to India and how while he was there he realized that globalization has changed economic concepts. Friedman analyzes globalization in the twenty-first century and how the world is now at a level playing

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    What is globalization? Globalization is defined as the changes in the world; interchanging of resources‚ ideas‚ products‚ markets‚ cultural exchange‚ aspects of cultures‚ investments‚ and business competition. As the world is continuing to grow‚ it’s going to continue to improve its’ technology as everyone continue to interchange with each other. What is globalization 1.0‚ 2.0‚ and 3.0? Globalization 1.0 was established in 1492‚ when Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover

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    The Ten Forces That Flattened the World These are the ten factors describing how the world is becoming “flat” or globally interconnected‚ thereby allowing businesses all over the world to compete on a more equal playing field. 1. The New Age of Creativity (the fall of the Berlin Wall) This event “tipped the balance of power across the world toward those advocating democratic‚ consensual‚ free-market-oriented governance‚ and away from those advocating authoritarian rule with centrally planned economies

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    Kassandra Chang 8/21/14 Period 1 APHG Summer Writing assignment The World is Flat By: Thomas L. Friedman 1. What is it about the flat world that both excites Friedman and fills him with dread? Friedman gets excited because the flattening of the world means that we as people who inhabit Earth are collecting all of our knowledge and putting it together into this worldwide network. By doing this we would start to emerge ourselves in an era of prosperity‚ innovation‚ and collaboration‚ by company’s

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    In Part I‚ “How the World Became Flat‚” Friedman visits India‚ where he realizes that the playing field has been leveled‚ meaning that a much larger group of people can compete for global knowledge. He pursues examples of this metaphor in other places‚ such as Iraq‚ China‚ Japan‚ and the United States. Friedman argues that there are primarily ten forces that flattened the world and describes each of the following “flatteners”: 11/9/89‚ the fall of the Berlin Wall; 8/9/95‚ or the date that Netscape

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    January 30‚ 2008 THE WORLD IS FLAT The world we live in today is going through enormous changes in economics‚ technology‚ culture‚ politics‚ etc. The effects of the changes are not so clear‚ since it is hard to predict how each sector would affect the other and how society will be affected. However‚ analyzing past and present occurrences provides some information for experts to interpret society’s reaction in the future to different transformations. Globalization can be seen as a process in which

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