The World Is Flat "The World Is Flat" a book by author Thomas L. Friedman‚ discusses key events of the twenty-first century and they have brought the world closer together. At the book’s core‚ it is study of how and why the business world has become more interconnected‚ and how old American values may be preventing it from retaining the status it has long held a top of the economic world. Friedman begins by describing a trip to Bangalore‚ India where he visits “India’s Silicon Valley” and is stunned
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C. Juliano February 21‚ 2008 NSA 205 - RC 43 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Books Friedman‚ Thomas L. The World is Flat - The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century. London‚ England. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century‚ what it means to countries‚ companies‚ communities
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The book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman draws attention to some very good points concerning globalization and the world economy today. Friedman emphasizes the status of America today in relation to the other countries of the world. As I looked at the things in which he warned about or highlighted‚ I realized the importance of this issue. He talks about a few aspects in which need to be kept competitive in order for America to retain their current standing in the world market. First of all
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The Great Sorting Out Thomas L. Friedman analyses technological advances that are making a more economic level playing field with disadvantaged countries rising in knowledge and wealth before. Countries such as China and India has mastered in telephone and computer technology to make these nations become competitive economically. As we explore America’s place in the fast-evolving world economic platform‚ Friedman presents not only the problems we face‚ but also the preventative and the possible
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2015 When The World is Flat With the acceleration of communication and transportation within the past century‚ the world has undergone transformative changes of globalization – “the inexorable integration of markets‚ transportation systems‚ and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before” (Friedman). A new global culture where products‚ ideas‚ and technologies have an unprecedented ease of exchange has enabled nations‚ businesses and individuals from all over the world to communicate
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Introduction Thomas Friedman writer of‚ “Globalization The Super-Story” introduces/focuses how the fast-pacing world brings with it unique and novel concepts. Technological advancements have continued to shape the economical‚ political‚ social‚ and cultural landscapes of the modern society at the local and international spheres. Through the exchange of ideas and innovations‚ the world has witnessed ongoing and sustained growth in numerous sectors. Globalization has become a typical adjective that
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The World is Flat: The Great Sorting Out Summary In this chapter‚ Thomas Friedman looks at how cultures and societies will have to deal with and adapt to the changes that globalization brings to the way of doing business. It affects whole companies and individuals. He gives the perception of the world is flattening by comparing the Industrial Revolution to the IT Revolution that is happening right now. The flattening process was identified by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels in the Communist Manifesto
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GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES READING REPORT Savannah Benton The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. Pp. 533-579 April 21‚2015 I. Four noteworthy quotes or key insights from the assigned reading. 1. “I believe that capabilities create intentions. If we create an Internet where people can open an online store and have global suppliers‚ global customers‚ and global competitors‚ they will open that online store or bank or bookshop…The history of economic development teaches this over and over: If you
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maintain the economy without causing the government and people to suffer. Recently‚ employees of Bosch Corporation experienced the effects of globalization when the company outsourced labor and resources to India. Thomas Friedman mentions in his essay‚ "The Super Story"‚ "The world has become an increasingly interwoven place‚ and today‚ whether you are a company or a country‚ your threats and opportunities increasingly derive from who you are connected to." Without globalization importing and
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In his article‚ “The World is Flat‚ After All”‚ Friedman discusses the progression of the world via Globalization. Starting from the initial age of Globalization between 1942 and 1800 when countries were globalizing for resources and imperial conquest‚ to the secondary age with the corporate revolution (1800-2000)‚ and finally‚ to today’s era of globalization that is not limited to where you live‚ what race you are‚ or how much money you have. Each stage of globalization brought about change by new
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