The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
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Table of Contents
- In an effort to prove his thesis, Friedman makes a number of observations about the changes that have taken place as a result of the proliferation of technology and communications.
- The process of opening up former-Soviet nations had a profound impact on the world.
- The third force for global flattening has been the development of work flow software.
- While out sourcing and off shoring have proven to be quite important to the profitability of many multinational organizations, Friedman also notes the importance of supply-chaining.
- The final two issues that Friedman covers in his text are in-forming and amplifying technologies.
Abstract
The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century by Thomas L. Friedman provides the author's views on the development of the world since the late 1990s. The central thesis provided by Friedman is that the world is becoming flat. When Friedman makes this assertion, he is not attempting to argue that the world is losing its round shape; rather when Friedman makes the observation that the world is flat, he is referring to the fact that the proliferation of technology in the world has created a situation in which all societies are beginning to look like the West. As such India, China and many other foreign countries are losing their cultural dimensions as the world begins to develop into a technologically homogeneous culture that makes the world seem flat: "The global competitive playing field was being leveled. The world was being flattened"
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