The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman.
Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 488 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0374292884 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 303.48/33 22
- HM846 .F74 2005
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Includes index.
HOW THE WORLD BECAME FLAT : Ch. 1. While I Was Sleeping -- Ch. 2. The Ten Forces That Flattened The World: 1. 11/9/89, 2. 8/9/95, 3. Work flow software, 4. Open-Sourcing, 5. Outsourcing, 6. Offshoring, 7. Supply-chaining, 8. Insourcing, 9. In-forming, 10. The Steroids -- Ch. 3. The Triple Convergence -- Ch. 4. The Great Sorting Out. AMERICA AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 5. America and Free Trade -- Ch. 6. The Untouchables -- Ch. 7. The Quiet Crisis -- Ch. 8. This Is Not A Test. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 9. The Virgin of Guadalupe. COMPANIES AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 10. How Companies Cope. GEOPOLITICS AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 11. The Unflat World -- Ch. 12. The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention. CONCLUSION : IMAGINATION: Ch. 13. 11/9 vs. 9/11.