ASSIGNMENT: The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman Discuss the book in general and what he means by a "flat world" and what conditions make it flat. Focus on at least one specific topic such as 10 flatteners or the 7 rules for companies The book by Thomas Friedman‚ "The World is Flat"‚ discusses the enormous changes regarding technology and communications which have altered the lives of people all over the globe (1). A large aspect in regards to the "flat world" is that we are competing with
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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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control how or if the die; even if inevitable? This unique story by Francis Bret Harte "The Outcast of Poker Flat"‚ has a grey western setting. Harte explores the mind of a gambler who is exiled from a warped town. Two literary devices regionalism and naturalism content is evident throughout‚ giving the story a feeling of hopelessness of survival. The regionalism in "The Outcast of Poker Flat" separates the characters from the town in such a way that is ironic. "I reckon they are after somebody"
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A book report of "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman "The World Is Flat" a book by author Thomas L. Friedman discusses a brief history of the twenty-first century and its most recent impact on the US economic today and the world we live in. Friedman unfolds and identifies three major world wide events that explain he’s philosophical explanation of why he thinks the "The World Is Flat" with the incorporation of his belief of the "Triple Convergence in 2000". Ten convoluted events of complementary
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1. “But Friedman’s image of a flat earth is profoundly misleading – a view of the world from a seat in business class. Flatness is another way of describing the transnational search by companies for cheap labor‚ an image that misses the pervasiveness of global inequality and the fact that much of the developing world remains mired in poverty and misery. It also misses the importance of the global geopolitical hierarchy‚ which guarantees the provision of stability‚ property rights‚ and other international
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In 1975‚ with the fall of Saigon‚ the Vietnamese found themselves finally at the end of the bloody war that had engulfed their country for 20-some years. By the end of this 20 yearlong war hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese‚ Cambodian‚ and Laotian civilians lay dead and millions of others found themselves fleeing their war-torn homes for safe-haven in nearby China‚ Southeast Asia‚ North American‚ and Europe. To deal with in large influx of refugees many countries‚ including the United States‚ enacted
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Nadia Moodley International Business Assignment Topic 1 Table of Contents {text:bookmark-start} _1.1 _Background {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-start} _1.2 _Aim {text:bookmark-end} It will be argued that the world is getting flatter and this is not necessarily a good thing for many reasons. Information technology (ICT) has resulted in economic and social integration but precaution must be taken to prevent future problems that has already arose from it not being used correctly
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them‚ and to make more money‚ and to look for cheaper labor cost. Globalization 2.0 ended around the 20th century‚ year 2000. As the globalization 3.0 begin‚ that’s when Friedman stated that the world is flat and that it shrank from small to tiny. “Friedman argues that the world has become flat due to technological advances connecting people in China‚ India‚ and the United States as if we were all next-door neighbors” (p. 3). Since technologies have improved‚ the world became more of a globalization
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