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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The book “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty – First Century” is written by a famous journalist‚ he is also a columnist from a well known magazine name New York Times‚ and lastly‚ an author of many books‚ Mr. Thomas Friedman.Mr. Thomas Friedman was born on July 20‚ 1953 at St. Luis Park‚ Minnesota‚ United States. He was married to Mrs. Ann Friedman on 1978 and had two children named Orly and Natalie Friedman. We can also call him as a scholar‚ I mean a great guy that could be one
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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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In chapter 15‚ as the world became flat‚ some parts of the world remained unflat because they could not participate in the flattening process. The unflat world consisted of developing nations while the flat world consisted of developed nations. Since the unflat world could not participate‚ it has kept them unadvanced‚ stagnant‚ and deprived. Rural Africa‚ China‚ India‚ and Latin America were left behind because their nations were plagued with diseases due to their broken government system being unable
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Abstract In this paper the five schools’ practices as listed in The Flat World of Education are identified and prioritized according to the needs of the my school. The practices are defined in relation to their proven successes and related to my school’s immediate concerns. Solutions to each need are provided along with practical steps toward their implementations. Though each area is listed as a separate practice‚ they overlap one another and share the underlying need of smaller class sizes 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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claims in his book titled‚ ‘The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century ’(2005)‚ that globalization and technology has flattened the world to a ‘level playing field’. He analyses the ten ‘flatteners’ or events that happened over a period of around ten years to make the world go flat. The first flattener‚ that Friedman writes about‚ was the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and end of the Cold War‚ that brought forward the idea of a globalized world‚ where people from either side of
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the industrial world and traveled only slow ly‚ifat all‚ beyond it.Entire electorateswill learn things that once only a few bureaucrats knew. Small companieswill offerservicesthatpreviously onlygiantscould provide.In all theseways‚ thecom munications revolution is profoundlydemocratic and liberating‚levelingtheimbalancebetween large and small‚ richand poor." The global vision that FrancesCairncross predicted inherDeath ofDis tanceappears to be upon us.We seem to live in a world that is no longer
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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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The world does not have flat feet… Ah‚ a discussion I know something about on a personal level... 1. The advantage of ’knowing the business’ – was that Adida was successful in Europe before coming to the United States and then bought out popular shoe brands in the US to even the ‘playing field’ with Nike. 2. The group most harmed by the buyout was Adida itself in that they underestimated Nike - and their hopes of being Numero Uno did not materialize – even with their other athletic clothing
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