The world is flat : the globalized world in the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Penguin Books , 2007Edition: 1st further updated and expanded hardcover edDescription: x, 660 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780141034898Subject(s): Diffusion of innovations | Information society | Globalization -- Economic aspects | Globalization -- Social aspects | Internationalisatie | Politieke aspecten | Economische aspectenDDC classification: 823Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 823 FRI/W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P26280 |
[Release] "3.0 expanded ed."--P. ix.
Includes index.
How the World Became Flat -- 1. While I Was Sleeping -- 2. The Ten Forces That Flattened the World -- Flattener #1. 11/9/89 -- Flattener #2. 8/9/95 -- Flattener #3. Work Flow Software -- Flattener #4. Uploading -- Flattener #5. Outsourcing -- Flattener #6. Offshoring -- Flattener #7. Supply-Chaining -- Flattener #8. Insourcing -- Flattener #9. In-forming -- Flattener #10. The Steroids -- 3. The Triple Convergence -- 4. The Great Sorting Out -- America and the Flat World -- 5. America and Free Trade -- 6. The Untouchables -- 7. The Right Stuff -- 8. The Quiet Crisis -- 9. This Is Not a Test -- Developing Countries and the Flat World -- 10. The Virgin of Guadalupe -- Companies and the Flat World -- 11. How Companies Cope -- You and the Flat World -- 12. Globalization of the Local -- 13. If It's Not Happening, It's Because You're Not Doing It -- 14. What Happens When We All Have Dog's Hearing? -- Geopolitics and the Flat World -- 15. The Unflat World -- 16. The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention -- Conclusion: Imagination -- 17. 11/9 Versus 9/11.
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