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020			_a9780141022727 (pbk.)
041			_aEnglish
082			_a330 FRI
100			_aFriedman, Thomas L
245			_aThe world is flat : _bthe globalized world in the twenty-first century / _cThomas L. Friedman
260			_aLondon : _bPenguin Books, _c2006.
300			_aviii, 593 p. : _bill. ; _c20 cm.
505			_aIntroduction to the Updated and Expanded Edition ix How the World Became Flat One: While I Was Sleeping 3 (47) Two: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World 50 (151) 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 Three: The Triple Convergence 201 (33) Four: The Great Sorting Out 234 (27) America and the Flat World Five: America and Free Trade 261 (15) Six: The Untouchables 276 (25) Seven: The Right Stuff 301 (22) Eight: The Quiet Crisis 323 (37) Nine: This Is Not a Test 360 (33) Developing Countries and the Flat World Ten: The Virgin of Guadalupe 393 (32) Companies and the Flat World Eleven: How Companies Cope 425 (32) Geopolitics and the Flat World Twelve: The Unflat World 457 (48) Thirteen: Globalization of the Local 505 (10) Fourteen: The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention 515 (28) Conclusion: Imagination Fifteen: 11/9 Versus 9/11 543 (24) Acknowledgments 567 (4) Index 571
650			_aEconomics. _aDiffusion of Innovation. _aGlobalization Economic aspects. _aGlobalization Social aspects. _aInformation society. _aInnovations Diffusion.
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