Okay, In Friedman's book, The World Is Flat, he talks about 10 things that have made the world flat (in other words have leveled the playing field for globalization to take place). He names these 10 as:
1. Berlin Wall Falling
2. Web started and netscapre went public
3. work flow software
4. uploading
5. outsourcing
6.offshoring
7. supply-chaining (ie with walmart)
8.insourcing (ie UPS does more than postal delivery, it as does computer repairing etc in the US)
9. informing (information age- google,etc)
10. the steroids- digital, mobile, personal, and virtual
CAN anyone think of what could be a possible candidate for a future #11???? Something else that has contributed to leveling the playing field for globalization to take place?
2007-02-17 07:17:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Seems like transportation should be somewhere on the list - the ability for just about anyone to go just about anywhere has a huge impact on globalization.
2007-02-17 07:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by eschampion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋