| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2006003748 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780374292799 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0374292795 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
303.48/33 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Friedman, Thomas L. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The world is flat : |
| Subtitle |
a brief history of the twenty-first century / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Thomas L. Friedman. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
1st updated and expanded ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Publisher |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |
| Date |
2006. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 593 p ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
While I was sleeping -- The ten forces that flattened the world -- The triple convergence -- The great sorting out -- America and free trade -- The untouchables -- The right stuff -- The quiet crisis -- This is not a test -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- How companies cope -- The unflat world -- Globalization of the local -- The Dell theory of conflict prevention. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Contains an overview of the global political and economic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the rapid developments in technologies that has allowed India and China to become part of a growing supply chain of manufacturing impacting global markets. |
| STUDY PROGRAM |
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| Program name |
TBS920 MGNT926 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Diffusion of innovations. |
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Information society. |
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| Topical Heading |
Globalization |
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Economic aspects. |
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| Topical Heading |
Globalization |
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Social aspects. |
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Acculturation. |
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| Topical Heading |
Information society. |
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| Topical Heading |
Globalization |
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Economic aspects. |
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| Topical Heading |
Globalization |
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Social aspects. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/hr2kmthkd4epqcao1tdrww6n0qpur9lb |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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