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Updated & Expanded 2006 Edition of the World Is Flat
by: Thomas L. Friedman

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Binding: Hardcover
Label: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Sales Rank: 33907
Studio: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

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Featuring nearly 100 pages of new information and analysis, this fully updated and expanded edition of three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedmans acclaimed international bestseller is the perfect guide to our fast-changing world. HBC Club Edition. 608 pp.

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- Globalization is just a new word for international trade
Friedman opines generally on how the world is flat, which is a general statement that most US readers can digest after reading the book. Yes, the advent of communication technology has accelerated the global reach of businesses around the world. However, just because businesses have offices in other countries does not make them automatically global. US business leaders must understand that technology gives reach, but not necessarily competence. The concept of culture is still key. Just because globally dispersed colleagues may all utilize Microsoft Windows does not mean that they all have the same global mindset. Friedman does present valid information, but again it is mainly from the US perspective of looking at the world through a Western lens, and not taking into account the vast majority of the world that still conduct business offline and within its own cultural context.

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- the world is flat-freidman
the book is for a cousre that I am taking in grad school and it was such a good read.
I submiited my write-up and I received an A-.
I will pass it on to my sons.

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- The Speed of Irrelevance
By the time you've heard Thomas Friedman say the World is Flat, we will need a new metaphor. His expansion of the typical economic description of products produced and assembled in countless countries is delivered with the enthusiasm of a teenager who just discovered sex. Friedman's personal exploration of modernization around the world is fascinating but by now, everyone always knows about it. Granted this is not a brand new book and it's insights are usefull for understanding the current paradigm but it's time might already have passed. The economic roller coaster presented to us on the daily news is warping business as we know it. The world is no longer flat but if you have been living on a desert island for the past five years and suddenly wanted to go into business then you might want to know how we got this point.

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- not what I wanted
I thought the book was a hard cover - when I received it and it wasn't, I wrote to the person who sent it, asking how I could return it, because I needed a hard cover book to replace one for a friend - I received no response back. So I'm stuck with the wrong book.

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