02040nam a22003017a 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000180007302000150009104000230010608200180012910000240014724500910017124600220026225000250028426000320030930000270034150000190036850506870038752004930107452600080156765000290157565000240160465000360162865000340166485200400169833441BD-DhAAL20230508120220.0180718t2007    xxu||||| |||| 001 0 eng d  a9780312425074  a0312425074  aBD-DhAALdBD-DhAAL  a330.90511223  aFriedman, Thomas L.  aThe world is flat :ba brief history of the twenty-first century /cThomas L. Friedman  aThe world is flat  afirst edition (2005)  aNew York :bPicador,cc2007  ax, 660 pages :c21 cm.  aIncludes index  a	HOW THE WORLD BECAME FLAT: While I was sleeping ; The ten forces that flattened the world ; The triple convergence ; The great sorting out ; AMERICA AND THE FLAT WORLD: America and free trade ; The untouchables ; The right stuff ; The quiet crisis ; This is not a test ; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE FLAT WORLD: The Virgin of Guadalupe ; COMPANIES AND THE FLAT WORLD: How companies cope ; YOU AND THE FLAT WORLD: Globalisation of the local ; If it's not happening, it's because you're not doing it ; What happens when we all have dog's hearing? ; GEOPOLITICS AND THE FLAT WORLD: The unflat world ; The Dell theory of conflict prevention ; CONCLUSION: IMAGINATION: 11/9 versus 9/11.  a	
Presents an update on globalisation, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks - environmental, social, and political. Includes stories and insights to help understand the flattening of the world as well as a chapter on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur. Discusses the question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures.  aARC  aDiffusion of innovations  aInformation society  aGlobalizationxEconomic aspects  aGlobalizationxSocial aspects  aAyesha Abed LibrarycGeneral Stacks