| Edition |
1st further updated and expanded hardcover ed |
| Descript |
x, 660 p. ; 24 cm |
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[Release] "3.0 expanded ed."--P. ix |
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Includes index |
| 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 -- Globalization 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? -- The unflat world -- The Dell theory of conflict prevention -- 11/9 versus 9/11 |
| Summary |
An account of the great changes taking place in the modern world as a result of swift advances in technology and communications, including an explosion of wealth in India and China |
| Subject |
Diffusion of innovations
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Information society
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Globalization -- Economic aspects
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Globalization -- Social aspects
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| ISBN |
0374292787 |
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