According to Friedman the ten forces that flattened the worl

According to Friedman, the ten forces that flattened the world include:

Flattener #1: The Walls Came Down and the Windows Went Up Fall of the Berlin Wall; elimination of communism; outbreak of freedom; diffusion of personal computers, fax machines, Windows and high-speed modems Flattener

#2: Netscape Goes Public The web browser Netscape elevated PC\'s from personal computing platform to an internet-based platform; along with an over investment in the fiber-optic cable which made it cheaper and easier to transmit voices and data Flattener

#3 Work Flow Software Software that made it possible for all kinds of computer applications to connect and work together allowing for the seamless cooperation by people working anywhere Flattener

#4 Open-Sourcing Collaborative software development of programs shared and constantly improved by its users and made available for free to anyone Flattener

#5 Outsourcing Y2K American companies moving jobs overseas Flattener

#6 Offshoring American companies moving factories that offshore Flattener

#7 Supply-Chaining A method of collaborating horizontally among suppliers, retailers, and customers to create value forcing the adoption of common standards between companies Flattener

#8 Insourcing Synchronization of the global supply chains thru technology to shorten the number of steps, time, and expense in the supply chain Flattener

#9 In-Forming The ability for anyone to find almost any product or information about almost anything through search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, MSN, etc. Flattener

#10 The Steroids The digital devices that amplified and turbo-charged all other flatteners.

In your opinion, which of the above flattners as had the biggest effect on globalization and why?

Are their other \"flattners\" you would add to Friedmen\'s list?

Solution

No.there are no other flatteners that should get added.

Steriod has biggest impact on globalization coz of following-.

It has three types and are biggest factors on globalization-

1.Wireless, Voice over Internet, and file sharing,mobile phones, iPods, personal digital assistants, instant messaging.

2.Digital - all analog content and processes can be digitized and therefore shaped, manipulated and transmitted.

3. virtual processes– these processes can be done at high speed with total ease.

4. mobile and personal– can be done anywhere, anytime by anyone,done for u