US multinational companies began entering European markets, and many US companies started investing on Research and Development (R&D) in countries like China and Japan. The Flattener Forces When Friedman talks about some of the forces that “flattened the world,” he mentions uploading, outsourcing, offshoring, supply chaining, insourcing, and in-forming...
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These forces are the direct result of advanced technology. Moreover, the forces were made possible thanks to the World Wide Web (which is another force Friedman mentions). Technology and Internet are the real reasons our world became flat, and the reason the above flattener forces evolved. Companies, groups, and individuals – all connected together to form one global village...
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The World Is Flat These ten are influencing factors leading to globalization and world flattening whereas there are more three interrelated converging dynamics (see below) which create an even greater flattening effect; and • The triple convergence of technologies, work-habit evolution and the emergence of massive technology-enabled workforces in developing nations In the second half of the book, Friedman personalizes the steps and landmarks that have put us where we are and shows both the positive and negative impacts of flattening to America and the rest of the world...	3 / 629
The World Is Flat How do you see the future job growth in Canada impacted by a Flat World? Canada is a beautiful country. I feel Canada is adapting to the flattening world...	7 / 1772
Flat World Transmedic Outsourcing Philippines, Inc., for example, provides regulatory affairs, quality assurance and technical services, clinical and medical consultancy to the pharmaceutical industry ...	3 / 839
WORLD IS FLAT Friedman also states how outsourcing is a negative impact because we are losing jobs to people over seas. Friedman has proved his point of the world being flat by traveling to different parts of the world to witness the effects of globalization and outsourcing...	4 / 1057