globalization and flatteners

GLOBALIZATION AND FLATTENERSChapter Two Part Two

The Stages of Globalization (From Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat)

Globalization 1.0 (from 1492 to 1800)Globalization 2.0 (from 1800 to 2000)Globalization 3.0 (from 2000 to the present)

Globalization 1.0

Christopher Columbus

Globalization 2.0 (first half)

Steam engine

Railroads

Globalization 2.0 (second half)

Smart phones

Satellites

Tablet computers

Fiber optics

Globalization 3.0

1.0 2.0

3.0

Globalization 3.0 (continued)

Schematic Map of the Internet

Thomas Friedman• Speaking to Yale University

Thomas Friedman’s Ten Flatteners

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Netscape goes public

Development of work-flow software

Friedman’s Ten Flatteners (continued)

Uploading

Outsourcing

Offshoring Call center in India

Friedman’s Ten Flatteners (continued)

Supply chaining

Insourcing

Informing

Friedman’s Ten Flatteners (continued)

The Steroids Computing

Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine (1822)

Modern data center

The Steroids (continued)

Instant messaging and file sharing

Voice over Internet Protocol

The Steroids (continued)

Videoconferencing

A telepresence system in a conference room

The Steroids (continued)

Computer graphics

The Steroids (continued)

Wireless technologies

Using smart phone in motion

Geostationary satellite

Bluetooth phone sunglasses