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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The World Is FlatSummary
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The World Is FlatSummary
Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.
IST611
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
What is the Flat World?
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
What is the Flat World?
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
Flat World
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
Flat WorldIn 2005, Tom Friedman coined the term “Flat World” in “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21th Century”
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
Flat WorldIn 2005, Tom Friedman coined the term “Flat World” in “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21th Century”
Tom Friedman is an author and columnist for the New York Times and considered one of the top five most influential business thinkers WSJ.
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
Flat WorldIn 2005, Tom Friedman coined the term “Flat World” in “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21th Century”
Tom Friedman is an author and columnist for the New York Times and considered one of the top five most influential business thinkers WSJ.
Globalization is leveling the economic playing fields – all competitors can have an equal advantage
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
Flat World
Tom Friedman at MIT
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
Flat World
Tom Friedman at MIT
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
Globalization
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GlobalizationGlobalization 1.0 – 1492 to early 1800’s – countries expanded beyond their borders
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
GlobalizationGlobalization 1.0 – 1492 to early 1800’s – countries expanded beyond their borders
Globalization 2.0 -1800’s to 2000 – companies expand globally
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
GlobalizationGlobalization 1.0 – 1492 to early 1800’s – countries expanded beyond their borders
Globalization 2.0 -1800’s to 2000 – companies expand globally
Globalization 3.0 - 2000 to current – web-enabled collaboration tools allow individuals to operate on a global scale
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
GlobalizationGlobalization 1.0 – 1492 to early 1800’s – countries expanded beyond their borders
Globalization 2.0 -1800’s to 2000 – companies expand globally
Globalization 3.0 - 2000 to current – web-enabled collaboration tools allow individuals to operate on a global scale
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 Flatteners
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 FlattenersThe first three created a platform for global collaboration
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 FlattenersThe first three created a platform for global collaboration
#1 – Berlin Wall Falls 11/09/89 – opens up the economic mainstream to everyone - walls came down and “Windows” went up (Microsoft and Apple graphical OS’s).
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 FlattenersThe first three created a platform for global collaboration
#1 – Berlin Wall Falls 11/09/89 – opens up the economic mainstream to everyone - walls came down and “Windows” went up (Microsoft and Apple graphical OS’s).
# 2 – Netscape 8/9/95 – Dot.com boom and >$1T investments in Fiber – everything goes digital
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 FlattenersThe first three created a platform for global collaboration
#1 – Berlin Wall Falls 11/09/89 – opens up the economic mainstream to everyone - walls came down and “Windows” went up (Microsoft and Apple graphical OS’s).
# 2 – Netscape 8/9/95 – Dot.com boom and >$1T investments in Fiber – everything goes digital
# 3 – Workflow software – reduce barriers between apps – machines “talk” to each other
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 Flatteners
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The 10 FlattenersThe next six flatteners were all newly emerging forms of collaboration
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The 10 FlattenersThe next six flatteners were all newly emerging forms of collaboration
#4 – Open Sourcing – free software; people upload and collaborate on online projects – blogs, Wikipedia
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 FlattenersThe next six flatteners were all newly emerging forms of collaboration
#4 – Open Sourcing – free software; people upload and collaborate on online projects – blogs, Wikipedia
# 5 – Outsourcing – companies split and offload services to achieve new efficiencies
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 FlattenersThe next six flatteners were all newly emerging forms of collaboration
#4 – Open Sourcing – free software; people upload and collaborate on online projects – blogs, Wikipedia
# 5 – Outsourcing – companies split and offload services to achieve new efficiencies
# 6 – Offshoring – outsourcing to other counties and continents
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 Flatteners
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The 10 Flatteners# 7 – Supply Chaining – Companies like Wal-Mart streamline/control entire sales, distribution and shipping
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 Flatteners# 7 – Supply Chaining – Companies like Wal-Mart streamline/control entire sales, distribution and shipping
# 8 – Insourcing – Companies like UPS perform new services (UPS employees repair Toshiba laptops at UPS hubs).
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 Flatteners# 7 – Supply Chaining – Companies like Wal-Mart streamline/control entire sales, distribution and shipping
# 8 – Insourcing – Companies like UPS perform new services (UPS employees repair Toshiba laptops at UPS hubs).
# 9 – In-Forming – Google/Search engines allow people to find info on things and people – 1 billion searches per day
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The 10 Flatteners# 7 – Supply Chaining – Companies like Wal-Mart streamline/control entire sales, distribution and shipping
# 8 – Insourcing – Companies like UPS perform new services (UPS employees repair Toshiba laptops at UPS hubs).
# 9 – In-Forming – Google/Search engines allow people to find info on things and people – 1 billion searches per day
# 10 – The Steroids – The digital device like mobile phones, iPods, PDAs
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The Triple Convergence
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The Triple Convergence# 1 - Around 2000 the flatteners converged and worked together to create a new, flatter, global playing field
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The Triple Convergence# 1 - Around 2000 the flatteners converged and worked together to create a new, flatter, global playing field
# 2 - Business and people adopted new habits, skills and processes. They moved from mostly vertical collaboration to more horizontal methods
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Guy J. Cortesi, Ph.D.IST611
The Triple Convergence# 1 - Around 2000 the flatteners converged and worked together to create a new, flatter, global playing field
# 2 - Business and people adopted new habits, skills and processes. They moved from mostly vertical collaboration to more horizontal methods
# 3 Several billion new people came out on the field, mostly from China, India and the former Soviet Empire