SOSC 4370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pankaj Ghemawat
20 Mar 2016
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State of the art in law and society. The earth isn"t flat talks about the significant characteristic of globalization leveling the playing field of the world. Increasing opportunities for people wherever they may live. For example, when you call customer services with your carrier, like rogers, you may find that you may be talking to a representative that lives in india. Youtube video pankaj ghemawat: actually, the world isn"t flat. Facebook is designed to keep in touch with friends. Prior to this, it was very difficult to maintain friendships. Something similar can be said about the production of certain things. It is designed in the usa, but assembled in china. But no one really thinks about where the parts that create the iphone actually come from. Roughly about 30% of the iphone comes from germany but this is not advertised. Global public problems the idea that most people have are that the solutions are not local, but global.
