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The World Is Flat (The Globalized World In The Twenty-First Century)
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EAN: 9780141022727
Format: Import
ISBN: 0141022728
Label: Penguin Books
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books
Studio: Penguin Books
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- A Book That Will Prepare You For The New WorldWhether you are a newly college grad, a cashier from Wal-Mart or you just got laid off by CitiGroup, take some time and read this book. It will give you a brand new perspective of how companies run their business today; it will probably make you realized how incompetent you actually are in a flat world. But at least you will finally be able to have a intellectual talk with your friends while you are in a bar.
In "The World Is Flat", Friedman talks about how he realized that the world ... Read More
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- Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" listI found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it brings the reader up to speed on globalization and the events that have contributed to today's flattened world. Once through the first section the text picks up it's pace, and reads like a novel as Friedman's ... Read More
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- Friedman is a True Patriot!My father recommended this book to me and although it is so long that when people saw me reading it asked me if it was the Bible, it is the most important book that I've read in at least the last three years.
Friedman displays unbelievable foresight, simplicity and understanding of the complex world that we live in and gives his best effort to inform anyone who is smart enough to realize how important it is to be prepared for the technological revolution that is currently underway.
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- Verbose, Monotonous, Nothing new to learn...I was very disappointed after reading this book. May be I am not the right audience for this book, I did not learn anything new from this book. Found it very boring.
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- Never got the bookI thought I had bought the book but received CDs instead ... Judging by the picture I should have gotten the book... I hate the CDs !!!!! I couldn't even finish listening to the first one.
