The World is Flat

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The World is Flat

• Prof Jerry Kane
• MI703 Computer Information Systems
• Carroll School of Management,
• Boston College

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The Dot-com bubble (NASDAQ 1994-2004)
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Flattening the World (Friedman 2005)
Operating Systems
Networking
IT Platform
Software Applications
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Standards and Protocols Think a Personal Check
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Flattening the World (Friedman 2005)
Outsourcing, Insourcing, and Offshoring
Supply Chaining
Informing
Market Making
Open Sourcing (and Crowdsourcing)
IT-Enabled Processes
Operating Systems
Networking
IT Platform
Software Applications
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Flattening the World (Friedman 2005)
Outsourcing, Insourcing, and Offshoring
Supply Chaining
Informing
Market Making
Open Sourcing (and Crowdsourcing)
IT-Enabled Processes
Emerging Tech, aka Steroids
Operating Systems
Networking
IT Platform
Software Applications