| 1. | What does the term globalization mean? | ||
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a. Globalization refers to the integration of goods, services, and cultures among thenations of the world. |
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| 2. | How does Friedman define the three eras of globalization? | ||
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a. The three eras are as follows: |
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i. “Globalization 1.0” occurred from 1492 until about 1800. In this era, globalization was centered around countries. It was about how much horsepower, wind power, and steam power a country had and how creatively it was deployed. The world shrank from size “large” to size “medium.” |
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ii. “Globalization 2.0” occurred from about 1800 until 2000, interrupted only by the two World Wars. In this era, the dynamic force driving change was comprised of multinational companies. The world shrank from size “medium” to size “small.” |
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iii. “Globalization 3.0” is our current era, beginning in the year 2000. The convergence of the personal computer, fiber-optic Internet connections, and software has created a “flat-world platform” that allows small groups and even individuals to go global. The world has shrunk from size “small” to size “tiny.” |
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| 3. | Which technologies have had the biggest effect on globalization? | ||
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a. There are several answers to this. Probably the most obvious are the Internet, the graphical interface of Windows and the World Wide Web, and workflow software. |
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| 4. | What are some of the advantages brought about by globalization? | ||
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a. Advantages include the ability to locate expertise and labor around the world, the ability to operate 24 hours a day, and a larger market for products. |
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| 5. | What are the challenges of globalization? | ||
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a. Challenges include infrastructure differences, labor laws and regulations, legal restrictions, and different languages, customs, and preferences. |
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| 6. | What does the term digital divide mean? | ||
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a. The separation between those who have access to the global network and those who do not. The digital divide can occur between countries, regions, or even neighborhoods. |
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| 7. | What are Jakob Nielsen’s three stages of the digital divide? | ||
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a. economic, usability, and empowerment |
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| 8. | What was one of the key points of The Rise of the Network Society? | ||
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a. There are two key points to choose from. One is that economic activity was, when the book was published in 1996, being organized around the networks that the new telecommunication technologies had provided. The other is that this new, global economic activity was different from the past, because “it is an economy with the capacity to work as a unit in real time on a planetary scale.” |
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| 9. | Which country has the highest average Internet speed? How does your country compare? | ||
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a. According to the chart in the chapter, South Korea has the highest Internet speeds. Students will need to look up their own to compare. |
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| 10. | What is the OLPC project? Has it been successful? | ||
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a. One Laptop Per Child. By most measures, it has not been a successful program. |
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