the.world.is.flat-第129章
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ASIMCO Technologies; 114; 116; 120;
122…24;127 Askey; 417 Assaf; Anas; 467 Associated Press; 218…19; 271 Association of
University Technology
Managers; 245 Asustek; 417 Atef; Mohammed; 445 AT&T; 58; 67;68; Bell Labs; 113; 254
Athens Olympics; 250 Atta; Mohammed; 292; 395; 396; 445; 449 Attal; Alex; 282…83 AU
Optronics; 417 Auras; 416
Australia; 6; 16; 95; 138; 187; 320;436
Austria; 320; 442
automobile industry; 29; 102; in India; 234;offshoring in; 122…25; supply chain
in;146…47
Avis; 425;426
Awadallah; Bassem; 462
Azim; Shabana; 458
Baker; Dolly; 36…37
Baker; James A。; 111;48…49
Baker; Mitchell; 99
Baldwin family; 97…98
Baltimore; David; 303…4
Bangladesh; 315
BankBoston; 244
bankruptcy; 319; 320
Barksdale; Jim; 57…60; 63…64
Barnes and Noble; 65
Barrett; Craig; 182; 183; 268; 322
basketball; 250…51;303
Beesley; Angela; 95
Behlendorf; Brian; 84…89; 91…93
Beijing Foreign Affairs Institute; 411
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce; 408
Belding; Brian; 372
Belding; Katie; 372…73
Belgium; 95; 403
benefits; portable; 284…88
Berlin Wall; fall of; 48…52; 55; 60; 73; 182;
192; 194;313;385;441…42 Bemers…Lee; Tim; 56; 86 Best Buy; 118
Bhagwati; Jagdish; 232; 233 Bible; the; 48
Bigari; Steven; 40…41
Bina; Eric; 86
biodiversity; 297…98
bin Laden; Osama; 55; 387; 395…97; 400…401; 403…405;436;438;444…45;447;448
Birdsall; Nancy; 461
Bir Zeit University; 467
BlackBerry; 213
bloggers; 93
Bloomberg news organization; 18
Bluetooth; 159…60
BMW; 354
Boeing Aircraft; 75; 171; 194…97
Bombardier; 263
Boomer; L。 Gary; 14
Boston College; 271…72
Boucher; Richard; 425
Bradley; Bill; 197
Brazil; 51; 78; 95; 117; 314; 320; 322;414
Brezhnev; Leonid; 278
Brickwork; 31…32
Brin; Sergey; 152; 154…55;292
Britain; 9;95; 212; 231; 234;320; 344;404; 445; automobile industry in; 171…72;
211…12; 354…56; economic reform in; 314; 333; India and; 50; 190; 325; 328; Microsoft
research center in; 266; Muslims in; 399; offshoring by; 417; university enrollments
in; 260
Britannica。com; 94
British Airways; 171;425;426
Brookings Institution; 293
Brown v。 Board of Education (1954); 254
Buddhists; 463
Buffett; Jimmy; 373
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); 258
Burkina Faso; 320
Burns; Nick; 39
Bush; George W。; 42; 93; 198…99; 268; 283…84;303;387;450…52
business startup costs; 318…20
C++; 111
California; University of: Berkeley; 85; 87; 96;
Santa Cruz; 293 California Institute of Technology (Caltech);
84; 303…4
Calle; Luis de la; 313; 322 Cambodia; 142; 320; 363…66
Cambridge Energy Research Associates; 413
Cambridge University; 193; 234
camera phones; 169…70; 179; 372…74
Cameroon; 320
Canada; 138; 143; 148; 187; 310; 320; 331; 410
capital markets; 245…46
CapitalOne; 290…91
Caplan; Mitchell H。; 351;352
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; 451
Carnegie Mellon University; 96; 105
Carrico; Bill; 304
Carrier; 29
Castaneda; Jorge; 332
Caterpillar; 122; 124
CAT scans; 15…16; 30;239
Cawley; Joel; 63; 76; 79; 81; 302; 353
CBS News; 42;93
CCI;416
Celestica; 299
cell phones; 160…61; 164…65; 167; 169…70; 213;372…74
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); 39; 292
Chamber of Commerce; U。S。; 311
Chambers; John; 323
Chanda; Nayan; 383; 405
Chechnya; 406;434…36
Chen Shui…bian; 424
Cherukuri; Satyam; 30; 29…30
Chile; 316
Chi Mei Optoelectronics; 417
China; 29;92;95;104; 141; 151; 181…83; 208; 252; 277; 309; 316; 322;354;385;407;430;
463; basketball in; 250; capital markets in; 245; cell phones in; 373; Central Bank
of; 310; communist revolution in; 436; Cultural Revolution in; 267; 328; culture of;
325; 327…28; disease in; 378; economic growth of; 249; economic reforms in; 314;
education in; 264…68; 271…73; 305; 333; 335; eighteenth…century; 11; energy
consumption in; 407…12; engineers in; 113; 257; 258; 280; enrollment in foreign
graduate schools of students from; 260; environmental issues in; 300; and fall of
Berlin Wall; 51; IBM and; 210…11; immigrants from; 292; intangibles of economic
development in; 329; 331…36; intellectual property piracy in; 218; manufacturing in;
21; 74; 114…27; 235; 294; 309…13; 315; 356;414;416;417;421…22; middle class in;
275…76; 387; and open…
sourcing; 102; outsourcing to; 32…36; 113; 189; 247…49; 361; political stability of;
247; poverty in; 315; rural population of; 221; 376; 377; 380;413…14; 419; 420;
scientists in; 257; 269; Taiwan and; 419;422…25; trade policy and; 228…33; 235…36;
in Wal…Mart supply chain; 132; 138; 140; 177; work ethic in; 263; 264; zippies in;
191…94
China Airlines; 418…19
Christians; 430;463
Cisco Systems; 30; 60; 166; 179; 253; 304; 322
Citibank; 234; 388
Citigroup; 13
Civil War; 406
Clark; Jim; 58; 59
Clinton; Bill; 10; 45; 216; 231; 254; 386
CNB Arabiya Television; 210
CNETNews。com; 68; 159
Coast Guard; U。S。; 20
Cobden; Richard; 414
Coca…Cola Corporation; 28
Cohen; Alan; 81…82; 159;167
Cold War; 49; 182; 195; 222; 249; 274; 279; 283; 296
CollabNet; 84; 92
collaborative planning; forecasting; and replenishment (CPFR); 134…35
Colombia; 320
Columbia University; 193; 232
Columbus; Christopher; 3…5; 7; 9; 32
Commerce Department; U。S。; 45; 123; 451
commercial contracts; enforcement of; 319…21
commoditization; 241…42; 344
communism; 31; 277; 328; 331; collapse of; 39…50; 182
Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels); 201…4
Compal; 416
Computer Associates; 89
computer games; 185…89
Concurrent Versioning System; 88
Confederation of Indian Industries; 50;426
Conference Board; 118
Congo; Democratic Republic of; 320
Congress; U。S。; 254; 256; 268…69; 279; 281; 287
Conservation International (CI); 297…98;412
Converse shoe company; 334
Conway; Maureen; 359; 360; 390…91
core competencies; 357
Corning Glass; 226
Corporate Library; 67…68
Cosby; Bill; 304…5
Costa Rica; 416
Costco Wholesale; 214; 216; 220
Council of Economic Advisors; 199
Cowell; Simon; 262
Cray supercomputers; 61
credit histories; 319; 320
CSFB; 234
C2C (customer to customer) transactions; 77
culture; 324…29
Cummins; 122; 124
Customs Service; U。S。; 145
Czech Republic; 320; 322
DaimlerChrysler; 123…24
Dalrymple; Theodore; 399
Darfon; 416
Das; Tarun; 50
data…entry businesses; 364…67
David; Paul A。; 177…78
Davis; Shannon; 40…41
Davos World Economic Forum (1999); 65
Death of a Salesman (Miller); 220; 237
Defense; U。S。 Department of; 268
Degner; Alan; 206
Dell; Michael; 417;421
Dell Computer; 22; 34; 78; 117; 208…9; 235; 253; 301; 414…22;430; 463;Merge Facility;
418; Order Management System; 414…15; socially responsible manufacturing practices
of; 299…300; Supplier Logistics Centers (SLCs);414
Deloitte Consulting; 206
Delta Air Lines; 24…25; 27; 425; 426
Delta Electronics; 417
Democratic Party; 199; 206; 207; 216; 221; 297
Deng Xiaoping; 115; 116; 314
Denmark; 320
DHC; 34
DHL; 345…47
Dhruva Interactive; 185…89
Digital Divide Data; 363…67
digital photography; 342…43
digital technology; 64…65; 161; 162
Dillon; Sam; 260
Discovery Times Channel; 5; 225
disease; 376…82 disempowerment; 382…92 Disney Corporation; 71…72 DoCoMo; 168…70
Doerr。John; 56; 59;71;280 Dollar; David; 315 Dominican Republic; 320 Donaldson
Company; Inc。; 235 dot…com boom and bust; 64…67; 81; 103;
109…10; 178; 197…98; 273; 346; 352 Dow Jones; 18 DreamWorks SKG; 166…67 DSL; 78
Dubai; 316; 326; 329; 347 Dunn; Debra; 300 Dutkiewicz; Rafal; 264
East Germany; 49; see also Berlin Wall; fall of
East Timor; 436
eBay; 68; 77…78;146; 198;453…56;460
Eckroth; Joseph R。; Jr。; 129
e…commerce; 81;231;428
ecommerce…guide。com; 77; 78
Economy。com; 40
education; 261…65; 288…90; 312…16; 323; 333;
lifelong; 284…85; 290…92; parenting and;
303…5 Egypt; 346; 309…12; 317; 329…30;403;456;
457
Ehlers; Vem; 268…69 Einstein; Albert; 339 Electric Boat; 20 Electronics Industry Code
of Conduct;
299…300
El…Hadidy; Lamees; 310…11 Ellsworth; John; 218 Ellsworth; Justin M。; 218 Elpida; 416
El Salvador; 320 Emanuel; Rahm; 216 employability; 284…93 employment laws; 246;
284…85; 318; 320;
321
empowerment; 37