the.world.is.flat-第133章
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265 Ukraine; 322 Unabomber; 431 Unilever; 241 Unite; 385
United Arab Emirates; 319
United Kingdom; see Britain
United Nations; 212; 278; 366; Development Program; 398; Security Council; 409…10
United Parcel Service (UPS); 141…50; 349; 419
United Press International; 19
United States; 95; 148; 190; 198; 239; 316; 354; Afghanistan and; 55; 198; 436; 458;
ambition level in; 260…65; automobile industry in; 30; 123; 146…47; business startups
in; 335; capital markets in; 245…46; China and; 118…20; 122…27; 331…33; in Cold War;
276…80; 283; consumer market in; 247; credit registries in; 320; crisis in science
and technology in; 252…55; 307…11; culture of; 325 ; education in; 262; 264…73; energy
consumption in; 409…12; global supply chains of; 423;425; immigrants to; 397;
innovation…generating institutions in; 244…45; Institute ofPeace; 432; intellectual
property protection in; 217…18; 246; Iraq war; 198; 218; 345; 386;402;431;435;448;
456; Japan and; 129; 140; labor market flexibility in; 246; 284…85; manufacturing
in; 138…39; Mexico and; 310; 335 (see also North American Free Trade Agreement);
multinationals headquartered in; 209 (see also specific companies); national highway
system in; 68…69; offshoring by; 416; 417; openness of; 246; outsourcing to; 355;
party politics in; 221; political leadership in; 280…84; political stability of; 247;
post…World War II; 251…52; productivity gains in; 178; radicals in; 396; salary scales
in; 367; terrorists and; 392; 393; 434 (see also 9/11); trade policies of; 225…30;
236;462; video game industry in; 187; 189; visas for entry into; 184…85;192;467
United Technologies; 426
Unix computers; 59
Unnikrisan; Anney; 28
USI;417
Vajpayee; Ata Bihari; 427 Vashistha; Ami; 239…40;459 Venezuela; 283; 321;410;412;
460 Verleger; Phillip K。; Jr。; 411…12 versatilists; 290…92 videoconferencing; 166
videogames; 187; 189;353 Vietnam; 91; 117; war in; 20 Virtual Caliphate; 430;431
488
virtual private network (VPN); 188
Visa card; 414
Voice of America; 459…60
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP); 165…66;
349
Volex;417 Volpi; Mike; 166 Volvo; 263 VTR (Virtual Tax Room); 13
wage insurance; 294…97
Waitman; Claudia; 165
Wales; Jimmy; 94…95
Wal…Mart; 118;128…41; 143;167;174;
214…16;220;301;430;454 Walsh; Pat; 162
Walton; Sam; 131…33; 137; 138; 215 Wang; Winston; 423 Warburg Pincus; 68 Ward; Steve;
210 Warrior; Padmasree; 168 Washington University; 193 Watanabe; Osamu; 119;422
Weather Underground; 396 Web browsers; 56…64; 71 WebSphere; 90 Wee Theng Tan; 317
Weimann; Gabriel; 432…33 Welch; Jack; 106 Wertz; William; 130 Western Electric; 68
Whirlpool; 263 Whitman; Meg; 78;453…56 Wikipedia; 94…95 Wild Brain; 71…73 Williams;
Candace Lee; 449…50 Win Liu; 34 Winnick; Gary; 67 Wipro Technologies; 30; 105; 106;
109; 110;
112; 236; 246; 290; 356; 384;426…28;458 wireless technology; 159…62; 167…70; 213
Wistron; 416
Wladawsky…Berger; Irving; 93; 443 workers; lifetime employability of; 284…93 work
flow software; 71…80; 149; 171; 176;
187;195;414 World Bank; 183; 315; 317; 384; 386;
408
WorldCom; 198 World Learning; 98 World Trade Organization (WTO); 95;
114…16;121;125…26; 183; 332; 335;384;
386;408
World War I; 9;405;411 World War II; 9;412 World Wide Web; 9; 56…57; 60; 85; see also
Internet WPP; 180…81 Wrighton; Mark; 193
Xia Deren; 34…36 XML; 75…76; 240 Xujun; 137…38 Xu Tian; 247…48
Y2K computer crisis; 108…15
Yahoo!; 65; 153…54; 156; 157; 160; 171;
218…19;231;233;265;367;405 YaleGlobal; 94; 383;405;432 Yale University; 105; 192…93;
247…48 Yamani; Ahmed Zaki; 405 Yang; Jerry; 154; 157…58; 265; 375; 384 Yang Yuanqing;
210 YitingLiu; 193 Young & Rubicam; 180
Zaun;Todd; 161; 170
Zayat;Taha; 311…12
Zedillo; Ernesto; 296; 314; 333…34
Zhao; Michael; 407…408
Zimbabwe; 333…34
zippies; 183…91;226