Working in a Global Economy

One book, Friedman, Thomas. The Lexus and The Olive Tree . New York, NY: Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN: 9780385499347, is recommended for purchase.

Friedman, Thomas. The World is Flat . New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005, chapter 1. ISBN: 9780374292881.

Ferguson, Niall. “Sinking Globalization.” Foreign Affairs 84, no. 2 (March/April 2005): 64-77.

The Globalization Perspective

Lohr, Steve. “An Elder Challenges Outsourcing’s Orthodoxy,” New York Times , September 9, 2004.

Friedman, Thomas. “Globalution.” Chapter 9 in The Lexus and The Olive Tree . New York, NY: Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN: 9780385499347.

Chua, Amy. World on Fire . New York, NY: Anchor Books, 2004, Introduction, and chapter 1, pp. 1-48. ISBN: 9780385721868.

The National Perspective

Friedman, Thomas. “Buy Taiwan, Hold Italy, and Sell France.” Chapter 11 in The Lexus and The Olive Tree . New York, NY: Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN: 9780385499347.

Porter, Michael. “The Competitive Advantage of Nations.” Harvard Business Review 68, no. 2 (March-April 1990): 73-93.

———. “Clusters and the New Economics of Competition.” Harvard Business Review 76, no. 6 (November-December 1998): 77-90.

Albert, Michel. “Introduction.” In Capitalism vs Capitalism . New York, NY: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993, pp. 1-19. ISBN: 9781568580050.

Krugman, Paul. “French Family Values,” New York Times, July 29, 2005.

How does Globalization Affect “National Champions” and Artisanal Producers? Examples from the Car and the Wine Industry

Osborne, Lawrence. The Accidental Connoisseur . New York, NY: North Point Press, 2005, pp. 11-29. ISBN: 9780865477124.

Echikson, William, Frederik Balfour, Kerry Capell, Linda Himelstein, and Gerry Khermouch. “Wine War.” Business Week , September 3, 2001.

Studying and Working Across Cultures: Student Presentations of Their Experiences Abroad

The Technological Perspective The specific technological content that underlays various industries dictates what goes and what stays. Ie: mature industries move to, or prosper in, less advanced countries, innovative ones stay. Is this still- the case? The case of India

“Special Report: China and India: What you need to know now.” Business Week , August 22, 2005, issue 3948, pp. 50-134.

Which Companies succeed and Which Ones Fail? Is there a Recipe for Success?

How to Keep Competitive: Innovations and Entrepreneurship

The Importance of Human Capital and the Pursuit of Excellence

Florida, Richard. The Rise of the Creative Class . New York, NY: Basic Books, 2003. ISBN: 9780465024773.

———. The Flight of the Creative Class . New York, NY: Harper Business, 2005. ISBN: 9780060756901.

Huang, G. “The World’s Hottest Computer Lab.” Technology Review , June 2004.

Governing Globalization

Oloka-Onyango, J., and Deepika Udagama. “2001 Report on Economic Social and Cultural Rights.” United Nations, Economic and Social Council.

Corporate Citizenship in the Global Economy