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A 3 page paper which offers up three ways that companies and countries can adapt to do well in globalization as based on The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman. No additional sources cited.
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and the international business and politics become more complex out of need. There are many books on the market that address the trends emerging in the field of globalization. One
book is Thomas Friedmans The Lexus and the Olive Tree. The following paper examines three different suggestions made by Friedman in relationship to making the transition to globalization more effective
and efficient for countries and companies. The Lexus and the Olive Tree When one thinks and studies the conditions of globalization
one cannot ignore technology in the form of the Internet. Friedman (2000) notes how "Countries today dont have to be prisoners of their natural resources, geography or history. In todays
globalization system any country can plug into the Internet, import knowledge and develop its own educational base; any country can find shareholders from any other country to invest in its
infrastructure; any country with the right leadership can implement DOScapital 6.0 over a period of time" (Friedman, 2000; 197). In essence Friedman is illustrating that with the Internet many things
are possible if implemented into place. In the past nations and companies had to largely rely on what was available to them. Today almost anything is available through the Internet.
In the past, for example, a person in Bolivia could not start a company utilizing hand woven fabrics from Bali. Today, with the Internet and computer technology, such items can
be purchased and utilized in business. While clearly an oversimplification, the point is that anything is available to almost anyone, to almost any nation, through the Internet and as such
one is not limited to geography and ones own resources. In another quotation Friedman (2000) states that, "As in the business world,
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