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According to Friedman, no one used the term globalization before the year
a) 1982
b) 1989
c) 1991
d) 1995

Netscape going public triggered
a) the .com boom.
b) overinvestment in fiber optic cable
c) the creation of new walls between internet programs
d) both a and b

On the day that Netscape went public it opened at $71 and closed at $56.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Flatteners 4-10 are all forms of:
a) business practices
b) internalizing affairs
c) collaboration
d) all of the above

According to Friedman, what webserver does everyone use to “dish up websites”?
a) Telcordia
b) Apache
c) Google
d) Ericcson

What web browser was downloaded 10 million times during its first month?
a) Firefox
b) Internet Explorer
c) Netscape
d) Chrome

Walmart’s ingenuity in retail resulted in flattener number:
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

The birth of Google led to flattener number
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

Flattener number 1 was caused by:
a) the .com boom.
b) Netscape enabling the public to access the internet
c) East Germany’s revolution against the Soviet Union.
d) All of the above

Collaboration between suppliers, retailers, and buyers to create value is also known as flattener number:
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

Which flattener allowed people everywhere to have equal access to information?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

The fact that the internet allowed people to connect worldwide caused flattener number:
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

The .com boom caused flattener number
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

Fill in the blank: _________________________ is when a company moves its production from its home country to another county for cheaper labor.
a) Uploading
b) Outsourcing
c) Offshoring
d) Insourcing

Which flattener caused competitive flattening throughout the world?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

Which flattener increased employment in India?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

Which flattener immediately increased the productivity of small companies?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

Flattener number 2 served as proof that Capitalism was better than Communism.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Peoples’ desire to seek knowledge caused flattener number:
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

People no longer had to be close to someone to work with him/her as a result of flattener number:
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

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