Monthly Archives: April 2013
WIF Questions 2
The second chapter outlines “Ten Forces That Flattened the World,” ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, to the open-source software movement. In what way did politics influence entrepreneurship in the 1990s? What psychological impact did November 9 have on the world, particularly when paired with new means for global communication?
Yesenia: The collapse of the Berlin Wall led to the fall of communism in Europe. The Soviet Union fell shortly after in 1991 with other nations falling closely behind. This gave capitalist the opportunity to develop and spread capitalism further allowing the influence of politics over enter entrepreneurship. Communism was based upon equality for all which is why capitalism’s influence in the 1990s was an important to our global society today. Capitalism allows communication and the ability to uphold private business constructing the global marketing we have today. The fall of the Berlin Wall had a major impact because it admitted communications to go throughout all over Europe. Without the wall, global communication increased.
Freidman points out that with the second flattener of internet and global communications many positive connections are made. What are some of these connections? How has your life been affected by the development of the Internet? Are there any negative effects?
Yesenia: It made communication easier for both personal and business use. We are able to share post through social networks where others have access to see and respond. My life has been impacted by the internet given that I use it daily and has become a necessity for school work as well. The are negative effects in that we become so dependent on the internet that when it goes down, we become helpless thus making us vulnerable.
Western Europe 