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Made in Japan!

One of the best books I read in along time. Made in Japan is one of those books whick motivates you. Akio Morita was a revolutionary. He made SONY into what it is today. Being from a business background he had the abiltity to take risks and think big and innovatively. Walkman is just a case in point . He said that no amount of market research would have told them that Walkman would be successfull. He folllowed his intutions on these matters and luckily for SONY he was always right. Just go ahead and read this book. It's a wonderfull read. Made in Japan by Akio Morita

The Flat World

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The World Is Flat not really but literally as pronounced by Thomas L. Friedman in his book ‘The World Is Flat’ A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. In the world of today everybody has got a level playing field. People in developing world compete and collaborate with those in developed world. This way we are witnessing a phenomenon of widespread distribution of wealth across the globe and are bringing prosperity all around. It all started with advancement in communication and transportation. Inter galactic optical fibers network changed it all. The same work which was done a decade ago in a single office is now being done all across the globe. With some part done in China and some in Mexico and India. So much has changed that you when you book your Mac Donald’s pizza at a take away and you won’t realize that the actual person taking your order is sitting thousands mile away and taking your order over the phone. But for a country like India what is the effect at the grass root le...