the.world.is.flat-第118节
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417;422
Singh; Dinakar; 105; 209; 276…77; 329 Singh; Manmohan; 50; 107; 314; 384 SITE
Institute; 435 60 Minutes; 42 Skype Technologies; 165 Smart Modular; 417 Smith; Adam;
199 SMTP; 61 SOAP; 75;76 social activism; 297…303 social entrepreneurs; 363…67 Social
Security; 285 Solectron; 299 Solow; Robert; 177 Somaiah; Nitu; 24
Sony Corporation; 34; 139; 199; 301;417 Sophary; 366
Soto; Hernando de; 318; 321 SourceForge; 98 South Africa; 91; 209; 380 South Korea;
35; 151; 183; 249; 257; 263; 330;
332; 398; 416; 417;419; energy
consumption in; 410; immigrants from; 292; in global supply chains; 422
Southwest Airlines; 37; 173…76; 179; 199;446
Soviet Union; 50; 193; 278; 283; 442; collapse of; 48…52; 55; 182; 314; 376; 385;
former; see Russia; space program of; 254; 256; 277; 279
Spain; 4; 354; 355; 401;405; Moorish; 328; 329
specialization; 238; 249
Spitzer; Eliot; 19; 245…46
sports; 250…51
Sputnik; 254; 256; 277; 279
Sri Lanka; 191;430
SSL; 61
Stallman; Richard; 97
Stanford University; 60; 96; 154; 176; 229; 267; 289
Starbucks; 231;299; 350
State; U。S。 Department of; 212; 260; 425
Sternad; Ken; 149
Steyn; Mark; 373
storage devices; 162…63
Straw; Jack; 213
Stross; Randall; 99
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); 403
Subramanian; Arvind; 461
Sudan; 373;409…12
Sundaram; Natarajan; 358
Sunder; Sophie; 24…25
Sun Microsystems; 62; 81; 104…5
Sunrex; 416;
supply chains; 128…41; 161; 171; 176; 177; 212; 216; 322; 350;419; environmental
issues and; 298…301; geopolitics and; 419…27; impact of digital technology on; 343;
insourcing and; 141…50; 171; management of; 354; terrorist; 429…32; 437
Supreme Court; U。S。; 254
Suzuki; 234
Swainson; John; 89…90
Sweden; 95; 346
Syria; 320; 330;423;457
Taiwan; 208; 249; 257; 263; 269; 272; 330; 356;
409;415…19;422…25 Taliban; 458 Tanzim; 467 Target; 118 Targus; 417 Tas; Jeroen; 13
487
Task Force on the Future of American
Innovation; 268 Tata; Ratan; 234 Tata Consulting Services Ltd。 (TCS); 110;
184;205…6 TCP/IP; 61;76 Teac;417 Technical University of Hamburg…Harburg;
395
technological determinism; 373…74 TechRepublic。com; 291 Tefla; Sa'd Bin; 404
Telecommunications Act (1996); 67; 69; 105 Tellme Networks; 68 Tenba;417 terrorism;
284; 392…97; 406; 436…37; nuclear;
436…37; see also 9/11; al…Qaeda Texas Instruments; 3; 30; 105; 107 Thailand;
117;320;417;422 Tharrington; Jeannie; 136 Thatcher; Margaret; 314; 333 Third
International Math and Science Test;
273
3D Studio Max; 187 3M; 3
Tiananmen Square massacre; 373 Timm; David; 235 TiVo; 155…56; 171 tolerance; culture
of; 327…28 Tolstoy; Vladimir; 166 Torvalds; Linus; 97 Toshiba; 142;417 Toyota;
139;263 Trends in International Mathematics and
Science Study; 271 Trilogy Publications; 258 Tropiano; Laurie; 357…58 Tsinghua
University; 193…94 Tunisia; 320
Turkey; 326; 335; 346;457…58 Twain; Mark; 158…59 24/7 Customer; 21…26; 28; 184 Tyco;
198
U。S。…China Business Council; 125 U。S。 Physics Team; 270 Uganda; 328 Ugarte; Jose;
265 Ukraine; 322 Unabomber; 431 Unilever; 241 Unite; 385
United Arab Emirates; 319
United Kingdom; see Britain
United Nations; 212; 278; 366; Development Program; 398; Security Council; 409…10
United Parcel Service (UPS); 141…50; 349; 419
United Press International; 19
United States; 95; 148; 190; 198; 239; 316; 354; Afghanistan and; 55; 198; 436; 458;
ambition level in; 260…65; automobile industry in; 30; 123; 146…47; business startups
in; 335; capital markets in; 245…46; China and; 118…20; 122…27; 331…33; in Cold War;
276…80; 283; consumer market in; 247; credit registries in; 320; crisis in science
and technology in; 252…55; 307…11; culture of; 325 ; education in; 262; 264…73; energy
consumption in; 409…12; global supply chains of; 423;425; immigrants to; 397;
innovation…generating institutions in; 244…45; Institute ofPeace; 432; intellectual
property protection in; 217…18; 246; Iraq war; 198; 218; 345; 386;402;431;435;448;
456; Japan and; 129; 140; labor market flexibility in; 246; 284…85; manufacturing
in; 138…39; Mexico and; 310; 335 (see also North American Free Trade Agreement);
multinationals headquartered in; 209 (see also specific companies); national highway
system in; 68…69; offshoring by; 416; 417; openness of; 246; outsourcing to; 355;
party politics in; 221; political leadership in; 280…84; political stability of; 247;
post…World War II; 251…52; productivity gains in; 178; radicals in; 396; salary scales
in; 367; terrorists and; 392; 393; 434 (see also 9/11); trade policies of; 225…30;
236;462; video game industry in; 187; 189; visas for entry into; 184…85;192;467
United Technologies; 426
Unix computers; 59
Unnikrisan; Anney; 28
USI;417
Vajpayee; Ata Bihari; 427 Vashistha; Ami; 239…40;459 Venezuela; 283; 321;410;412;
460 Verleger; Phillip K。; Jr。; 411…12 versatilists; 290…92 videoconferencing; 166
videogames; 187; 189;353 Vietnam; 91; 117; war in; 20 Virtual Caliphate; 430;431
488
virtual private network (VPN); 188
Visa card; 414
Voice of America; 459…60
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP); 165…66;
349
Volex;417 Volpi; Mike; 166 Volvo; 263 VTR (Virtual Tax Room); 13
wage insurance; 294…97
Waitman; Claudia; 165
Wales; Jimmy; 94…95
Wal…Mart; 118;128…41; 143;167;174;
214…16;220;301;430;454 Walsh; Pat; 162
Walton; Sam; 131…33; 137; 138; 215 Wang; Winston; 423 Warburg Pincus; 68 Ward; Steve;
210 Warrior; Padmasree; 168 Washington University; 193 Watanabe; Osamu; 119;422
Weather Underground; 396 Web browsers; 56…64; 71 WebSphere; 90 Wee Theng Tan; 317
Weimann; Gabriel; 432…33 Welch; Jack; 106 Wertz; William; 130 Western Electric; 68
Whirlpool; 263 Whitman; Meg; 78;453…56 Wikipedia; 94…95 Wild Brain; 71…73 Williams;
Candace Lee; 449…50 Win Liu; 34 Winnick; Gary; 67 Wipro Technologies; 30; 105; 106;
109; 110;
112; 236; 246; 290; 356; 384;426…28;458 wireless technology; 159…62; 167…70; 213
Wistron; 416
Wladawsky…Berger; Irving; 93; 443 workers; lifetime employability of; 284…93 work
flow software; 71…80; 149; 171; 176;
187;195;414 World Bank; 183; 315; 317; 384; 386;
408
WorldCom; 198 World Learning; 98 World Trade Organization (WTO); 95;
114…16;121;125…26; 183; 332; 335;384;
386;408
World War I; 9;405;411 World War II; 9;412 World Wide Web; 9; 56…57; 60; 85; see also
Internet WPP; 180…81 Wrighton; Mark; 193
Xia Deren; 34…36 XML; 75…76; 240 Xujun; 137…38 Xu Tian; 247…48
Y2K computer crisis; 108…15
Yahoo!; 65; 153…54; 156; 157; 160; 171;
218…19;231;233;265;367;405 YaleGlobal; 94; 383;405;432 Yale University; 105; 192…93;
247…48 Yamani; Ahmed Zaki; 405 Yang; Jerry; 154; 157…58; 265; 375; 384 Yang Yuanqing;
210 YitingLiu; 193 Young & Rubicam; 180
Zaun;Todd; 161; 170
Zayat;Taha; 311…12
Zedillo; Ernesto; 296; 314; 333…34
Zhao; Michael; 407…408
Zimbabwe; 333…34
zippies; 183…91;226