Resources
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Global Perspective understands that in today’s high paced, rapidly changing world, keeping abreast of the latest news is difficult. That is why a comprehensive list of resources is constantly updated to provide users with relevant information. Global Perspective provides a variety of sources and viewpoints to ensure that you get more than one angle on complicated issues. The resource base is categorized by topic and information source so that accessing the most up to date information in your area of interest is quick and easy.
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Geography
Traveler IQ Challenge
Globalization
The Economist
The McKinsey Quarterly
The Globalist
India
India Unlimited
China
Minnesota-China Connection , Governor Pawlenty trade mission November 2005
Business and Economics
World Bank Group: Doing Business in India
HBS Working Knowledge: For Business Leaders
Geography
NOVA World in the Balance
Population Reference Bureau
International Media
Asia Times Online
Times of India
Businessworld
South China Morning Post
Articles/Blogs
India and China:
China's Lesson For India , Cheng Hu, The Globalist, April 9, 2007
Y V R Different , Businessworld India Issue, February 12, 2007
China's Very Strange Decade , Jonathan Anderson, The Globalist, February 7, 2007
China and India: What You Need to Know Now , BusinessWeek Online, Special Issue, August 22, 2005
Infrastructure: The Missing Link , CNN, October 6, 2004
America’s Challenges:
China and India Whisper No More: Coming to the Rescue of the Western Economy , Jean-Pierre Lehmann and Josef Mueller, IMD, January 2008
China vs. America? Learning Strategies in the 21st Century , Anna Greenspan, The Globalist, April 20, 2006
The United States and the Rise of Anti-Chinaism , Stephen Richter, The Globalist, November 1, 2007
Immigration and the Looming U.S. Demographic Crisis , L. Ronald Scheman, The Globalist, April 12, 2007
A Clue to Washington's Cluelessness , Michael May, LA Times, February 18, 2007
Globalization and Other Global Issues:
The Three Rounds of Globalization, Ashutosh Sheshabalaya , The Globalist, October 19, 2006
The World is Flat: The Wealth of Yet More Nations , Fareed Zakaria, The New York Times, May 1, 2005
The World is Spiky , CreativeClass.org, October 2005
Does Globalization Equal Westernization? , Amartya Sen, The Globalist, March 25, 2002
Globalism Versus Globalization ", Joseph Nye, The Globalist, April 15, 2002
Urbanisation: The Brown Revolution , The Economist, May 9, 2002,
Turning on the Tap: Is Water the Next Oil? , HBS Working Knowledge: For Business Leaders
Pod casts
New Insights on Poverty & Life Around the World; Debunking 3rd World Myths , Hans Rosling, TED Conference 2006/2007
The World is Flat 3.0 , Thomas Friedman, MIT World, November 28, 2007
The World in 2006: Forecasting trends for the year ahead, The Economist, (15 podcasts)
The World in 2007: Forecasting Trends for the Year Ahead , The Economist, (15 podcasts)
Live From China , Marketplace, Minnesota Public Radio, Jan. 9-20, 2006
China on the Rise , News Hour with Jim Lehrer, October 2005,
Books
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India , Edward Luce
Speaking of India: Bridging the Communication Gap When Working With Indians , Craig Storti
The Quest For Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence Into Global Competitive Advantage , Vijay Govindarajan and Anil K. Gupta
One Billion Customers: Lessons From the Front Lines of Doing Business in China , James McGregor
The Discovery of India , Jawalharlal Nehru
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21 st Century , Thomas Friedman
The World is Flat? A Critical Analysis of Thomas L. Friedman’s New York Times Bestseller , Ronald Aronica & Mtetwa Ramdoo
The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy , Pietra Rivoli
Why Geography Matters , Harm de Blij
DVDs
1-800-INDIA , Wideangle, PBS
Guns Germs and Steel , National Geographic Special Presentation
Burden on the Land , Roger Pyke Productions
The Other Side of Outsourcing , Discovery Times Channel
The Soul of India , Rick Ray Films
China Rises: The Oldest Civilization on Earth - Reborn , Discovery Communications, Inc.
World Travel Video Clips
