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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.

 

Resource List

Recommended Subscriptions (print and/or online access)

The Economist

The McKinsey Quarterly

Websites

Globalization

The Globalist

India

India Unlimited

Minnesota-India Trip (Press Release), Governor Pawlenty trade mission October 2007

China

Minnesota-China Connection, Governor Pawlenty trade mission November 2005

Business and Economics

World Bank Group:  Doing Business in India

Ivey Business Journal

HBS Working Knowledge: For Business Leaders

Foreign Affairs

Geography

NOVA World in the Balance

Population Reference Bureau

International Media

Asia Times Online

Times of India

Businessworld

Indian Express

South China Morning Post

Articles/Blogs

India and China:

The Utopian Myth of India's Double Dividend, Victor Mallet, Financial Times, December 5, 2007

Tracking the Growth of India's Middle Class, Eric D. Beinhocker, Diana Farrell, and Adil S. Zainulbhai,

McKinsey Quarterly, August 2007

Securing India's Place in the Global Economy, Adil S. Zainulbhai, McKinsey Quarterly, October 2007

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

The Reality of India:  The New "Global Power", Aspects of India's Economy, No.41, December 2005

China and India:  What You Need to Know Now, BusinessWeek Online, Special Issue, August 22, 2005

Fulfilling India’s Promise: Special Edition 2005, The McKinsey Quarterly

India's Crisis of Values, Sundeep Waslekar, The Globalist, May 13, 2004

Infrastructure: The Missing Link, CNN, October 6, 2004

The Rise of China, Asia Times, February 2004

Can India Overtake China?, Foreign Policy, July-August 2003,

America’s Challenges:

China vs. America?  Learning Strategies in the 21st Century, Anna Greenspan, The Globalist, April 20, 2006

Developing a Global Mindset in Relocation, Tony Baldassarro, Business Management

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

We All Have a Lot to Learn, Newsweek Jan. 9, 2006

Rejecting the Next Bill Gates, Newsweek, November 29, 2006

Globalization and Other Global Issues:

The Three Rounds of Globalization, Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, The Globalist, October 19, 2006

Surprise!  The Balance of Economic Power in the World is Changing.  Good., The Economist, September 16, 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

The World is Spiky, Edge Perspectives (John Hagel) blog comparing “The World is Spiky” with “The World is Flat”

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, Massacusetts Institute of Technology, 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

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 Argumentative Indian, Amartya Sen

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

Speaking of India:  Bridging the Communication Gap When Working With Indians, Craig Storti

Americans at Work:  The Guide to the Can-Do People, Craig Storti

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.

 

 

 

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