Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

July 21, 2009
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China’s internet growth tops US

To no surprise globalization is bringing the world closer together and thereby making commerce “smaller” and faster as global financial markets increase the efficiency of established information systems.  Recent growth of internet penetration has changed dramatically.  Today China has more … Continue reading

June 29, 2009
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My latest read: Outliers: The Story of Success

I’m not sure why it took so long to read Malcolm Gladwell‘s latest book Outliers: The Story of Success but I’m sure glad its just as enjoyable as his books The Tipping Point and Blink. As defined scientifically Outliers is … Continue reading

June 1, 2009
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My latest read: Who Controls the Internet?

Think the internet is still the wild west?  Think again.  In a new update of Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World law professors Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu share how the long arm of foreign governments still … Continue reading

March 7, 2009
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My latest read – Hot Property

Its all in the timing.  The global economic crisis has placed my latest read Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization into a pretty unique light. Regardless of the delay in the US economy the impact … Continue reading

November 16, 2008
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My latest read – Competing in a Flat World

Searching for the next emerging career in business?  Its Network Orchestrator and this does not refer to computer networks or chamber music.  If you understand fluid, globalized supply chains your on the right track.  Competing in a Flat World: Building … Continue reading

October 26, 2008
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My latest read – Planet India

India is the second fastest growing economy in the world, second only to their Asian neighbor China.  Both have embraced globalization yet are racing to secure resources as their economies, populations, markets and environments grow out of control.  India has … Continue reading

October 8, 2008
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My latest read – The Elephant and the Dragon

Tectonic Economics?  Robyn Meredith has shared a must read bookThe Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us.  Take a look at Wall Street lately?  Then think about oil, the … Continue reading

September 28, 2008
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My latest read – Bangalore Tiger

Y2K.  Remember the rush to fix computer software that was programmed to stop working on January 1 2000?  Many Americans probably did not realize their software fix was coming from Indian companies including WiPro located in Bangalore India.  Today American … Continue reading