Marshall Poe, history professor and author of The Hive, and Thomas L. Friedman, three time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention, discuss two different but similar topics: Wikipedia and global supply chains. Both of these collaborative paradigms come with consequences that can be either positive or negative. In the world today, collaborative paradigms generate both positive and negative ramifications in the way that people, businesses, and countries all over the world exchange new ideas and technologies. Wikipedia has become one of the most well know collaborative paradigms used by people all over the world. With the invention of wikipedia and the internet, research suddenly became much easier. Instead of having to go to the library and search through
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Friedman stumbled upon this theory while traveling when he noticed that no two countries that both have the McDonalds franchise have ever fought against each other. “The Golden Arches Theory stipulated that when a country reached the level of economic development where it had a middle class big enough to support a network of McDonald’s, it became a McDonald’s country. And people in McDonald’s countries didn't like to fight wars anymore” (Friedman 170). Friedman soon realized that the McDonald’s theory worked, however, nearly every country has a McDonald’s today. He decided to update the Golden Arches Theory to the Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention which states “No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like Dell’s, will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain. Because people embedded in major global supply chains don't want to fight old-time wars anymore” (Friedman 170). Therefore, with the increase in global supply chains throughout the world such as Dell’s, we should soon see a decrease in wars between
Friedman stumbled upon this theory while traveling when he noticed that no two countries that both have the McDonalds franchise have ever fought against each other. “The Golden Arches Theory stipulated that when a country reached the level of economic development where it had a middle class big enough to support a network of McDonald’s, it became a McDonald’s country. And people in McDonald’s countries didn't like to fight wars anymore” (Friedman 170). Friedman soon realized that the McDonald’s theory worked, however, nearly every country has a McDonald’s today. He decided to update the Golden Arches Theory to the Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention which states “No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like Dell’s, will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain. Because people embedded in major global supply chains don't want to fight old-time wars anymore” (Friedman 170). Therefore, with the increase in global supply chains throughout the world such as Dell’s, we should soon see a decrease in wars between