Globalization

  • Period: Dec 9, 1492 to

    The Columbian Exchange

    When countries started to trade with eachother
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    Industrial Revolution

    When multinational companies. These multinationals went global for markets and labor, spearheaded first by the expansion of the Dutch and English joint-stock companies and the Industrial Revolution
  • First Wal-mart

    First Wal-mart
    Known as one of the biggest public corporation in the forbes magazine, is a massive global supply chain that many, well all of us used almost everyday, or every week
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
    the fall of the berlin wall allowed other countries to trade with germany.
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    China Enters the Global marketplace

    Reform led to the largest poverty reduction in history. Between 1990 and 2005, poverty rates in the country fell from 60% to 16%, leaving 475 million fewer people in poverty.
  • First smartphone

    First smartphone
    First cell phone was released in 2000 Ericsson R380 Smartphone was the first phone to have and use an open operating system. Today smartphones are used by almost everybody to do everything they need.
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    Companies start to outsource

    people start to outsource people with certain skills to help benefit the company
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    Digital Revolution

    Use of digital media, and communication with people anywhere in the world at anytime