In this millennium, the use of the term globalization has been increasing rapidly. Some see this uptake as a post cold war phenomenon. It probably partially is. However, digital technologies and new ways of collaboration enabled by new technologies and more collaborative information management approaches certainly contributed to it as well.
Especially the shift towards a real-time knowledge economy and the need for digital transformation in the digital business seems to play a role in this regard. The dissemination of knowledge was defined as one of the four basic aspects of globalization by the IMF in 2000. And of course there is the increasing penetration of the Internet, mobile and social technologies, etc.
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| Internet penetration across the globe - Jeff Ogden for Wikipedia |
The roots of globalization go back way further than the post cold war era, let alone the age of telecommunications. And collaboration has played an increasing role in it, certainly after the colonial era. Social business is very much about collaboration and collaboration is a driver of globalization.
