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Branson, Richard,
161

Brasilia,
6

Brazil,
8–9
,
13
,
14
,
55
,
83
,
90
,
97
,
106
,
133
,
145
,
146
,
159
,
165
,
177
,
186
,
187
,
194
,
195
,
235

elections in,
78–79
,
196

religion in,
9
,
196
,
197

Bremmer, Ian,
235

BRICS group of emerging powers,
133
,
155

Bridgewater Associates,
189
,
190

British Council,
154

British National Party,
95

Brito, Carlos,
8

Brookings Institution,
56
,
67

Brooklyn Bridge
39

Brownstein, Ron,
76

Brunei,
85

Brzezinski, Zbigniew,
58
,
131
,
235

Budweiser,
8
,
187
,

Buffet, Warren,
8

Bulgaria,
180

Bunge, Jacob
188

Burckhardt, Jacob,
229
,
236

Bureaucracies,
35
,
38
,
40–42
,
43
,
45
,
46
,
101
,
119–120
,
210
,
211
,
228

exhaustion of,
52

fundamental characteristics of,
40–41

germ of modern,
36

spread of bureaucratization,
42

Burger King,
24

Burma,
81

Burt, Andrew
112
,
113

Bush, George W.,
98
,
131
,
147

Business,
12
,
13
,
16
,
26
,
29
,
31
,
35
,
37
,
41
,
60
,
68
,
71
,
221
,
243

M-structure (M-form) of,
37–38
,
46

state-owned,
160
,
178
,
183

structural revolution in,
162–163

See also
Corporations

Cairns Group,
155

Cairo,
85
,
199

California,
94
,
207

Call Centers,
70
,
177

Cambodia,
89
,
209

Cameron, David,
89

Canada,
79
,
86
,
97
,
99
,
145
,
149

Capital,
32
,
38
,
39
,
47
,
101
,
160
,
167
,
171–172
,
173
,
174
,
183
,
186
,
208
,
220

access to,
180–181
,
187

venture capital,
180
,
220

Capitalism,
35
,
39
,
40
,
41
,
45
,
47
,
49
,
71
,
132
,
158
,
168
,
174
,
211

and creative destruction,
71
,
220

models of,
37–38

Caracas,
85

Cardoso, Fernando Henrique,
106

Carey, John M.,
94

Caribbean nations,
155

Carlsen, Magnus,
4

Carnation Revolution,
82
,
83

Carnegie, Andrew,
42
,
206–207

Carnegie Corporation,
206

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
67
,
130
,
238

Cartels,
29
,
46
,
221
,
222
,
226

Caryl, Christian,
120

Castañeda, Jorge G.,
60

Castells, Manuel,
212
,
213

Casualties,
5
,
56
,
110
,
111
,
113
,
117
,
120
,
231

Catholic Church,
18
,
70
,
73
,
84
,
194
,
197
,
198
,
199

CBS,
212

Cedar Revolution,
103

Cellphones,
5
,
56
,
62
,
63
,
66
,
71
,
102
,
111
,
178
,
206
,
214

CEMEX company,
175
,
186

Central America,
66
,
185

Centralization,
35
,
36
,
38
,
41
,
43
,
44
,
52
,
71
,
75
,
198
,
199
,
203
,
211
,
228

decentralization,
77
,
96–97
,
209
,
229

in militaries,
112
,
115
,
116
,
117

CEO turnover,
163–164
.
See also
Corporations: CEOs

Chacon, Mario,
247

Chaffin, Joshua,
152

Challenger, John,
163

Chandler, Alfred,
37

Changes,
11
,
12
,
13
,
15
,
17
,
24
,
26
,
28
,
52–54
,
58
,
64
,
74
,
75
,
82
,
161
,
170
,
226
,
243
,
250

in attitudes,
67

in people's lives,
69

in structural barriers to power,
32

in transaction costs,
45

See also
Power: shifts in

Change to Win,
204

Charisma,
10
,
40
,
51
,
77

Chavez, Hugo,
143
,
154
,
232
,
236

Chechnya,
113
,
114

Checks and balances,
78
,
80
,
85
,
223
,
225–227
,
238
,
243

Chelsea,
193

Chesbrough, Henry,
182

Chess,
2–4
,
17

Chevron,
160

Chhittisgarh,
97

Chicago,
40
,
41
,
59

Children,
4
,
20
,
64
,
70
,
208

child care,
198
,
203

infant/child mortality,
10
,
56
,
57

Children's Investment Fund,
189–190

Chile,
9
,
64–65
,
83
,
99
,
106
,
172
,
195

China,
2
,
13
,
32
,
36
,
49
,
50
,
53
,
55
,
56
,
61
,
65
,
70
,
77–78
,
103
,
109
,
122
,
123
,
129–130
,
131
,
135
,
139
,
140
,
144
,
145
,
165
,
180
,
186
,
204–205
,
219–220
,
222

and Africa,
146–147
,
148

billionaires in,
167

Chinese hackers,
110

civil war in,
112

currency of,
148
,
157

economy,
132–133

favorable views of,
147

People's Liberation Army,
124

reforms in,
100

rise of,
14
,
235

Chiquita,
178

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
153

Chongryon,
153

Christensen, Clayton,
71
,
182–183

Chrysler,
167

Chua, Amy,
122

Church of England,
9

Cinepolis,
185–186

Ciniplexes,
184–185

Cisco,
167
,
182
, Cities,
4
,
54
,
60–61

Citizen Journalism,
214
,
216

Citizens United decision,
94

Civil liberties,
73
,
85
,
92
,
247

Civil service,
40
,
41

Civil wars,
112
,
121

American Civil War,
116

Clark, Wesley (General),
114

Clegg, Nicholas,
89

Climate change,
13
,
15
,
18
,
152
,
217
,
222
,
226
,
228
,
238

Clinton, Bill,
8

Clinton, Hillary,
215

CNOOC,
146

Coalitions,
30
,
59
,
77
,
89
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
95
,
98
,
124
,
196
,
227

coalition of the willing,
143
,
149
,
155

See also
Alliances

Coase, Ronald,
43–44
,
47
,
170

Coca-Cola,
27
,
36
,
169
,
179
,
184

Code of behavior,
24
,
26

Coercion,
11
,
16
,
23
,
24
,
26
,
58
,
72
,
73
,
108

emotional,
21

See also
Force/threat of force

Coker, Margaret,
149

Cold War,
27
,
45
,
52
,
53
,
54
,
108
,
117
,
118
,
121
,
131
,
135–136
,
149
,
239
,
253

Colgate-Palmolive,
31

Collective action,
14
,
204
,
217
,
226–227
,
230
,
238

Collusion,
31
,
33
,
170

Colombia,
59
,
100
,
115
,
143
,
148
,
165
,
194

Colossus
(Ferguson),
140

Comin, Diego,
164

Commager, Henry Steele,
243–244

Communications,
53
,
69
,
117
,
121
,
124
,
138
,
177
,
199
,
211
,
243
.
See also
Technology
:
information/communication technologies

Communism,
45
,
47
,
89
,
112
,
204
,
239

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