Chapter 2

The Universal Totem Pole

Abstract

Technology optimization and miniaturization have successfully broken down most common frontiers to usage: literacy, accessibility, and applicability. The pervasiveness of modern technology has allowed emerging economies to get on the fast track of the latest technological innovations. Technology is the great equalizer and the driver of development. This is at the root of the explosion of mobile in developing nations. There is a changing logic of globalization relationships at work, and the triumph of design as the prime methodology to impart global thought on corporate action.

Keywords

Technology; user; diversification; brand localization; interface; marketing; culture

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