The World is Not Flat. It is probabaly flat if you are the CEO of an MNC with a network of executives, branch offices and collaborators at your disposal.
But if you are just starting out .. the world is not flat. The Internet is the only network that brings your competitors and collaborators together. You have to seek the opportunity and you have to find ways and means to fulfill it.
Network Thinking is a technique to process a data network. New data networks have to be created with your data. Two fundamental properties of networks: Network Position and Network Movement have to be considerd.
Interesting Papers
As We May Think - Vannervar Bush
Complex Systems: Network Thinking -