07 February 2017 10:28:53 IST

Even in a digital world, globalisation is not inevitable

According to some, digitalisation makes the world seem flatter

Despite the digital world and the assumptions that come with it -- that it allows for the creation of global citizens -- such is not the case, says this article in Harvard Business Review . Though globalisation and the digitalisation are intricately linked, the former is not always a guarantee because of the latter.

According to Pankaj Ghemawat, while digitalisation can facilitate globalisation in certain respects there are reasons why digital technologies aren't sufficient to drive globalisation forward. Read the article for details.