# Senior Research Scholar Steven Altman shares takeaways from his work with Professor Pankaj Ghemawat and Associate Research Scholar Phillip Bastian on the DHL Global Connectedness Index

1 School News February 13, 2019 ![Quartz logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038218.gif?itok=JIQPnzXd)>

Excerpt from [Quartz](https://qz.com/1548517/bulgaria-is-more-globally-connected-than-the-united-states/) -- "'A very high proportion of what we are talking about as globalization is really activity that takes place in regions or among neighbors,' Steven Altman, a New York University researcher who helped develop the index. 'The international flows themselves are smaller than people think.'"

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