Strategic Management of e-Business
Chapter One
Introduction to e-business
We are on the verge of a revolution that is just as profound as the change in the economy that
came with the industrial revolution. Soon electronic networks will allow people to transcend
the barriers of time and distance and take advantage of global markets and business opportunities
not even imaginable today, opening up a new world of economic possibility and progress.
US Vice President Albert Gore, Jr, 1997
Introduction
The beginning of the second millennium will almost certainly be remembered by business
historians as a time of unprecedented change in the business world. In the space of a few
years entire industries have been radically transformed, hundreds of thousands of new
businesses have been spawned and fortunes made and lost by entrepreneurs and
investors, all as a result of digital technologies. New technologies, such as the Internet,
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