[FYI] The greatest impact of the Internet looks like being found in old firms, not new ones

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

<http://www.economist.com/opinion/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=679981 
&CFID=2696022&CFTOKEN=14555033>  

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E-management  

Older, wiser, webbier  

Jun 28th 2001  

>From The Economist print edition  

The greatest impact of the Internet looks like being found in old 
firms, not new ones  

THE spectacular bursting of the Internet bubble has led some to 
question the very importance of the net. Eighteen months ago, it was 
said that this was the greatest change since the Industrial 
Revolution two centuries ago, and thus that it would have a greater 
effect on productivity and management than did electricity and the 
telephone in the first quarter of the 20th century. Executives queued 
up to attend e-business conferences in order to learn how to bring 
the magic of the web to their companies, and speakers vied to produce 
the best soundbites. “E-business or out of business” was one of the 
favourites. And now? “Delete or, insert and” would seem the right 
adjustment to that slogan.  

Not so fast.  

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