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The word is broadband and companies hope the sky is the limit.? --The New York Times, March 23, 1999 How big is broadband? Its implementation will affect all 201 million current Internet users. The Last Mile provides the business community with the first look at this next Internet revolution. Discussing ... more »

As a corporate manager or executive, you probably have little contact with the actual day-to-day trading of derivatives contracts. Regardless, your oversight responsibilities place your career directly in the hands of aggressive derivatives traders. Do you really know what they're up to? DERIVATIVES ... more »

... of modern management development. It emphasizes the benefits of linking management development with organisational strategy. Features include; * up-to-date analysis of how management development can be measured * the first comprehensive assessment of the impact of using Management Standards * practical ... more »

Communities of commerce are the primary drivers of online business today, and this groundbreaking book provides the first complete overview of the phenomenon. The authors demonstrate why the best communities--including Salon, Yahoo Finance, and iVillage--are working so well, and how managers and executives ... more »

... hard-hitting analyses with case studies of businesses that made the transition, this concrete, practical tour de force opens readers' minds to: * Essential differences between e-commerce and e-business * The evolutionary stages of e-business intervention * Strategies to overcome inertia and organize ... more »

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In remarkably honest and unrestrained one-on-one interviews, sixteen titans of the digital world share wisdom and advice on how they founded and built their empires...what they think about business, technology, and each other...and where it's all going. You'll find tough, straight, controversial, profound ... more »