The key players of the information age come together to discuss the defining issues for business, commerce, and our working lives. Find out what over 50 of the world's most important market movers think about the way we do business and the way we will in the future. This book will transform your understanding of the impact the information age has on business with original contributions from world-renowned leaders auch as Bill Gates, Al Gore, Rupert Murdoch, Edith Cresson, Clifford Stoll, Peter Cochrane, and James Martin.
From the Back Cover
Connectivity, killer apps, teleworking, e-commerce, vurtuality, the Information Society... We hear these words daily but what do they actually mean for our working lives, our social and civic responsibilities, our industries, and our business practices?
Here, for the first time, is what they key players in the Information Age are saying about the defining issues for our business, commercial, working and civic lives in the Global Information Society.
Masters of the World gathers together original, thought-provoking short essays by the "digerati" - over 40 of the world's most important market movers, leading commentators, policy makers and government shapers - who directly influence work, business and life in the Digital Age.
Contents:
* Foreword by the Rt Hon Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Visions of the Wired World - Al Gore, Martin Bangemann, Alvin Toffler, Arthur C. Clarke
* The Global Information Infrastructure - Denis Gilhooly, Simon Olswang, Brian Kahin, Peter Cochrane
* The Market - David Potter, Jim Barksdale, John Patrick, Karel Van Miert
* Content - Will Wyatt, David Puttnam, Simon Murison-Bowie, Roberto Minio, Hugh Brett
* Technology - David Feeny, Robert Winter, Nathaniel Borenstein, Randall S. Hancock
* Electronic Commerce - Donald J. Johnston, Lee Stein, Deborah Hurley, Michael R. Nelson
* The Networked Economy - Charles Jonscher, Jeffrey Owens, Michael Finley, Mark Radcliffe
* Wired Organizations - Peter Mandelson, James Martin, John Daniel, Harald Norvik
* Public Services - Edith Cresson, Chris Yapp, Glenn R. Jones
* People - Nicholas Negroponte, Charles Handy, Arne Fjortoft
* Afterword by Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive, Pearson Plc
"As each breathtaking new development brings us closer together in communication and in common cause - building a true global electronic village - we have the chance to spread a new prosperity, a new literacy, a new love of freedom and democracy, and even a new sense of community to the farthest regions of the world."—Al Gore, Vice President, USA"Our goal is to ensure that every country, every business, every individual, can benefit from the new digital economy - ensuring that we can all be Masters of the Wired World.—the Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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