  Three influential thinkers predict a new wave of change in the rules of commerce. —A Context Interview  Information technology is changing the nature of pricing, making it far more dynamic. —by Laurie J. Flynn  A tiny telecommunications company shows that competitors can come from anywhere—even a barn in rural Pennsylvania. —by Joanne Kelley  ...have been greatly exaggerated. Middlemen say they won't go quietly. —by Dale Buss |
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  Seller, Beware Customers are finding ways to join up electronically and demand better prices. —by Larry Downes  Mother Knows Best Nature demonstrates important rules about organization and management that businesses should use. —by Steve Ditlea  Not So Fast! All the talk about the blinding pace of technological change is misguided. —by Pegeen Hopkins
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  Multitasking Madness Why all that e-mail and voicemail is so distracting—and what you can begin to do about it. —by Larry Rosen and Michelle Weil  Wealth of Knowledge Companies should audit their information assets. There's hidden treasure there. —by John Sviokla  The Oppressive PC A design critic says personal computers will, by their nature, always be hard to use. —by Donald Norman  Techno-Utopia? Peter Schwartz says technology has ushered in a 'Long Boom' of unprecedented prosperity. Daniel Yankelovich agrees but asks that we also ponder technology's dark side.  Hot Dog on a Roll An excerpt from On a Roll: From Hot Dog Buns to High-Tech Billions. —by Howard Jonas  Enough Already A review of In Hostile Territory: Business Secrets of a Mossad Combatant, by Gerald Westerby. —by Eric Nee Merger Mania A review of Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America's Leading Corporations, by Bruce Wasserstein. —by Joanna Flanagan |
