链男母经降贸多大量 高级商务英语阅读 The new economy has been a subject of discussions since the mid 90's among the economists all over the world and especially in the United States.This concept can be described shortly as 'the effects of the new technologies on the current economy'.Those technologies are also named as "The Information Technologies"and include the hardware,the software,the telecommunication systems and Internet technologies.First of all,those technologies had an effect on the increase of the productivity of firms.As a result,the firms can now produce more efficiently by using less labor force than before.That micro-economic effect has had a deep macro-economic effect on longer term and has been seen as means of a growth on the GPD in several countries.Another profit of the new technologies is the economic growth gathered by new investments.New employments of the growing information technologies companies in other words companies like IBM,Microsoft,HP. AOL,Yahoo or Nokia have huge impacts on creation of new investments,new job opportunities through the high rates of profit they are making. 2)Definition Two There are many versions and interpretations regarding this concept.Nonetheless,the fundamental idea about"new economy"is that it is digital,namely information assumes various forms reduced to bits stored in computers;its knowledge,ideas about goods and how to produce them.Moreover, within the twenty years there have been significant changes in the economy that have been powered by many industries that impact the New Economy,that consist of semiconductors, computers,software,the Internet,telecommunications and biotechnology.In a nut shell,New Economy not only consists of these industries but it is about communication with the computer,the "soft"intangible things such as intelligence funds,information,networks,and primarily modes of communicating. "The New Economy"is often used when describing high-technology businesses or stocks. Sometimes news commentators will separate the stock market into "Old Economy"and "New Economy"stocks rather than NYSE and NASDAQ stock markets.However,The New Economy is more than the latest'catch-phrase'and involves much more than high-technology companies. Evolving initially from a view of productivity,it is thought that high-technology will directly improve productivity.However,part of this increase will come from new ways of doing business as well as 第2页共14页高级商务英语阅读 The new economy has been a subject of discussions since the mid 90's among the economists all over the world and especially in the United States. This concept can be described shortly as 'the effects of the new technologies on the current economy'. Those technologies are also named as "The Information Technologies" and include the hardware, the software, the telecommunication systems and Internet technologies. First of all, those technologies had an effect on the increase of the productivity of firms. As a result, the firms can now produce more efficiently by using less labor force than before. That micro-economic effect has had a deep macro-economic effect on longer term and has been seen as means of a growth on the GPD in several countries. Another profit of the new technologies is the economic growth gathered by new investments. New employments of the growing information technologies companies in other words companies like IBM , Microsoft, HP, AOL, Yahoo or Nokia have huge impacts on creation of new investments, new job opportunities through the high rates of profit they are making. 2) Definition Two There are many versions and interpretations regarding this concept. Nonetheless, the fundamental idea about "new economy" is that it is digital, namely information assumes various forms reduced to bits stored in computers; its knowledge, ideas about goods and how to produce them. Moreover, within the twenty years there have been significant changes in the economy that have been powered by many industries that impact the New Economy, that consist of semiconductors, computers, software, the Internet, telecommunications and biotechnology. In a nut shell, New Economy not only consists of these industries but it is about communication with the computer, the "soft" intangible things such as intelligence funds, information, networks, and primarily modes of communicating. "The New Economy" is often used when describing high-technology businesses or stocks. Sometimes news commentators will separate the stock market into "Old Economy" and "New Economy" stocks rather than NYSE and NASDAQ stock markets. However, The New Economy is more than the latest 'catch-phrase' and involves much more than high-technology companies. Evolving initially from a view of productivity, it is thought that high-technology will directly improve productivity. However, part of this increase will come from new ways of doing business as well as 第 2 页 共 14 页