That streams of electrons possess the properties of beams of waves was dis- covered early in 1927 in a large industrial laboratory in the midst of a great city, and in a small university laboratory overlooking a cold and desolate sea. The coincidence seems the more striking when one remembers that facil- ities for making this discovery had been in constant use in laboratories throughout the world for more than a quarter of a century. And yet the coincidence was not, in fact, in any way remarkable. Discoveries in physics are made when the time for making them is ripe, and not before; the stage is set, the time is ripe, and the event occurs-more often than not at widely separated places at almost the same moment
The Global environment oIn the past, managers have viewed the global sector as closed Each country or market was assumed to be isolated from others Firms did not consider global competition, exports oToday's environment is very different managers need to view it as an open market Organizations buy and sell around the world Managers need to learn to compete globally Irwin/McGraw-Hill CThe McGran-Hill Companies, Inc, 2000
Macroenvironmental forces World trade enablers Asian economic power Rise of trade blocs International monetary crises Use of barter countertrade Move towards market economies Global lifestyles C2000 Prentice Hall
Chapter 11 Electronic Commerce logistics 11.1 The Overall Electronic Commerce Logistics 11.1.1 The Logistics And the Logistical System Interest in the Internet has changed so drastically in recent years that one can speak of a universal breakthrough. The remarkable increase in users can be attributed mainly to the appeal of the World Wide Web, the Internet feature that is enjoying the greatest growth. There is some
Chapter 6: Web and RPC Based P. Application Development Chapter goal Www and Http Www and hTMl Web Programming RPC and Middleware World wide web Use of Client-Server Paradigm
