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Real vs. Cyber Becom |
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Amazon has revolutionized the way people buy books, Google has transformed the way people search for information, and eBay has changed the way people buy and sell items that used to be sold at yard sales. |
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On-Line Advertising |
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Just a few short years ago, before the dot-com crash, any Web site with lots of visitors was thought to be a money machine for advertisers. BlueMountain.com, a greeting card company with 11 million visitors a month, sold for $780 million, even though it had no revenues. But, shortly after the crash, you couldn’t give those eyeballs away, and until recently the industry consensus was that there was little if any value in advertising on the Internet. |
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China Moves Beyond " |
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Over the past few years, China has pursued an aggressive policy of increasing its gross domestic product at all costs. This has led to what some pundits have hailed as an “economic miracle” of growth in China as it moves toward a capitalist free market model. |
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China"s Filtere |
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While Web 2.0 is already transforming the way people live and work in the U.S., China is still struggling to absorb the impact of the most basic form of the Internet. E-mail, chat rooms, message boards, and Web sites all provide ways for people to communicate instantly and openly. As a result, the Internet represents both an opportunity for its growing economy, and a threat to its political stability. |
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Business Coaching Ev |
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Not long ago, only a few CEOs turned to business coaches to improve their own performance. Now many companies are hiring executive coaches to train hundreds of their executives and potential executives at a time. |
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