The Antidote: Volume 5 Issue 1
Table of contents
On which side do you like your prejudice buttered?
T KippenbergerSpotlights that, within Europe, use varies quite markedly of the Internet. Gives percentages of usage of the Internet in various countries in Europe, but also states that other…
Welcome to a virtual world
T KippenbergerForecasts that virtual assets — knowledge and information — will transform the way business is undertaken, requiring the business success rulebook to be rewritten. Posits that…
Retail: the first of the e‐wars
T KippenbergerInsists that not all products and services are susceptible to being sold electronically, and shows that de Kare‐Silver proposes an electronic shopping test to aid in helping…
Pure play versus clicks‐and‐mortar
T KippenbergerStresses that what happens in Europe, with regard to the e‐retailing sector, will eventually occur in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Expounds on the World Wide Web and its…
From lip service to reality!
T KippenbergerReckons that success in e‐commerce or e‐business means companies' strategy must be to use 50% of their technology budget on customer nurturing. Highlights eight factors for…
The phenomenon of virtual communities
T KippenbergerPoints out that there are five main characteristics of the virtual community business model: distinctive focus; capacity to integrate content and communications; emphasis on…
Becoming an e‐business
T KippenbergerAdvances that by 2010, two billion people will be online and that this many potential customers will force businesses operations to change in a big way — as customer loyalty will…
Infomediaries
T KippenbergerArgues, as a result of the convergence of commerce, technology, and consumer frustration, these new infomediary businesses could help customers capture, manage and maximize…
From intranet to extranet
T KippenbergerBelieves the introduction of Internet technology stimulates a learning process often associated with an upsurge in creative and entrepreneurial activity. Describes an intranet as…
E‐security
T KippenbergerSuggests that there are four principal security functions for commercial transactions: confidentiality; integrity; authentication; and non‐repudiation. States the conduction of…
Truly open markets for everyone
T KippenbergerNotes that, in 1999, there were an estimated 90 million PCs in the world — but 900 million TV sets! Looks at the future for mature, truly open, electronic buying through the TV's…
Fasten your seatbelts
T KippenbergerLooks at the future for new technology, stating mobile phones, for the second Xmas in a row, were the most popular gift and that Web addresses and e‐commerce operators bit into…