The Net is entering the commanding heights of the economy. An investigation of 200 of these b-webs proves companies that embrace this view are succeeding, such as Schwab, Herman Miller, Enron and Ebay. Those that haven't are failing. The economic slowdown only underlines the urgency of moving quickly to more effective and productive business models. Further, the new economy is not the technology sector, but those companies that are changing their business models to exploit the new possibilities.
Companies can decide which economy they want to be part of.
Every company has a choice to succeed or fail. Don Tapscott explains how the dynamics of wealth creation and competition have now been clarified by the demise of the dotcoms. He outlines the new approaches to strategy and business success in this new environment. Many billions of computers embedded in every significant object from diaries and cell phones to toys, aircraft paint, inhalers, soap boxes and automobiles, are beginning to create the Hypernet. This, in turn, is beginning to profoundly change business models and strategy.