Timing Is Everything. Never underestimate the importance of speed in the dotcom world. While a comprehensive business strategy is essential, companies must also have the flexibility to adapt to the faster pace of transactions. If companies can't reconfigure their strategies fast enough, they will lose out. No Longer Cut It.
Traditional businesses revolve around meetings and memos, a formula for disaster in e-business.
What is needed is a CEO or an information-technology strategist with a vision of how the business needs to change and the practical steps to get it done. Outsiders Are the New Insiders. Even the best-run companies might have to look outside for senior executives with the requisite tech background. The arrival of outsiders could foster a more lateral leadership structure that veers away from the traditional Asian hierarchy. E-Workers Are a Different Breed .