The Broadband Explosion: Leading Thinkers On The Promise Of A Truly Interactive World (Crash Course)

Broadband technologies will soon make high-quality, real time collaboration - between anyone from anywhere in the world - a reality, with enormous implications for the conduct of business. This book provides insights into this phenomenon and to the dramatic opportunities it will open up for today's companies. This book contains the latest thinking from the world's leading experts on this subject, including Clayton Christensen, Reed Hundt, and others. The debate over the future of broadband is ongoing, and this book offers a cogent picture of where broadband can really take us, how soon it will happen, which emerging technologies hold the most promise, and what businesses have to do to position themselves for success.

Amazon Sales Rank: #1455255 in Books Published on: 2005-09-01 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Binding: Hardcover 384 pages

About the Author Robert D. Austin is an associate professor at Harvard Business School and chairs an executive program for CIOs. He is the author of numerous articles and four books on information technology management. Stephen P. Bradley is the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of an executive program on strategy at Harvard Business School. He is coauthor of numerous articles and seven books including Sense and Respond: Capturing Value in the Network Era (HBS Press, 1998).

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