| Abstract: |
Taking the Hype Out of E-Business A favourite piece of e-business hype is that "e-business changes everything". Yet many seasoned observers, from outside of IT, simply see this as an IT-centric view of the world. Who’s right? The BBC recently ran a programme in its "Big Ideas" series on the Internet, with Economics Correspondent Evan Davis. Together with leading economist Bridget Rosewell, Davis looked at whether new technology like the Internet will revolutionise our working lives. They examined Call Centres, home shopping, and home working, and Rosewell, in particular, maintained that there is nothing really new about the Internet and that it is simply evolutionary |