Globalization, Technology, and Competition: The Fusion of Computers and Telecommunications i... Book

I	Globalization and Technology
1	Global Competition and Technology	3
II	Organizational Structures for Global Strategies	33
2	How Will Information Technology Reshape Organizations? Computers as Coordination Technology	37
3	A Framework for the Design of the Emerging Global Organizational Structure	57
4	On the Design of Global Information Systems	81
III	Creating and Restructuring Industries	109
5	The Role of IT Networking in Sustaining Competitive Advantage	113
6	Telecommunications and the Restructuring of the Securities Markets	143
7	The Coordination of Global Manufacturing	169
8	Quick Response in Retail/Manufacturing Channels	185
IV	Strategic Response to Structural Change	215
9	Information Technology and the Boundary of the Firm: Who Wins, Who Loses, Who Has To Change	219
10	Being Global and the Global Opportunity	243
11	Saturn - The Making of the Modern Corporation	257
12	Information Technology and the Global Virtual Corporation	283
V	Competing with Technology	309
13	The Bell Operating Companies and AT&T Venture Abroad While British Telecom and Others Come to the United States	313
14	Seven Technologies to Watch in Globalization	335
15	Building the Broadband Society	359
	About the Contributors	371
	Index	381