How are establishments in "goods and services" sectors of the economy affected by globalization and the transition from paper to electronic formats for conducting business?

What competencies and skills ' are required for Information
Technology (IT) and extended family careers in E-Commerce,
Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Knowledge Manager (KM)?

What K-Lifelong Learning career pathways must be created for culturally diverse learners to prepare techforces with a basic foundation in IT for learning and living and with. above-mentioned specializations for a region of the world and a concentration in goods or services economy sectors?

CIOs access, analyze, and redistribute information.  KMs assess and critique the information, facilitate processes to determine the "fit" of information to goals and objectives.  An American Association for the Advancement of Science study concluded that many middle grades science books were "Heavy Texts Light on Learning." How can CIOs and KM collaborate with educators in middle schools to improve in science?  How can teacher education prepare CIOs and KMs? (See p. 3).

A number of research reports are appearing about e-Business growth such as one conducted by Norvell's U.K. offices working with the London School of Economics (LSE) that has four sections: comment, analysis, case studies and credits.  U.S. firms account for most of top scorers in the survey, but U.K. supermarket leader Tesco is the overall winner. 

Pike, Bill.  "Secrets of Fastest Growing e-Business." eAl journal, 2(4), April 2000, 42-44. 

PrlcewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) surveyed 1,000+ CEOs worldwide to measure their attitudes toward business.  One finding was the optimism of CEOs for the business prospects of their companies over the next three years.  "The study found that the level of optimism may be linked to expectations of future e-business revenues." But, over 60 percent believe the primary function of the company's Web site Is to build corporate awareness, or advertise products or services.  The transformation of businesses will become more apparent in applications for m-commerce (mobile e-commerce).

Brown, Tony M. "How Many CEOs Understand e-Business."  eAI Journal, 2(4), April 2000, 64. 

U.S. News World Report has ranked Thunderbird's graduate degree program #1 in international business four consecutive years.  Thunderbird/s Executive Education programs provide state-of-the-moment symposia for a global competitive edge.  "Global Management in a Digital World" is a new symposium.

CIOs and KMs are critical now and will become essential in the future as business evolves toward 24x7x365 full service wireless B2B strategies.  How will the IT industry evolve.  Moschella described the IT evolution from systems- and PC-centric environments to a network-centric environment as a prelude to the content-centric environment.  How can education at various levels create career paths to prepare professional and technical workforces in sectors of the economy?  How do we prepare CIOs and KMs for a continuous flow of content via ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS?  How can teams of CIOs - KMs in area businesses collaborate with educators at various levels to interpret the IT evolution for economy sectors and convert their understandings into learning units for use In AAL and campus based traditional formats?

"FAST CONNECTIONS - cable modems and DSL lines - are today's hottest electronic "must-have" services.  Having this technology isn't just a matter of being able to surf faster.  Broadband connections change the basic way you use the Internet.  As our cover story on page 164 explains, with a broadband connection many common tasks change from being interesting technical demonstrations to realistic ways of working.  Web cameras, videoconferencing, voice communications, and virtual private networks work better.

TECHNOLOGY is changing every business: that much is obvious.  But despite years of talking about the changes, we still haven't done nearly enough to use technology to change education, particularly in high schools."

Miller, Michael J. "FORWARD THINKING." PC Magazine 12<8), April 18, 2000, 7-8.

"A FAST INTERNET CONNECTION ... makes both dramatic and subtle changes in your Internet productivity.  So how does a fast connection change your Web experience?" This article contains information about a dozen Web cameras, working at home, selling it the "broadband way" and many Web sites.

Derfler, Frank J., Jr. "BROADBAND." PC Magazine, 19(8), April 18, 2000, 164-177. 

PC MAGAZINE began a special section on B2B E-Commerce.

"KnowledgeNet has invested bundles of cash In a high-end interactive classroom ... and hires real teachers who lecture and download examples, ... always available tutors.... The article has an analysis of eight online training competitors with Web sites.

Perotta, Tom.  "Online Training's Bold Upstart."
Internet World, April 1, 2000, 107-110.

INTERNET WORLD published "ENTERTAINMENT GOES DIGITAL," a special edition, April 1, 2000. 

IT Pathway and Pipeline Model: Rethinking       (2000).
Education Development Center (EDC) 

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Boar, Benard "The Dawn of IT Fighting." Intelligent Enterprise, 3(3), Feb. 9, 2000, 14-16.

Carney, Dan.  "Fraud on the Net." BusinessWeek E.Biz, April 3, 2000, EB 58-64. 

Cirillo, Rich, and Myron, David.  "How E-Savvy Are You'?" VARBusiness, 16(4), February 21, 2000, 24-32.

Coleman, David, and Ward, Lewis.  "Building the Value Chain Through Real-TIme Knowledge Sharing." Knowledge Management, 3(4), April 2000, 55-66.

Earls, Alan  "Win the E-Com Race"  edirections

Folet, John, Bacheldor, Beth, and Wallace, Bob.  "E-Markets Are Expanding." InformationWeek, Issue 775, February 28, 2000, 22-24. 

Harber, Lynn.  "Anytime Anywhere." edirections, Winter 2000, 62-66. 

Khirallah, Diane Rezendes.  "The ABCs of E-Business."  InformationWeek, Issue 778, March 20, 2000, 46-54.

Melling, Tom.  "Digital Signature vs.  Electronic Signature." e-Business Advisor, 18(4), April 2000, 48-51.

Moore, Pamela L. "For Sale: Great Ideas, Barely Used."
BusinessWeek, April 3, 2000, 78, 80. 

Tyson, Laura D-Andrea.  "Global Markets: More Info May Only Feed The Herd Instinct." BusinessWeek, April 3, 2000,
P. 28. 

Wildstrom, Stephen H. "How To Shop For a Laptop."
BusinessWeek, April 3, 2000, p. 25