21 March
Beyond the Information Revolution
There is a service waiting to be born.
The truly revolutionary impact of the information revolution is just beginning to be felt. But it is not "information" that fuels this impact. It is something that practically no one foresaw or even talked about fifteen or twenty years ago: e-commerce—that is, the explosive emergence of the Internet as a major, perhaps eventually the major, worldwide distribution channel for goods, for services, and, surprisingly, for managerial and professional jobs.
This is profoundly changing economies, markets, and industry structures; products and services and their flow; consumer segmentation, consumer values, and consumer behavior; jobs and labor markets. New and unexpected industries will no doubt emerge, and fast. There is a service waiting to be born.
3月21日
超越信息革命
一种新的服务呼之欲出。
信息革命真正具有革命性的影响才刚刚开始显现。但推动这一影响的并不是“信息”本身，而是十五或二十年前几乎没有人预见、甚至没有人谈论过的事物——电子商务。也就是说，互联网爆发式地成为一种重要的、甚至最终可能成为最主要的全球分销渠道，用于商品、服务，甚至出人意料地用于管理和专业岗位。
这正在深刻改变经济、市场和产业结构；改变产品与服务及其流动方式；改变消费者细分、消费者价值观和消费者行为；改变就业和劳动力市场。新的、出乎意料的产业无疑会迅速出现。一种新的服务呼之欲出。
