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| During the PC era, the nexus of info-tech innovation was business, especially in the office. As we enter ��쐔he post-PC era,��� the nexus of innovation is shifting to the consumer, especially in the home. And this digital home is where most technological innovation will occur over the next five years in the $101 billion consumer electronics industry. |
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| Let��셲 face it, there��셲 hardly a business topic that��셲 more emotionally charged than off-shoring: the new trend of outsourcing business processes to foreign workers. It is much cheaper to pay people in other countries to do this routine work because they are paid only a small fraction of the salaries that American workers receive. |
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| Perhaps no other invention revolutionized the world as profoundly as the personal computer. From the clunky, bug-ridden devices that were assembled from mail-order parts by a small number of geeks in garages in the 1970s ?to the sleek machines of today, the PC has become a vital tool in the work and personal lives of nearly every American. |
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Outsourcing Will Bec |
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| In today"s unforgiving global marketplace, no firm can afford to be "second-rate" in any business activity. Every business must find some way to get their cost and quality in line with world-class standards. |
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Off-Shoring the Know |
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| Although we��셶e just explained that there is little reason to worry about off-shoring low-skilled, low-paying jobs that will be automated anyway, many observers are even more anxious about this related trend. Many companies are starting to off-shore some of their highly-skilled technical jobs to overseas providers. |
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