The internet was supposed to be a great leveller. Soon, we were regularly told, every shopkeeper would hook-up to the internet to make the whole world his marketplace. Instead, one study after another has shown that e-business is benefiting mainly large corporations and widening their competitive gap with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)....Read
Bluetooth
World without wires PC's talking to mobile phones, hi-fi's or refrigerators? Perhaps when the technology is cheap enough. But Bluetooth's more immediate hope is to eliminate all those cumbersome cables
Virtually empty
Online supermarkets Buying food on the net is liberating for some - but in sunny Spain consumers prefer to peruse the market stalls, chat to shopkeepers and see with their own eyes the food they will put on the table
SME's
Small is the next big thing Small- and medium-sized enterprises have been slow to jump on the internet bandwagon - shunning the hype in favour of getting on with the daily graft of business. But this they are coming to realise just how much they stand to gain from an online presence.
Multinationals
Europe, USA Cultural, legal and language barriers can make transatlantic business a nightmare. But ambitious US companies are taking the plunge into Europe, often using the UK as a springboard
