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Asian companies warned not to put e-commerce on the `back burner', BUSINESS TIMES

Business Times (Malaysia), March, 2001

Business Times (Malaysia) 03-07-2001 THE Boston Consulting Group warns Asian companies not to put e- commerce on the "back burner" just because the dotcom craze has subsided. In its report entitled "Arming for E-combat in Asia Pacific", the consulting group says e-commerce is changing the basis of business competition around the world, and that if Asian companies continue to lag their Western counterparts in adopting e-commerce, they put at risk their fundamental competitive advantage.

The authors liken the introduction of e-commerce in business to the introduction of airpower in warfare. E-commerce, they suggest, is a new weapon, and those that do not learn to adapt their strategies to leverage the new weapon are at a critical strategic disadvantage to...

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