TY - BOOK AU - Gates,Bill AU - Hemingway,Collins TI - Business @ the speed of thought: using a digital nervous system SN - 0446525685 AV - HD 30.37 G37B 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - New York, NY PB - Warner Books KW - BUSINESS ENTERPRISES KW - COMPUTER NETWORKS KW - COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1; Information flow is your lifeblood --; ch. 1; Manage with the force of facts --; ch. 2; Can your digital nervous system do this? --; ch. 3; Create a paperless office --; pt. 2; Commerce: the Internet changes everything --; ch. 4; Ride the inflection rocket --; ch. 5; The Middleman must add value --; ch. 6; Touch your customers --; ch. 7; Adopt the web lifestyle --; ch. 8; Change the boundaries of business --; ch. 9; Get to market first --; pt. 3; Manage knowledge to improve strategic thought --; ch. 10; Bad news must travel fast --; ch. 11; Convert bad news to good --; ch. 12; Know your numbers --; ch. 13; Shift people into thinking work --; ch. 14; Raise your corporate IQ --; ch. 15; Big wins require big risks --; pt. 4; Bring insight to business operations --; ch. 16; Develop processes that empower people --; ch. 17; Information technology enables reengineering --; ch. 18; Treat it as a strategic resource --; pt. 5; Special enterprises --; ch. 19; No health care system is an island --; ch. 20; Take government to the people --; ch. 21; When reflex is a matter of life and death --; ch. 22; Create connected learning communities --; pt. 6; Expect the unexpected --; ch. 23; Prepare for the digital future ER -