E‐commerce forecasts: a return of the dot.com boom? Available to Purchase

A forecast of 20 e‐commerce applications shows that the Internet is likely to mature into a more sophisticated, conversational form of communication in about 2010, thereby entering the mainstream of advanced societies. This “second coming” of the dot.com era should create a resurgence of economic growth and exert powerful effects on business, government, education and other social functions.