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A vision for the future This is one of nearly a thousand foresight statements shared by people from around the world. To return to the Voices of the People home page, click here. To do a refined search of the Voices of the People statements, click here. To submit your ideas to this online archive, look to the upper right corner of this page, click on "Share Your Prediction" and fill in the pop-up form. Name: stephen barrington marshall From: California Bio: Internet user, software engineer (internet technology) Area of Expertise: Technology Developer/Administrator Topic: Economic structures Headline: Decentralized businesses Nutshell: A corporation with no headquarters a new business model. Vision: With internet technology, there is the possibility to have a no asset owning company. Imagine a corporation made up of professionals from different diciplines all collaborating with each other and working towards a common goal. Company overhead would be drastically reduced, while productivity could be high (if there is a way to measure indiviual contributions and reward them). Profits could potentially drive traditional businesses out of business. This new business model could potentially emerge and flourish. Date Submitted: 11/11/2004 |
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