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  • Technology Trends - SAP Opens Up and Moves Down Market (June 2002)

    SAP Opens Up and Moves Down Market (June 2002)

    Though it may seem longer, especially if you have been personally involved in implementing R/3, SAP AG released its premier ERP suite just ten years ago. Among the painful lessons that R/3 users have learned during that time is that enterprise-level applications rippled through the entire fabric of an organization and took much longer to roll out than expected. But the costs and effort required were often rewarded by major gains in competitive advantage and entry into new marketplaces.

    June, 2002

  • Technology Trends - E-Commerce Economic Secrets Revealed (May 2002)

    E-Commerce Economic Secrets Revealed (May 2002)

    Ideas regarding how e-commerce compares to how traditional marketplaces operate abound, but few of those opinions are based on empirical facts.  Economic studies have shed light on the price levels, consumer sensitivity to product prices (price elasticity), overhead for changing prices (menu costs), and online price dispersion.

    May, 2002