01 Dec 2000
| by MATTHEW GWYTHER. Additional reporting by CHERRY REYNARD and PETER CRUSH
BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES: Rated by their rivals - Which is
Britain's most admired company? MT's award this year goes to
GlaxoSmithKline, a merger-in-waiting that plans to exploit the
unprecedented opportunities now opening up in genetics.
01 Dec 2000
| by MATTHEW GWYTHER
..TX.-
The e25 is 12 months old. If you can chart the passing of time by
buzzwords, this has been a year that began with a hope-filled march into
'the cyber Klondike' and ended with many of those brave prospectors
joining the '90% Cl
UPDATE: e25's white knuckle year - It has been a tumultuous year,
in which many start-ups went belly-up. Yet most dot.coms in the MT/Bain
e25 survived, and Matthew Gwyther highlights the index's brighter
prospects -
01 Dec 2000
| by JOHN MORRISH
..TX.-
They say one human year is seven years for a dog. But how long is
it for an e-commerce business? In many cases, it's a lifetime.
..TX.-
In not much more than 12 months, internet-based businesses have gone
from being the darlings
A CAUTIONARY TAIL: Entrepreneurs eyed the huge pet-care market and
thought a fortune would fall into their laps as soon as they launched a
site. Ambition has since been reined back, for - as in any sector - old
business truths apply. John Morrish consider
01 Dec 2000
| by ANDREW SAUNDERS
..TX.-
When the e-mail from a US music e-tailer arrived in Nicola Dodd's
in-box earlier this year, its contents were far more compelling than the
usual 'buy one, get one free' puffery. Instead, it was the kind of
message that anyone
IS IT SAFE?: Shopping online can be risky - card fraud on the web
is a growth business. But the real loser is the e-tailer, who has to
make good any loss. Will smart and semi-smart cards curb the fraudsters?
Andrew Saunders checks out some of the solution
01 Dec 2000
| by DANNY KELLY, chief executive of 365 Corporation
..TX.-
MONDAY: A MOUNTAIN
..TX.-
Our company, 365 Corporation, is at the centre of the converging
communications world, so I guess this is a bit like Henry Ford moaning
about traffic on his street, but
e DIARY: On Danny Kelly's Doorstep -
01 Dec 2000
| by ANDREW WILEMAN, a strategy and organisation consultant. Contact
him at: wilemanae@aol.com
..TX.-
It's 3am in Seattle. I'm standing on a hotel room balcony, looking
out over Lake Washington, watching the boat lights fade as the fog
drifts in. Somewhe
NET SKATER: XMAS E-GHOSTS -
01 Dec 2000
| by HANNAH CHARLTON, content development director of
flametree.co.uk
..TX.-
I bought a new mouse for my laptop recently and was amused by its
added feature of a roller scroller - basically, a little wheel on the
top of the mouse that makes climbing up a
A FOOT IN THE WEB: ANOTHER MEDIUM -