Modern visionsary, Bill Gates, reveals how expanding technology is propelling the business world into an exciting new economic era ... how every manager can and must stay ahead of the curve, and how integrated information systems can help every organization.

Includes index. Donated by the family of Lieutenant Colonel Loyal (Red) Mumford Pease (February 19, 1917 to April 15, 2011) who served as an officer in the 25th Company Bomb Disposal Squad in the United States Army during WWII.

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. 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.