Titlebook: Net Benefit; Guaranteed Electroni Wingham Rowan Book 1999 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999 business.capi

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Demonstration: connected transactions — hiring a van and driver in GEMs order for a van-load of their wheeled bins required 250 miles away by 9.00 a.m. the following morning. The company’s van and driver are elsewhere, vehicle hire depots that may still be open are far away and the trusted driver hire agencies with local presence have all closed for the night.

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that the electronic marketplaces of the future will have widespread and fundamental economic and social consequences. For more information about Guaranteed Electronic Markets visit the Gems Website at www.gems.org.uk978-1-349-41356-0978-0-333-98280-8

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author outlines a world in which open online marketplaces are routinely used to trade everything from office space to bicycle rental between individuals. Each transaction would be guaranteed by the system, not the reputation of the seller. Anyone could enter the market as an equal. The author argues

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Introductionpublic transport and universal postage was fulfilled. The history of broadcasting likewise reveals a pioneering phase when the new invention was perceived primarily for its usefulness to existing organizations: it finally allowed shipping companies to communicate with their fleets at sea. The radica

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Demonstration: booking overnight accommodation in a GEM. After the customers have entered their PIN (personal identification number) and navigated to the ‘overnight accommodation’ marketplace, an initial screen asks ‘do you want to rent a room or do you wish to sell accommodation?’ One click tells GEMs they are buyers rather than potential providers: th