The virtual organization; a new form of corporation is evolving that uses information technologies to collapse time and space.
In a few decades, corporations will evolve into virtual enterprises. Using integrated computer and communications technologies, companies will be increasingly defined by collaborative networks that connect hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people to each other. Combinations of local...
| Published in: | Futurist Vol. 28; p. 9 |
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World Future Society
March/April 1994
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