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In this issue:

 * Markets for Large-Screen TVs
 * The United States of Asia and Other Signals of Change
 * Nanotechnology for Structural Adhesives
 * The Looming Presence of Microsoft Office
 * Business Interest in the Concept of Emergence
 * Best Practices in eLearning
 * Better Analysis through Text Mining
 * Pervasive Computing in Health Care
 * Interest in Cellulosic Plastics
 * Privacy Strategies for Businesses
 * Presentations and Press


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 Recent Publications
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Markets for Large-Screen TVs

The consumer market for large-screen TVs appears to have 
good prospects, with manufacturers and retailers placing 
special hope in the near-term outlook for flat-panel 
plasma displays. However, analysts in SRIC-BI's Digital 
Futures program believe that unit sales of 30-inch and 
larger liquid-crystal displays could surpass sales of 
plasma sales by 2008 and that increased business use of 
front projectors for presentations could open the door for 
front-projection TVs in the home. (Market Roadmap for 
Large-Screen TVs)
http://www.sric-bi.com/DF/summaries/MktLgScrnTVs2003-10.shtml


The United States of Asia and Other Signals of Change

A union of economic expediency is emerging among some 
Asian countries: Japan is already China's largest export 
market, and South Korea now exports more to China than to 
the United States. The November issue of Scan Monthly 
discusses this and other signals of change, including 
China's expanding competition in world markets, the new 
domain of eScience, and the risks of brand exhaustion in 
markets. (Scan Monthly, November 2003)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM009.shtml#SoCs


Nanotechnology for Structural Adhesives

Incorporating nanosize materials into adhesives promises 
to improve the physical properties of structural adhesives 
significantly. However, structural-adhesives companies 
need to sort through the hype about nanotechnologies' 
capabilities and commercial potential.  They also need to 
be aware of reports of health scares and worries about the 
health and safety aspects of some nanomaterials. (November 
2003 Structural Adhesives Viewpoints)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Explorer/SA.shtml


The Looming Presence of Microsoft Office

The October release of Microsoft Office System positions 
Office as a front end to a wide variety of Internet-based 
applications in the era of pervasive computing. With 
Office System, Microsoft may finally have found a way to 
lock Internet users into Microsoft technology much as the 
company has locked desktop users into the MS operating 
system. (November 2003 Component-Based Software 
Engineering Viewpoints)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Explorer/CBSE.shtml


Business Interest in the Concept of Emergence

In nature, a confluence of many uncoordinated actions by 
independent agents can create complex behavior patterns. 
The business community is increasingly interested in this 
concept of emergence in adaptive systems, finding useful 
insights into phenomena as diverse as the global economy 
and individual consumers' purchase-decision processes. 
Emergence also holds interest for entertainment and 
business applications, as well as for organizational 
structures and planning processes. (Business Perspectives 
on Emergence)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM009.shtml#D03-2452


Best Practices in eLearning

Global companies are increasingly establishing new 
organizational units to coordinate their learning 
activities. They are also creating learning architectures 
to guide eLearning initiatives and working to integrate 
knowledge and learning systems and processes. At a recent 
Learning-on-Demand Program meeting in Dublin, Ireland, an 
international group of attendees discussed these and other 
best practices in eLearning implementation. 
(Learning-on-Demand European Meeting Summary)
http://www.sric-bi.com/LoD/meetings/2003-10-15.shtml


Better Analysis through Text Mining

Text mining, a relatively new analysis technique that 
derives from data mining, can analyze content more 
extensively than search engines can, analyzing thousands 
of pages per hour. The software can also determine 
categories of information and link related documents to 
help people delve deeply into topics. Although text mining 
came out of academia and still finds the greatest use in 
research and analysis communities, its use will soon 
extend to knowledge workers across corporate functions. 
(November 2003 Knowledge-Management Tools Viewpoints)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Explorer/KMT.shtml


Pervasive Computing in Health Care

Pervasive-computing technologies could help the 
health-care industry cut costs and improve efficiency. 
Before the market can see widespread growth, however, 
developers need to overcome problems such as wireless 
data-transmission interference, security issues, short 
battery lives, data overload, privacy concerns, and 
physicians' resistance to change. (Health-Care 
Applications of Pervasive-Computing Technologies)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM009.shtml#D03-2450


Interest in Cellulosic Plastics

As supplies of fossil fuels dwindle, renewable resources 
will become increasingly important. Cellulose is one of 
the most abundant biopolymers in nature, and 
cellulose-based plastics have the potential to compete, in 
some applications, with the price and performance of 
petroleum-based plastics. As a result, the plastics 
industry is now examining cellulose more closely as a raw 
material for renewable plastics. (November 2003 
Biopolymers Viewpoints)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Explorer/BP.shtml


Privacy Strategies for Businesses

Companies increasingly need integrated privacy strategies 
to address customers' concerns as well as their own 
security needs. These strategies need to establish 
coherent internal privacy policies, inform customers of 
how the company will or will not use the information it 
gathers, and provide for organizational security. 
Increasingly, companies need to offer customers real and 
tangible benefits in exchange for private information, and 
an opt-out provision for customers can help build trust. 
(Strategies for Privacy-Related Business Issues)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM009.shtml#D03-2451


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 Presentations and Press
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The Strategic Role of eLearning

SRIC-BI consultants have been briefing corporations in 
Europe, Japan, and the United States on opportunities to 
improve business performance via new learning approaches. 
The presentations draw on recent project work and the 
Learning-on-Demand Program, laying out likely future 
developments in eLearning and discussing best practices to 
help both vendors and users of eLearning products and 
services determine what their future strategies should be.
http://www.sric-bi.com/consulting/briefings.shtml


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