Here are some useful web links for you to explore some of the organisations and products mentioned in the exercises, case studies and elsewhere in this chapter. Chapter 4: The Technological and Information Environment UK Foresight programme
Provides a review of the UK government's technology foresight programme
http://www.foresight.gov.uk CBI Innovation Trends Survey
A review of the CBI’s survey on companies' perceptions of innovation.
http://www.cbi.org.uk/innovation/ IBM E-Commerce Case Studies
Contains news and e-commerce case studies
http://www2.software.ibm.com/casestudies/swcs.nsf/topstories Vanderbilt University’s eLab
eLab was founded by Vanderbilt University in 1994 to study the business implications of commercialising the World Wide Web. It has emerged as one of the premiere research centres in the world for the study of Electronic Commerce.
http://ecommerce.vanderbilt.edu/ Virtual Society Research Programme
An ESRC funded programme at Oxford University into the sociology of electronic technologies. Useful social sciences links and research.
http://www.virtualsociety.org.uk/ The Packaging Society
The Packaging Society seeks to serve its membership through training, education and interaction with other members of the industry, providing support and insights to the application of new technologies.
http://www.iom3.org/packaging/ Business Link
This government website gives information to businesses about the importance of stock control and the methods of stock control.
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1074039371 DIUS
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills website offers adult learning, further and higher education, skills, science and innovation. DIUS was created after the disbanding of DTI (Department of Trade and Industry).
http://www.dius.gov.uk/ Interactive Advertising Bureau
The Internet Advertising Bureau is the trade association for the internet marketing industry
http://www.iabuk.net/ Mobile Marketing Association
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is a global industry trade association for companies involved in mobile marketing and associated technologies.
http://www.mmaglobal.co.uk/ Mobile Data Association
The Mobile Data Association (MDA) is the not-for-profit industry association dedicated to represent and promote all mobile data centric businesses.
http://www.themda.org/ | 