The Future of Jebel Ali Free Zone Dubai

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Future Trends...

The world is running faster

World Trends and Dubai

Telephone Revolution

Telecommunications US

More Microprocessors than People

Techno -Redundancy

Speech recognition already 95% accurate at 100 words per minute

The Network Society

Internet Power

Larger and Faster

Military Grade Security

Telecom merging ...

Future Trends...

Future Trends...

Future Trends...

Net TV - 6,000 stations ...

Global Bargain Hunters

66% of UK wants home shopping

Executives will be totally networked

Save Travel Time

Life too short to spend in airports

Travel can damage your business ...

There are other ways to work

What did your competitors get up to while you were away?

My son is 8 years old

“Do we HAVE to go shopping ?”

“I’ll do it on the net !”

“Shopping on the net is FUN”

In London - shopping in Dubai

5 million in America already work from home using networks

Net phones ++

Video Conference  - dead technology

Video Link

Digital View - Virtual Work

Virtual Reality

Future Trends...

Building sent by e-mail

Alpha-world - virtual meetings

Future Trends...

So what should we do ?

Companies will be more Virtual

Survey of Multinationals 1997Virtual Work

Empire Style Management

Virtual Companies

Intranet Explosion

Intranet Uses

Executive Reactions

Total Web Market

Old Finance Industry

Branches are Dying

Future Trends...

On-line Investors

Real time prices for free

E*Trade

Future Trends...

E-commerce - CISCO

E-commerce - Amazon.com

Cars sell on the net…. 

Virtual Organisation - Summary

The greatest challenge to management in the next decade will be to change fast enough to keep pace with new technologyEither we take hold of the future or the future will take hold of us

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Other information:
by Dr Patrick Dixon for Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai. 1998. The future of global trade and free zone industry development areas. The future of Dubai. The future of UAE economy. The future of the Gulf States economic area. Impact of digital technology, internet, wireless communications, mobile phones and other devices on the growth of the Gulf States. Globalisation and the impact on the Middle East.