Author: Christopher Hamel-Smith
A South Korean lawyer contacted me recently by telephone. He had located my articles on Y2K legal issues, originally published as part of this series, by conducting a search on the Internet. We discussed a number of his questions and continued our exchange of information and ideas via e-mail. To me this interaction exemplifies the truly global nature of the business environment being created by today's Digital Revolution.
As we use digital technology breaks down the traditional barriers of space and time, our ideas and information, as well as our products and services, become accessible across the globe and around the clock. To survive and prosper we must go beyond using the Internet to purchase software, computers, music, books and other products and services without regard to national boundaries. We must begin to ourselves compete in this global and virtual marketplace where time and distance are rapidly disappearing as competitive factors.
