Although e-marketplaces will grow rapidly over the next five years, most of the value created by business-to-business e-commerce will be captured by the buyers and sellers that participate in them, according to the report's authors.

Purpose – Introduces the cash curve, a tool for monitoring the payback on innovation that has proved helpful in decision‐making, planning, analysis, and communication. The cash curve graphically plots cumulative cash flow over time. Design/methodology/approach – Describes the four “S”...

The current trend of rapid growth in new communications technologies with no corresponding fall off in traditional modes of communication is unsustainable. Based on a December 2001 survey of 123 large corporations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, BCG's analysis concludes that companies must...