• "Until very recently, high-speed data exchange was the exclusive preserve of a select number of multinational corporations. By the end of the decade (the 1990's) it will be a daily requirement for most American companies."

• "Strategic use of the Internet can help companies to meet the challenges of the nineties while preparing for the transition to the twenty-first century. Connecting to the global network is the first essential step."

• "Connecting to the Internet creates an International presence for even the smallest company, allowing communication, data exchange, and support services to flow electronically at no incremental cost."

• "The Internet delivers what Peter Drucker calls the most important information resource, awareness of the world around them, directly to the desktops of all the employees connected to the network."

• "Commercial connections are the fastest growing component of the Internet today, as more and more companies move to establish closer links with customers, business partners, vendors and information resources via the network. (Gerber 1993)"

                   From: "Doing Business on the Internet"
                         Mary J. Cronin, Ph.D., Professor
                         Boston College School of Management