DOI: 10.5176/978-981-08-5837-7_160
Authors: Dr. William J. Lawrence, Mr. Stanley Silverman, Mr. James K. Chang
Abstract:
One of the constants we have witnessed through recorded history is that humans have a fundamental quest to find ways to improve upon our quality of life, often accomplished through innovation, research, and by constantly questioning how we can push the frontiers of our knowledge base out ever farther.
Since the late 19th century and the advent of the industrial age, which led to the assembly line, mass production, and the creation of international markets which expanded even further into the globalization of the late 20th century and the revolution of the information age. The creation of the internet, the World Wide Web and its rapidly evolving socialization capacity and knowledge management, all made it possible for an even more rapid expansion of creative digital technologies.
These relatively recent and phenomenal technological and innovative advancements in how we communicate will soon change the way people in all nations will eventually interact over a wide range of professional, personal, social and political levels. Clearly we are now living in one of the most dynamic periods ever experienced in recorded history
Following a brief discussion on the evolution of the web leading to what has been variously referred to as Web 3.0, the Semantic Web, the Collaborative Web, the Virtual Data Base, among others, we discuss how larger corporations have been able to better capitalize on internet enhancement technologies due mainly to their relatively larger resource base as compared to that of relatively smaller, more entrepreneurial companies. Building on several applications developed within the educational sector, we then turn to some concrete examples as to how 3.0 can and will soon prove to be a valuable resource through the creation of what we define as the "Human Network", the prime catalyst for the next generation of entrepreneurial development. It is forecasted that 3.0 will create a whole new genre of "Entrepreneurs without Borders" each of whom will eventually assume a leading role in the utilization of the internet as a newly defined corner stone in creation of a completely revised concept of both business, communication, learning, and work force development.
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