Technology’s Promise

1. Introduction: Guiding Technology’s Promise
William E. Halal

Part I. Forecasts of the Technology Revolution

2. Transition to a Sustainable World: Converting the Energy and Environment Mess into an Opportunity
William E. Halal

3. Globalization Goes High-Tech: A Worrisome World of Abundance
William E. Halal

4. Society Moves Online:The Transforming Power of Information Technology and E-Commerce
William E. Halal

5. Mastery Over Life: Promises and Perils of Biogenetics
William E. Halal

6. Faster and Farther: Building the Global Transportation System
William E. Halal

7. The Final Frontier: Preludes to Deep Space Travel
William E. Halal

Part II. Social Impacts of the Technology Revolution

8. Shifting Structures of Society: Business, Government, and Other Institutions in a Knowledge Age
William E. Halal

9. An Age of Consciousness: The Next Place in Technology’s Promise?
William E. Halal

10. Scenarios: A Virtual Trip Through Time
William E. Halal

Keywords: Business and Management, International Business, Business Mathematics, Organization, Societal Aspects of Physics, e-Business/e-Commerce, International Economics