TABLE OF CONTENTS


DISCLAIMER

ABSTRACT

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

VITA

LIST OF FIGURES

CHAPTERS:

1.0 INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEW

2.0 GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

2.1 Globalization
2.2 The Need for a Global Business Outlook
2.3 The Challenge of Global Business

3.0 INFORMATION NEEDS & SOURCES

3.1 Importance of Information
3.2 Nature of Information Needed
3.3 Sources of Information
3.4 Cost and Quality of Information

4.0 THE INTERNET

4.1 Historical Background
4.2 Network Protocols
4.3 Connecting to the Internet
4.4 Size and Growth of the Internet
4.5 Accessibility of the Internet

5.0 INTERNET TOOLS

5.1 Email
5.2 USENET Newsgroups
5.3 Telnet
5.4 FTP
5.5 Gopher
5.6 World Wide Web

6.0 THE WORLD WIDE WEB

6.1 Standards behind the Web
6.2 Browsers
6.3 Popularity of Browsers
6.4 Comparison of Browsers
6.5 Growth of the World Wide Web
6.6 Commercialization of the World Wide Web

7.0 INFORMATION RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

7.1 Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
7.2 Search Tools
7.3 Serendipity and Brute Browsing
7.4 Limitations of Information Resources on the Internet

8.0 WORLDINFO

8.1 Problem Statement
8.2 Solution Domain
8.3 The WorldInfo Prototype
8.4 System Description

9.0 TESTING AND FEEDBACK

9.1 Reaching the Audience
9.2 Testing and Feedback Mechanism
9.3 Responses and Results

10.0 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A:
CATEGORIES OF HTML TAGS

APPENDIX B:
A DELPHI STUDY OF ISSUES RELATING TO DESIGN FOR GLOBAL MARKETS


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