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Bold Prediction for the Next 20 Years. Jason C. H. Chen, Ph.D. Professor of MIS School of Business Administration Gonzaga University Spokane, WA 99223 chen@ jepson. gonzaga.edu. Source: Profit Magazine, p.20-27, May, 2002. Technology. 1. Software will think for you
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Bold Prediction forthe Next 20 Years Jason C. H. Chen, Ph.D. Professor of MIS School of Business Administration Gonzaga University Spokane, WA 99223 chen@jepson.gonzaga.edu Source: Profit Magazine, p.20-27, May, 2002
Technology • 1. Software will think for you • 2. You’ll really have a robot servant • 3. Manufacturers will begin to disappear • 4. Computers (and their sibs) will be everywhere • 5. You’ll sell at every turn • 6. Price won’t matter • 7. dUtilities will power companies • 8. Computers will be organic • 9. You’ll read e-Newspapers • 10. The office will obsolete
Finance • 11. Some bankers will be robots • 12. You’ll fund the neighbor • 13. Specialized incubators will hatch
Healthcare • 14. A different pill for every person • 15. Machines will course through your veins • 16. Corner-store surgery • 17. You’ll trust your life to robot surgeons
Trade • 18. Global trade will cost more • 19. Business will happen just in time • 20. You’ll want to learn Spanish Source: Profit Magazine, p.20-27, May, 2002