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Business Definition for: Attention Economy

  • a view of the economy in the late 20th century that suggests that people's attention to Web sites is a valuable and tradable commodity

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Ten Strategies For Survival In The Attention Economy
IBM prepared a detailed analysis of major trends in the entertainment industry and the actions entertainment and media companies should take to survive over the next five years or more. The study chronicled the changing of the old order of the industry as technology floods consumers with more ways to...
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Entertainment, IBM Corp., Management, Marketing, Strategy
White papers 2003-01-01
Timely payment could help local economy.(Opinion, automakers and suppliers could pay bills on time to stimulate local )(Editorial)
How General Motors saved the economy.'' Automotive News, our sister publication, led the front page of its Sept. 2 edition with that attention-getting headline just days before the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. GM deserve How General Motors saved the...
Tags: automobile company, General Motors Corp., payment, supplier
Research articles 2002-09-30
EPA Waiver on Fuel Economy Could Hit Trucks, Calif. Says
WASHINGTON - California officials said they would turn their attention eventually to fuel-economy standards for heavy-duty trucks as part of their effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, after they first focus on cutting carbon dioxide emissions from aWASHINGTON - California officials said they would turn their attention eventually to fuel-economy...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2007-05-28
[164] Cash economy attracts Tax Office attention.(Brief Article)
Feb 11, 2005 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Taxation Office is under pressure to prevent small businesses from participating in the cash economy. The office is targeting such practices as cash-in-hand payments, failure to register for the goods and...
Tags: Australian Taxation Office, FINANCE, Taxes
Research articles 2005-02-11
U.S. Economy Most Competitive in the World
Oil's nearing $100 a barrel, and despite the stronger than expected growth rate in the third quarter, business confidence is as low as it was when the economy was just climbing out of a recession in 2002. With so many worrying statistics and gloomy predictions, it's hard to know how...
Tags: World Economic Forum, U.S., Economy, Government, Research & Development, Food & Beverage, Business Operations, Manufacturing, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-10-31
Where's the Service in our 'Service Economy'?
Retailers are going bankrupt by the carload and retail sales are in the toilet. I needed to buy some things, so I thought I would do a field trip to see what's up at the local mall. Here’s what I learned. Retailers are using that manpower scheduling...
Tags: Macy, Insults, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jeffrey Pfeffer
Blog posts 2009-01-20
Presidents, profits, productivity, & poverty: a great divide between the pre- & post-Reagan U.S. economy?
This paper examined profits, productivity, and poverty in the United States from 1961 through 2002. Results indicated that the "great divide" thesis regarding the U.S. economy before and after the Reagan administration depends on which measure of the economy is the focus of attention. In addition, on some measures where...
Tags: administration, Carter, Comp, Ford Motor Co., income, inequality, Johnson, M., poverty, productivity, tax
Research articles 2004-09-01
Eritrean strangled economy hobbles on rocky path
ASMARA AFP — A tight grip over businesses, a festering border dispute with Ethiopia, and recurrent drought are among the raft of stumbling blocks facing Eritrea as it seeks to boost its flagging economy. While celebrating the young tiny eastern African country's independence this week, President Issaias Afeworki drew...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, IMF, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2005-05-28
[1479] Special emphasis on cash economy.
Aug 29, 2003 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) Michael Carmody, the Australian Tax Commissioner, says greater attention will be paid to the cash economy. Carmody reports that the Australian Taxation Office ATO will conduct over 70,000 compliance reviews to detect cash economy...
Tags: Australian Taxation Office, FINANCE, Taxes
Research articles 2003-08-29
Cash economy under microscope.
Jun 01, 2003 (Sunday Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Taxation Office ATO says it will scrutinise 85,000 business that operate in the cash economy. Businesses to receive special attention include building and construction firms, used car dealers and restaurants. An ATO...
Tags: Australian Taxation Office, Construction, FINANCE, Taxes
Research articles 2003-06-01
Slowing down, to what? America's economy.(Business Special)(American stockmarkets surged this week on hopes of lower interest rates and a "soft landing" for the economy. Yet the risk of a hard landing, uncomfortable not just for America but for
AFTER weeks of focusing on the presidential race, Americans' attention this week swung back to a more pressing concern: their economy. Financial markets have been jittery for weeks, as signs of an economic slowdown have increased. There has even been talk of a looming recession. When...
Tags: America, economist, Federal Reserve Board, financial, investment, recession
Research articles 2000-12-09
Hiranuma cautions against optimism on Japanese economy
TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo Trade minister Takeo Hiranuma said Tuesday he will candidly report on the state of the Japanese economy, given some favorable signs seen recently, to an upcoming meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD. But at the same time,...
Tags: Japan, OECD
Research articles 2002-05-20
Why Branding A Nation Is The Key In This Economy
Brand-building, or image creation, and all other vehicles of marketing, are all tools to garner attention that should culminate in a "purchase decision." Likewise, when a nation advertises itself through an extensive branding program, it is to get initial attention from prejudiced, ignorant, or somewhat knowledgeable folks to begin to...
Tags: Nation, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Turnpike lease could energize Ohio's economy.(Viewpoint essay)
Byline: JAMES SENEY Let's begin with the bottom line, because you have to admit it's an attention-grabber: $4 billion to $6 billion. That's how much Ohio could expect to receive in exchange for leasing the Ohio Turnpike to a private operator. Fo...
Tags: leasing, transportation
Research articles 2007-02-12
Fed conundrum;Dealing with soaring asset prices without hurting the economy.
The conundrum facing the Fed is what to do about soaring asset prices when wage and consumer price inflation remain relatively dormant. The Fed has little choice but to pay increasing attention to asset prices in its deliberations. For in the end, The...
Tags: asset, asset price, equity, Federal Reserve Board, interest rate
Research articles 1999-12-27
New CAFE Standards Finally Have Auto Engineers' Attention
For the first time in the history of a recent Society of Automotive Engineers survey, environmental issues led the list of industry challenges, topping the perennial No. 1 -- cost-cutting. No wonder: Congress passed legislation in January 2008 mandating a 40 percent increase in the Corporate Average...
Tags: Business Operations, CAFE, DuPont Co., Jim Henry, Marketing, Marketing Research, Quality, Standards, Survey
Blog posts 2008-04-15
Beach Books?(summer reading list)(Brief Article)
What do the rich read on holiday? J.P. Morgan has issued its annual summer reading list for private banking clients. Excerpts: * "The Attention Economy"... To "capture and keep the attention of employees, customers and business partners." * ...
Tags: Banking, Books, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Research articles 2001-06-25
Debate of presidential race distracting attention from important issues.
MEXICO CITY, Feb 18, 2004 (Cronica/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Mario Rodarte, director of the Center of Private Sector Economic Studies CEESP said that issues such as the various candidates for the presidency were merely distracting attention from more important subjects, such...
Tags: Bank of Canada
Research articles 2004-02-18
Gevity Inc. Attracts Attention in 2007.
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2007-www.streetinvesting.com: Gevity Inc. Attracts Attention in 2007C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07032007 Please visit www.Streetinvesting.com for the full report. Wall Street was unable to comeback from its recent downward spiral Monday, as concerns about the state of...
Tags: Gevity
Research articles 2007-03-07
Datascension Inc. Receives Attention.
M2 PRESSWIRE-15 February 2007-www.streetinvesting.com: Datascension Inc. Receives AttentionC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022007 Please visit www.Streetinvesting.com for the full report. American markets saw continued success Wednesday, as the Dow set a new high after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told...
Tags: Datascension Inc.
Research articles 2007-02-15
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