Earl, Michael J., 168, 297-317, 417
Ecoefficiency, 396-397
Economic issues
ASAP system, 76
communication costs and, 49-50
Delta model and, 173-203
ecoefficiency and, 396-397
e-lancing and, 105-110
environment and, 390-392
future prospects and, 415
granular segmentation and, 198-202
guilds and, 365-367, 370-371
hold-up problem and, 25-29
increased competition and, 7-8
innovation and, 389-412
IT and, 71-99, 305 (see also Information technology (IT))
lock-in and, 173, 183-184
maintenance, 179
metrics and, 178, 198-202
New Economy and, 389-412 (see also New Economy)
oil crises and, 6-7
Process Handbook and, 255-256
property rights theory and, 29-31
Schneider National and, 147-148
transaction cost economics and, 26-31
U.S. GDP, 87, 90, 92, 329
Edison, Thomas, 415
Edward D. Jones & Co., 56
Efficient Consumer Response, 300
Ehrenfeld, John, 393
Elance.com, 367
E-lancing, 8-9, 20, 114, 353, 356
centralized mind set and, 112-113
corporation disintegration and, 105, 107-110
economics of, 105-107
future and, 112-113
Linux and, 103-104
management and, 110-112
manufacturing and, 109-110
suppliers and, 109-110
Electrolux, 390-391
Electronic data interchange (EDI), 76, 137, 146, 148, 300
Electronic Data Systems (EDS), 179-180
Elkington, John, 405
Elter, John, 404, 408-409
E-mail, 267
Employees. See Labor
Employers. See Management
Empowerment
centralized vs. decentralized, 49-67
commanders and, 55
cowboys and, 54-57
information and, 57
Internet and, 65-66
motivation and, 59
trust and, 58
Environment, 328-329, 389, 402
corporations and, 390-392
ecological communities and, 403-405
Internet and, 401
IPCC and, 326-327
naturalism and, 394-397
New Economy and, 390-399 (see also New Economy)
personal lives and, 397-398
sustainability and, 394-399, 402-405
transparency and, 405-408
Ericsson, 211
ESOPs, 123, 130n15
Evergreen contracts, 35
Exclusive sourcing, 34-35
Externalization, 8-10, 285