The progress of broadband ICT is having a big impact on individual
lifestyles and corporate activities. For corporate strategy, broadband
use goes beyond improving management efficiency to contributing to
enhancing customer services and developing new markets. In addition, the
shape of corporate organizations and their behavior is changing along
with recent changes in the business environment and development of
broadband networks. It will become increasingly important for future
business strategies to go beyond resources limited by business units
within conventional corporate organizations to take positive initiatives
with knowledge and competences outside the company as well as with the
dynamic use of ICT, through such means as external strategic alliances,
virtual corporations, mergers and acquisitions, and outsourcing. This
book describes that the full utilization of ICT based on fixed and
mobile wireless broadband communication platforms supports managerial
speed and excellence, while making it possible to formulate new business
models.