Technology Tools: Tools of the Trade
Do you have the right tools at your fingertips? Are you connected with technology and the people with whom you do business?
Benchmarks
- BusinessWeek Online – The Web Smart 50
Meet the masters of the Web and how they are using it to benefit their customers.
They are divided into six categories from collaboration and customer service to management.
- ebusinessforum.com
Economist Intelligence Unit's global business intelligence for the digital age. Includes Global News Analysis and E-business Country Rankings.
- Electronic Commerce Branch of Industry Canada – Benchmarking the Digital Economy
Electronic commerce statistics measure Canada's progress in becoming a digital economy and its impact on Canadian companies, individuals and governments.
- Europa – European e-Business Report 2003
Fifteen manufacturing and service sectors are ranked "e-champions", "e-intensive", "e-specific" or "late e-adopters" in the new European e-Business Report (2003 edition) on the take-up of electronic business across Europe.
- Industry Canada – Service Industries Overview Series
A range of market reports from the e-business perspective for selected sectors.
- Inside Politics – E-Government Study
This Brown's University study measured each country's on-line presence. The research evaluated 2,166 government websites in 198 countries on more than two-dozen different criteria, including the availability of publications, databases, disability access, privacy, security, and the number of online services.
- ITU Digital Access Index
The world's first global ICT ranking created by the International Telecommunication Union covers 178 economies. Canada is ranked 10th. Scandinavia is ahead. Slovenia is even with France.
Diagnostics
- Alliance Readiness Diagnostic
If you are wondering whether setting up an alliance is right for you, spending twenty minutes to test your alliance-readiness will help you to answer questions relating to "Planning for the Alliance, Selecting the Right Partner, Negotiating the Alliance and Managing the Alliance".
- Business Development Bank of Canada Consulting Group – E-Business Readiness Tool
This diagnostic is designed by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Consulting Group to help you measure the readiness of your firm with regard to e-business planning and implementation.
- Business Development Bank of Canada Consulting Group – E-Business Relevancy Tool
This diagnostic is designed by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Consulting Group to help you measure the relevancy of e-business for your firm.
- ebiz.enable – E-Business Trade Roadmap
The e-business Trade Roadmap is geared to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) who, as a result of establishing a website, are potential exporters of products or services.
- E-Business Readiness
This diagnostic is designed by the BDC Consulting Group to help you measure the readiness of your firm with regard to e-business planning and implementation.
- Export Diagnostic
Answering the questions will give you a chance to test your export readiness and get feedback on priority activities to succeed in your target export market.
E-Learning
- Forum for International Trade Training
The Forum for International Trade (FITT) is Canada's centre for international trade training and certification. FITT programs are delivered across Canada through community colleges, universities, private organizations and online. FITT is the only organization in Canada to accredit a professional designation to international trade practitioners, the C.I.T.P. (Certified International Trade Professional). Take the next step in pursuing your career goals and get FITT for global trade.
Planners
- Canadian Business Service Centres – Interactive Business Planner
The Interactive Business Planner (IBP) is the first business planning software product designed specifically to operate on the World Wide Web. The IBP uses the capabilities of the Internet to assist entrepreneurs prepare a 3-year business plan for their new or existing business.
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