50 Best Business Ideas From the Past 50 Years by Wallis, Ian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title page Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1960s 1 The Pill 2 The disposable nappy 3 Contact lenses 4 Satellite television 5 Biometrics 6 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 7 The ring pull 8 Touch-tone phones 9 Equal Opportunities policy 10 Video conferencing 11 The fax machine 12 The plastic bag 13 The microwave oven 14 The smoke alarm 15 Kevlar 16 Aerosol deodorant 17 Computer-aided design (CAD) 18 The internet 1970s 19 The pocket calculator 20 Budget airlines 21 Email 22 The automated teller machine (ATM) 23 The computer game 24 Just-in-Time inventory management 25 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 26 VHS 27 The barcode 28 Electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) technology 29 The Global Positioning System (GPS) 30 Fibre optics 31 The electronic spreadsheet 32 The Walkman 1980s 33 The personal computer (PC) 34 Infrared remote controls 35 The Post-it note 36 The compact disc (CD) 37 The 20-70-10 rule 38 The digital camera 39 Remote keyless entry (RKE) systems 40 Dyson (Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner) 41 Tablet computers 1990s 42 International overnight courier services 43 The smartphone 44 Search engines 45 Pay-per-click advertising 46 Pay-by-swipe technology 47 The hybrid car 48 The MP3 player 2000s 49 Google’s 20% innovation time 50 The e-reader

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