Because a speedy Info Superhighway should boost productivity, create new markets, and be a model for the rest of the world, the country that can get this set up first will have a significant advantage in the international marketplace.
Predictor: Tichenor, Suzanne
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article in BusinessWeek magazine, John Carey quotes Suzanne Tichenor. Carey writes: ”If the feds fumble this unprecedented transition, the long-term consequences could be dire. ‘Because a speedy Info Superhighway should boost productivity, create new markets, and be a model for the rest of the world, the country that can get this set up first will have a significant advantage in the international marketplace,’ says Suzanne Tichenor, vice president of the industry-backed Council on Competitiveness.”
Date of prediction: June 6, 1994
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: BusinessWeek
Title, headline, chapter name: From Internet to Infobahn
Quote Type: Direct quote
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