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ABSTRACT

The World Wide Web has been an innovating concept from which many entities have

prospered a great deal. Having a well-constructed strategic plan has been the key

element for managers in the different areas of this vast world, which in turn help them

deal with the ever-changing world of computers, and it's amazing pace. There are many

individuals who have decided to take on the challenge of the Internet without having the

aforementioned strategic plan, in the long run; this has being the essence for their

failure. Many dot-com companies have come and gone from the very beginnings of the

implementation of this Internet concept however the Internet itself remains the same.

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Introduction

The Internet consists of thousands of connected networks around the world. A

network is a collection of computers that are connected to share information. In

the late 1960's the U.S. Defense Department began the Internet as a military

research project. The government created a network that covered a large

geographic area and that could withstand a nuclear attack. If part of the network

failed, information could find a new route around the disable computers. This

network quickly grew to include scientists and researchers across the country and

eventually included schools, businesses, organizations and individuals around the

world.

The World Wide Web is part of the Internet and consists of a huge collection of

documents stored on computers around the world. A Web page is a document on

the Web, this document can include text, images sound and videos. A Web server

is a computer that stores Web pages and makes the pages available on the Web

for other people to view. A Web site is a collection of Web pages maintained by a

college, university, government agency, company, organization or individual.

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This research is intended to prove that the reason why dot-com companies fail is

due to managerial shortcomings. From...