Web startups like E-Steel and MetalSite are shaking up the business.

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The Yankee Group, another technology consultancy, earlier this year questioned 250 large and medium-sized American companies across a broad range of industries about their views on e-business, and found that 58% of corporate decision makers considered the web to be important or very important to their business strategy.

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In the game, players begin with a profile that outlines what their business is, i.e. web developer, coffeeshop owner, belly dancing troupe, or one of your choosing.

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When enough computers are equipped to do business this way, e-speak becomes a dynamic web of interactions: In the trip to Paris a travel agency might be at the center of the transaction.

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At U.S.-based Stanford Business School, networking between graduates is aided by the use of a specially created Web-based e-mail system.

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