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xii, 275 pages : 22 cm, \"50 Best Business Ideas takes a look back at the business world over the past 50 years, revealing the ideas and innovations that have changed how we do business - from the humble post-it note that we still use and love today to the revolutionary fax machine that changed business for the better and formed the beginnings of the speedier, fast moving business world as we know it today. 50 Best Business Ideas takes a look at the ideas, inventions and innovative practices that made an impact in the business world. Selected by a panel of top business leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists and inventors, this book is the definitive history of the ideas and inventions that shaped the business world over the past 50 years ... 50 Best Business Ideas profiles how the inspirational concept came about, its development and the hurdles it faced to its ultimate impact on the business and consumer world at the time - plus where it sits today in the business arena and its future in the ever changing and developing landscape of business.\"--Publisher's website, 1960s. The pill -- The disposable nappy -- Contact lenses -- Satellite television -- Biometrics -- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) -- The ring pull -- Touch-tone phones -- Equal Opportunities policy -- Video conferencing -- The fax machine -- The plastic bag -- The microwave oven -- The smoke alarm -- Kevlar -- Aerosol deodorant -- Computer-aided design (CAD) -- The Internet -- 1970s. The pocket calculator -- Budget airlines -- Email -- The automated teller machine (ATM) -- The computer game -- Just-in-time inventory management -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- VHS -- The barcode -- Electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) technology -- The Global Positioning System (GPS) -- Fibre optics -- The electronic spreadsheet -- The Walkman -- 1980s. The personal computer (PC) -- Infrared remote controls -- The Post-it note -- The compact disc (CD) -- The 20-70-10 rule -- The digital camera -- Remote keyless entry…