Business @ the Speed of Thought
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Business @ the Speed of Thought is a business and technology book by Bill Gates that explores how digital systems and information networks can transform organizations and decision-making.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Business @ the Speed of Thought canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T962803 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Business @ the Speed of Thought Context triple: [Bill Gates, authorOf, Business @ the Speed of Thought]
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A.
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
Computer Lib / Dream Machines is a pioneering 1974 book by Ted Nelson that passionately advocates for personal computing, hypertext, and user empowerment in the digital age.
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B.
The Wizard of Menlo Park
The Wizard of Menlo Park is the famous nickname of American inventor Thomas Edison, highlighting his prolific and groundbreaking work at his Menlo Park laboratory.
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C.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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D.
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
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E.
Xerox PARC technical reports
Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Business @ the Speed of Thought Target entity description: Business @ the Speed of Thought is a business and technology book by Bill Gates that explores how digital systems and information networks can transform organizations and decision-making.
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A.
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
Computer Lib / Dream Machines is a pioneering 1974 book by Ted Nelson that passionately advocates for personal computing, hypertext, and user empowerment in the digital age.
-
B.
The Wizard of Menlo Park
The Wizard of Menlo Park is the famous nickname of American inventor Thomas Edison, highlighting his prolific and groundbreaking work at his Menlo Park laboratory.
-
C.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
-
D.
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
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E.
Xerox PARC technical reports
Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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business book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ technology book ⓘ |
| author | Bill Gates ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discusses |
automation of business workflows
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enterprise-wide information sharing ⓘ internet-enabled business processes ⓘ role of CEOs in technology adoption ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how digital nervous systems can improve organizations
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integration of information flows in companies ⓘ using technology to gain competitive advantage ⓘ |
| followsWorkOfAuthor | The Road Ahead ⓘ |
| genre |
business
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management ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780446525688 ⓘ |
| hasPart | case studies of companies using IT strategically ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
organizational agility through IT
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real-time information for decision-making ⓘ strategic use of information systems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early discussion of the digital economy
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linking information technology to business process redesign ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| proposesConcept | digital nervous system ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher | Warner Books ⓘ |
| setting | global business environment of the late 1990s ⓘ |
| subject |
business strategy
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data-driven management ⓘ decision-making ⓘ digital economy ⓘ digital systems ⓘ e-business ⓘ enterprise software ⓘ information networks ⓘ information technology ⓘ knowledge management ⓘ organizational transformation ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
business leaders
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managers ⓘ technology executives ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Bill Gates ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Business @ the Speed of Thought Description of subject: Business @ the Speed of Thought is a business and technology book by Bill Gates that explores how digital systems and information networks can transform organizations and decision-making.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.