The "work place," has literally expanded to include the "home" as a place of business. This is not the conventional bad practice of, "bringing work home," but it is about transforming "the home," into a "virtual global corporate entity." While the conventional, " work place," has not lost its charm, the new age " work from home," businesses aided by technology are getting increasingly more popular. The popularity is owed largely due to the need for, "work-life balance," and the urge to create, "self-styled," modes of employment.

The other most attractive feature of the homebased business is that it can be done very profitably as a single person operation with investment only to cover the expenses of buying and maintaining technological equipment. In this way a home based online initiative has seen the empowerment of the, "individual as an economic unit." The individual thence becomes independent, working at the hours of their own choice and accountable only to them selves and the number of clients they choose to serve.

Broadband connectivity has aided the growth of home grown online businesses. The Forbes Magazine reports that in the US alone nearly 79 million Americans are looking to start a home based business. The potential success rates of such businesses are staggering. It is said that the Internet based businesses has created more millionaires the last 10 years than has ever been seen before.

Conservative estimates placed revenues from online businesses (2006) to be over $15.6 Billion. While another report finds that the overall value of online service sales in 2006 reached the $ 39 billion mark. It has been reported that close to 80% of businesses (20 million small businesses in the US alone) use the internet for businesses and in the US alone, home based businesses provides full and part-time employment to nearly 14 million people. Online service sales recorded USD 39.1Billion in 2006 and business purchases online in 2005 amounted to $43 billion.

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