Abstract
Informatization is a key drive for the multimedia society. Informatization in Hokkaido, however, has been underdeveloped compared with other advanced area in Japan. Thus for realizing multimedia society in Hokkaido, coordinating and combining diverse and heterogeneous information across the organizational boundary are essential for smaller businesses as well as large ones. In other word, computerized information network will be a promising tools for effective inter-organizational relations and new business creation. The Hokkaido University Business Network Project (HBN Project) report for the present situation of information network in Sapporo area and discuss some difficulties and possibilities for the future.
