This paper examines trends and issues in strategic planning for business and educational institutions on an international level. The paper is organized into sections on analysis, visions, and action plans. Under "analysis" the discussion focuses on commerce (electronic commerce, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, and stages of the e-business evolution), diplomacy (identification of big emerging markets), and return on investment (in terms of investment in human resources development and information technology). The section on "visions," emphasizes trends toward cybercommunities, cyberregions, and cyberstates, and lists examples of "best of the Web" sites, as well as sites for some of the world's fastest growing high-tech exporters. The section on "action plans" discusses business-to-business applications of technology, community-to-community technology applications, and education-to-education applications, with examples from the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. A final section discusses the importance of international collaboration, especially between Taiwan and the United States, in planning and implementing technological advances. Visual aids for overhead projection in both English and Chinese are attached. (Contains 25 references.) (DB)