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Attention is focused mental engagement on a particular item of business. Items come into our awareness, we attend to a particular item, and then we decide whether to act.

— Thomas H. Davenport Thomas H. Davenport and J.C. Beck (2001)

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Source: Thomas H. Davenport and J.C. Beck (2001). The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business. Harvard Business School Press. p. 20
Work: Thomas H. Davenport and J.C. Beck, 2001
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