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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
6. Course Plan and Schedule (of M-WB)
Course and Lecture Plan/Time Schedule/Required Readings

 lecture 1: 
 

 Introduction to the course, Conceptual Framework for E-services.

 lecture 2: Conceptual Framework for E-Services, Business Models on the Web I,
Case Study: The Search Engine Market.

Required Readings:

Text Book Chapters:
 1. Introduction
 2. Business Models

Articles:
  • Amazon.com: Marching Toward Profitability.
  • Searching For Revenue On The Internet: Yahoo!AcquireOverture.
  • Pricing and Branding on the Internet
Optional Articles/Reports:
  • BUSINESS MODELS ON THE WEB, Michael Rappa
  • eBay and Google: A Coopetition Perspective
        Learn by Doing it, Evaluate: GOOGLE
Things to read:

Articles:
- What is Google AdSense
- What Are Google AdWorks
-
Search Engine Advertising, Lecture Notes

- Evaluate Google Web Site: Use the framework presented by MICHAEL RAPPA

Learn By Doing: Evaluate Yahoo! and eBay

 lecture 3: Conceptual Framework for E-Services, Business Models on the Web I,
Case Study: The Search Engine Market.

Required Readings:
  • Text Book Chapters:
     3. Section 3.5 Internet & Web: Features
     13. Auctions, Portals, Communities 

Articles:

- AOL: The Emergence of an Internet Media Company.
- DoubleClick and Internet Privacy

        Learn By Doing: Evaluate Yahoo! and eBay (cont.),

 

 lecture 4: Business Model for the Web II will be next lesson!

 

 lecture 5: Business Model for the Web II, Case Studies

 Required Readings:

Text Book
 10. Retailing on  the Web
 11. Online Service Industries
 14. Online Content Providers

Articles:
  • Internet Taxation
  • SAP and the Online Procurement Market
  • NIKE - Channel Conflict
  • Gap.com
  • Disintermediation in the U.S. Auto Industry

Learn By Doing: Amazon.com, ITUNES MUSIC STORE

 

 lecture 6:  Mid Term Project Progress Reports and Presentations 

 lecture 7:

Implementation Strategies I, Channel Conflict,  Case Studies

Required Readings:

Text Book/Case Book:
Case Book Sections:
 1. P&G
 2. Avon
 3. Reed
 8. WebMed
 10. RealNetworks

 

 lecture 8:

Performance and Metrics, Intellectual Property, Trust, Data Privacy, Ethics

Required Readings:
Text Book:
9. Ethical, Social, Political Issues

 

 lecture 9:

Implementation Strategies II, Digital Markets, Case Studies

 

 lecture 10:

Customer Interface, Commerce and Branding, Case Studies

Required Readings:

Text Book:
7. Marketing Concepts
 8. Marketing Communications
Optional Chapter:
 4. Building E-commerce Web Sites

Optional Articles:
- E-Commerce Building Blocks
- Karen Brown
- What Is RSS

 

   Final Reports, Deadline 12 o'clock.