BUSS 907: Electronic Commerce

Summer Session 2001-2001
Department of Information Systems, University of Wollongong

Lecture content outlines and pointers to web resources:

A brief outline of each lecture completed thus far is provided below. Links to related web resources relevant to each lecture as well as readings are also provided.

Lecture 1: We discussed the basics of e-commerce. Some websites that you should regularly look at for e-commerce business news:
Please also look at the transparencies for Chapter 1 on the textbook website.
Lecture 2: We discussed the basics of B2C e-commerce, specifically e-retailing. Please look at the transparencies on Chapter 2 at the textbook website.
Lecture 3:We discussed the basics of B2B e-commerce. The slides are available here. Required readings:
- Kaplan, S. and M. Sawhney, "B2B Business Hubs: Towards a Taxonomy of Business Models", Decembe r 1999.
- Mohanbir Sawhney and Steven Kaplan, "Let's Get Vertical"
Lectures 4 and 5:We discussed supply chain management and its relation to B2B e-commerce. The lecture is available here.
Required readings:
- This presentation and this are worth looking at.
- An introductory article on supply chain management.
Lecture 6 and 7:We discussed agent technology and its applications to e-com merce. The lecture is available at here.
Required readings:
- An article on practical applications of agent technology.
- An article on agent-mediated electronic commerce.
Lecture 8:We discussed new web markup standards such as XML and the emergence of the semantic web. The lecture is available here.
Required readings:
- An introd uctory article on the semantic web.
- An article on agents in the semantic web.
Lecture 9:We discussed a variety of auction models. The lecture is available here. See also the chapter on auctions from the latest edition of your textbook (also available under the "2001 Update" link on the textbook webpage.
Lecture 10:We discussed a classification of e-commerce business models. The lecture is available here .
Lecture 11:We discussed Chapters 9 and 12 from the textbook. Refer to the textbook webpage for the relevant lecture transparencies.

Tutorials:

Some of the tutorials will involve case studies available from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Electronic Business and Commerce website.

Tutorial 1:Group presentations on
- Amazon.com
- eBay.com
Tutorial 2:Group presentations on
- Yahoo.com
- Priceline.com
Tutorials 3 and 4:Group presentations on
- The SAP case study
- The QRS case study

BUSS 907: Electronic Commerce

Lecture content outlines and pointers to web resources:

Tutorials:

Subject Outline

Spring Session 2001 BUSS907 subject webpage

Procedures

Project 1 Guidelines

Project 2 Guidelines

Announcements

Textbook website (also contains some powerpoint presentations).