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W 3:30-6:30 p.m. CBA 4.304
| Instructor: | Andrew B. Whinston | email: | abw@uts.cc.utexas.edu |
| Office: | CBA 3.240 | Office Hrs: | W 2:00-3:30pm |
| Phone: | 471-8879 | ||
| TA: | Ram Chellappa | email: | ram@cism.bus.utexas.edu |
Electronic commerce is in its early infancy and is further expected to
change in the next five years with the emergence of new technologies. The
purpose of this course is to introduce some of the most exciting concepts
that are emerging in the field of electronic commerce and which are expected
to shape both consumer and business applications in the coming decade.
R1. Frontiers of Electronic Commerce. Ravi Kalakota and Andrew B. Whinston: Addison-Wesley. 1995.
R2. Readings Packet: Electronic
Commerce - a manager's guide
Material
from Readings in Electronic Commerce
Note: This is a draft which is under production. There are various mistakes, grammatical, typo, etc. Hence please do not circulate this copy.
Critiques:
Students will write four (two-page, double spaced) critiques of the
articles and/or chapters of your own choice. The critiques should show
depth of understanding of the material. They should be analyses rather
than summaries of the material presented in the articles and/or book chapters.
Term Papers:
Ph.D. students are required to write a term paper on a topic of their
choice related to electronic commerce. Each student is encouraged to discuss
his/her topic with the instructor as early as possible and get some feedback
from the instructor. All Ph.D. students are required to turn in a short
description of the research problem on or before Oct. 9th
. The final term paper is due on November 27th .
Note: All assignments should be turned in to Ram Chellappa, the
TA.
Your grade will be based on the following:
Critiques of readings --- 40%
Research paper --- 40%
Participation in class discussions --- 20%
TOPIC OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS
| Aug. 28 | Introduction to class --- Goals and Objectives | |||
| Sep. 4 | Introduction to Electronic Commerce | R1 - Chap. 1 |
Andrew Whinston |
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| Commercial Scenarios for the Web: Opportunities and Challenges | ||||
| An Unaffiliated View of Electronic Commerce | ||||
| Sep. 11 | Internet Infrastructure | R1 - Chap. 3 |
Ram |
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| R2 - Chap. 2 | ||||
| Sep. 18 | World Wide Web (concepts & technologies) |
R1 - Chap. 6 |
Ram |
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| R2 - Chap. 3 & 4 | ||||
| Sep. 25 | Network & Transaction Security (Cryptography) | R1 - Chap. 5 |
Gokul |
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| Oct. 2 | Intranets | Intranets: Looking Beyond Internal Corporate Web Servers |
Wenli |
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| Oct. 9 | Electronic Payment Systems | R1 - Chap. 8 |
Manoj |
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| A Flexible Framework for Network Payment | ||||
| Oct. 16 | Banking, retailing | R2 - Chap. 7 & 8 |
Sharon |
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| Oct. 23 | Supply Chain Management | Distributed Decision Support Systems for Real Time Supply Chain Management Using Agent Technologies |
Ritchie-Dunham |
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| R2 - Chap 10 | ||||
| Oct. 30 | Customer Asset Management | R2 - Chap. 11 |
Paulson |
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| Nov. 6 | Manufacturing/Corporate Finance | R2 - Chap. 12 & 13 |
Boris/Mingzhi |
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| Nov. 13 | Electronic Publishing | R2 - Chap. 9 |
Hui |
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| Electronic Publishing Versus Publishing Electronically: The Case of EC World: A Forum for the 21st Century | ||||
| Nov. 20 | Student Presentations | |||
| Nov. 27 | Student Presentations | |||
| Dec. 4 | Student Presentations |