The business strategy in the e commerce area where transactions are conducted over the internet. The purpose of this course is to survey the various business models that have been introduced in the last few years and analyze their economic and managerial foundations. This course will also focus on the the role of information goods and digital products in the new economy. Acknowledging the importance of transaction costs in the ebusiness revolution, topics related to financial transactions, financial services, auctions, and online trading will be given time for discussion. In addition to a discussion of operative strategies for ebusinesses, this course will also explore the ebusiness environment in particular with respect to contracting law, jurisdicational issues, intellectual property rights, and taxation. This course is designed to put participants in the role of strategic management consultants; it is not designed to dicuss technical implementation issues. In particular, this course will not discuss web programming or give you a handson experience at managing an ebusiness web server.

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