| Professor |
Dr. Marios Koufaris
Office: Room 11-249, 11th floor, One Bernard Baruch Way
Phone: 646-312-3373
Fax: 646-312-3351
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00pm-3:00pm or by appointment
E-Mail: marios_koufaris@baruch.cuny.edu (Preferred mode of communication)
Please put the following in the Subject line for any e-mail
to me: CIS 9444, Section #, followed by the specific subject
of your e-mail.
Course WWW : http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/koufaris/classes/9444/ |
| Objectives |
This course is a comprehensive introduction to electronic commerce
taken from a CIS business perspective. The issues addressed cover the technical
infrastructure, business impact, and global considerations surrounding
the analysis and implementation of electronic commerce. Students will be
exposed to a variety of resources and media including respected academic
articles in the relevant literature, product and service information from
EC vendors and the trade press, existing EC implementations on the Internet
and hands-on exposure in our instructional computer lab.
Topics Include:
Introduction to Electronic Commerce and EC Systems
Introduction to the Internet/Intranets/Extranets
EC Infrastructure: Internet/WWW, HTML/XML, Databases, Security and Encryption
Electronic Transactions and Payment Mechanisms
Integrated Electronic Commerce Systems and Tools
Legal, Ethical and Economic Aspects of Global Electronic Commerce
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| Textbooks / Materials |
All readings are assigned for a whole week and they must be done ahead
of class.
REQUIRED Textbook (Available at Baruch College bookstore and Shakespeare
& Co.)
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"E-Business Technologies", Napier, Judd, Rivers, and Adams. Thompson Course
Technology, ISBN 0-619-06319-X
REQUIRED Case Studies and Technology Notes (Available at Baruch College
bookstore)
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There is a small selection of case studies that is available at the Baruch
College bookstore that are required readings for this class.
Additional readings will also be provided on the course syllabus web
page. |
| Resources |
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All students must obtain and maintain an e-mail account either at
Baruch or with an internet service provider. To obtain a Baruch e-mail
account, please visit http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/email/index.html
and follow the directions.
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The slides used for the lectures will be made available at the Notes
section of the class web site at least one day prior to the lecture. If
you want to have the slides with you during the class, please print them
out and bring them with you. I will not provide printouts of the slides
for the entire class.
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| Course Content |
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In addition to required reading in the textbook, there will be 3 homework
assignments of which you are required to complete only two.
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Examinations will consist of a Mid-term exam and a quiz. The quiz will
take place towards the end of the semester and it will only cover the material
taught after the midterm. It will not be cumulative but a good understanding
of the material up to the Midterm is essential.
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A major group project is also required and presentations will be made towards
the end of the semester.
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| Announcements |
Announcements regarding the class such as schedule changes, assignments,
projects, and so on will be made in class during the first 10 minutes as
well as on the web at the Announcements
page. You are responsible for being in class ON TIME to hear the announcements
and for checking the class web site for announcements regularly. |
| Class Dates |
Topics and Readings |
| Mon January 27 |
Course Description |
Wed January 29
Mon February 3 |
Course Introduction
Course Introduction
Readings for the week:
Chapter 1
"Doing
Business in the Wired World," Ajit Kambil, IEEE Computer, May 1997.
(Concentrate on the discussion of Figure 2 in pp. 57-59)
Optional Readings:
"Exploration
of World Wide Web Tilts From Eclectic to Mundane," NY Times, August
26, 2001 |
Wed February 5
Mon February 10
Wed February 12 |
EDI, Networks, and the Internet
EDI, Networks, and the Internet
NO CLASS
Readings for the week:
Chapter 2
Chapter 4 (Use this chapter as reference but concentrate mostly on
the class notes)
Chapter 13, pp. 393-400
Chapter 7, pp. 197-207
"How
WorldCom's Crisis Threatens the Net," Wired, September 2002
Visit the Internet2 web site
Optional Readings:
"A
Paternity Dispute Divides Net Pioneers", New York Times, Nov. 8, 2001
"Among
WorldCom Puzzles, Future of UUNet Service", New York Times, July 24,
2002
"Domain-Name
Regulator Is Given a Year to Improve," New York Times, September 21,2002 |
Mon February 17
Wed February 19
Mon February 24 |
NO CLASS
The Web, HTML, and XML (Class will be in 11-125)
The Web, HTML, and XML (Class will be in 11-125)
Readings for the week:
Chapter 2
Chapter 4 (Use this chapter as reference but concentrate mostly on
the class notes)
Technology Note: "Web and IT Hosting Facilities," Harvard
Business School, 9-601-134 (Available at the bookstore)
Optional Readings:
Microsoft
announces new XML authoring application "XDocs" for Office suite.
"War
of the Browsers Resumes With More Players This Autumn," New York Times,
September 30, 2002 |
Wed February 26
Mon March 3 |
Intranets, Extranets, and other Internet technologies and applications
Intranets, Extranets, and other Internet technologies and applications
Readings for the week:
Chapter 14
Case Study: "Cisco Systems: Web-enablement", Harvard Business
School, 9-301-056 (Available at the bookstore)
"How
an Intranet Opened Up the Door to Profits," Marcia Stepaneck, Business
Week, July 26, 1999
"What
Is P2P...And What Isn't?" Clay Shirky, Openp2p.com, 11/24/2000
"I.B.M.
Making a Commitment to Next Phase of the Internet", New York Times, August
2, 2001 (free registration required)
"Postcards
From Planet Google," New York Times, November 28, 2002 |
Wed March 5
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"The Dynamic Workplace at IBM."
Guest Speaker:
Marc Giges, Principal
IBM Strategy & Change - East Region
Financial Services Sector
Business Innovation Services
Readings for the week:
Technology Note: "The Ten Components of a Strategic I-Net",
Harvard Business School, 9-301-154 (Available at the bookstore) |
Mon March 10
Wed March 12 |
M-Commerce
M-Commerce
Readings for the week:
"Walker
in the Wireless City," New York Times, November 24, 2002
"Businesses,
Big and Small, Bet on Wireless Internet Access," New York Times, November
18, 2002
"U.S.
Cellphone Users Don't Seem to Get Message About Messaging", New York
Times, September 2, 2002
"Connecting
Gadgets, Without Wires", New York Times, May 16, 2002
"The
Web without wires, wherever," NY Times, February 22, 2001
"The
cell phone as a marketing tool: Will consumers answer the call?" Knowledge@Wharton,
March 19, 2001
"Being
Wireless", Nicholas Negroponte, Wired, October 2002
M-Commerce examples:
Hotelguide.com
mobile hotel directory
Edmunds.com mobile
car directory |
Mon March 17
Wed March 19 |
WWW, Servers, and Security
WWW, Servers, and Security
Readings for the week:
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
"US
Selects a New Encryption Technique", NY Times, Oct. 3, 2000 (Requires
free registration)
"As
Wireless Networks Grow, So Do Security Fears", NY Times, Aug. 19, 2001(Requires
free registration) |
Mon March 24
Wed March 26 |
"Electronic Payments"
Guest Speaker
Gail Hoffman, e-business consultant for BankOne
Global Treasury and Trade Division
Commercial Internet Group
Electronic Payments
Readings for the week:
Case
Study: "Mondex International: Reengineering Money," Ives and Earl, 1997
Chapter 8
"The
Real Victims of Fraud", Miguel Helft, The Industry Standard, March
06, 2000
"Credit
cards with chips have little use in U.S." NY Times, August 12, 2001
Optional Readings:
"Credit
Card Theft Thrives Online as Global Market", New York Times, May 13,
2002
"Hong
Kong govt awards 'smart' national ID card contract", Computeruser.com,
March 31, 2002 |
| Mon March 31
Wed April 2 |
Review Session
MIDTERM |
Mon April 7
Wed April 9
Mon April 14 |
Online Marketing
Online Marketing
"The State of Online Advertising"
Guest Speaker:
Molly Hislop, Director of Research and Development, Dynamic Logic
Readings for the week:
Chapter 11
"System
for Measuring Clicks Is Under Assault", NY Times, August 27, 2001 |
| Tue April 15 |
Online Retail (NOTE: This is a Tuesday class)
Readings for the week:
"Online
Retailers Try to Flourish Year-Round," New York Times, January 6, 2003
"Putting
Tinsel Into Web Shopping," New York Times, November 18, 2002
"An
Online Success for Lands' End," New York Times, September 30, 2002
"Web
Retailers Try to Get Personal", New York Times, Aug. 19, 2002 |
Wed April 16
Mon April 21
Wed April 23 |
NO CLASS
NO CLASS
NO CLASS |
Mon April 28
Wed April 30 |
Supply Chains and Value Chains, Intermediaries, and Legal Issues
Supply Chains and Value Chains, Intermediaries, and Legal Issues
Readings for the week:
"Internet
Sites Delete News of Sales by Big Retailers," New York Times, November
21 2002
"Study
Tallies Sites Blocked by Google," New York Times, October 25, 2002
"Music
Industry in Global Fight on Web Copies," New York Times, October 7,
2002
"Amazon
Ships to Sorting Machine Beat", New York Times, Jan. 21, 2002
Chapter 13, pp. 373-393
Chapter 15
Optional Readings:
"Amazon
your Industry: Extracting Value From the Value Chain", Timothy M.
Laseter, Patrick W. Houston, Joshua L. Wright and Juliana Y. Park |
Mon May 5
Wed May 7 |
Review Session
Quiz |
Mon May 12
Wed May 14 |
Group Presentations
Group Presentations |
Please note that this schedule is subject to change. Students are expected
to come to class prepared and ready to participate. The associated chapters
should be read ahead of time.
