E-Business or Out of Business

1.         DEFINITION - What is E-Business (E-Commerce)?

                        A.  How do you define it?

                        B.  Is this a new definition of Business?

2.         IMPACT - What impact will E-Business have on society in general and on the business world and individual consumers in particular?

                        A.  How will E-Business change current business practices?

                        B.  How does E-Business differ from current business practices?

                        C.  What must a firm do to get into E-Business?

                        D.  What types of businesses are best and/or least suited for E-Business?

                        E.  What percentage of the total business is projected to be E-Business?

                        F.  What are some of the Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues of E-Business.

3.         TRAINING/EDUCATION - What training/education/retraining will be needed for a career in E-Business/E-Commerce?

A.  What type of academic program is needed to prepared an individual for a

      career E-Business? 

                        B.  What type of program is needed to retrain workers for a new career in

                              E-Business?

4.         PREPARATION- What should schools be doing now to prepare for the E-Business

             (or E-Commerce) revolution or bust (depending upon your definition above)?

REQUIREMENT

1.         Collect 10 good (reproducible) articles that address any or all of the above questions and provide a short (1 page) summary of each.

2.         Submit these articles with a cover memo that addresses the above questions.