Electronic Business and Commerce

Class 1 

Topic:
Value of Information Technology 
Required Readings:
  • Read Value Disciplines: Three Case Examples (Stanford Note) and prepare the study questions below for class discussion.
  • Read Moore's Law (Stanford Note).
Study Questions:
  1. What principles does Wal-Mart apply to manage its IT? Why do these principles serve Wal-Mart well?  
  2. Come up with four companies, not mentioned in the case, that have (a) Operational Excellence, (b) Product Leadership; (c) Service Leadership; and (d) Customer Intimacy as their respective value disciplines.  Be prepared to support your choices in class. 
  3. How can the Web facilitate Customer Intimacy? Can Capital One take advantage of these capabilities? How?
  4. Will Information Based Strategy work for any product or service?