Announcements
Strategic Information Management
MGSC 798 -- Spring 2000
Last Revised: 04/01/00
31
March -- From Andrew Oberhammer -- It
seems that not only the auto industry is going the route of B2B exchanges: http://www.redherring.com/industries/2000/0328/ind-exchanges032800.html?id=yahoo
This week, the US airline manufacturers announced a plan similar to the
automobile manufacturers. The article also mentions steps the paper industry has
taken and what is on the bubble for other industries.
30
March -- From Rich Cannon -- Readings in Preparation for Tuesday's Class on Web
Design and Consulting -- In addition to the readings outlined on your syllabus,
I suggest that you may want to go to the library or book store and pick up and
browse through one or more of the following web design books we have found
useful:
1. Futurize Your
Enterprise -- David Siegel
2. Designing Business -- Clement Mok (may be out
of print)
3. Secrets of Successful Web Sites - David Siegel
4. Designing
Web Usability -- Jakob Nielson
30 March -- From Harald Luckerbauer
--Does e-commerce pose a threat to
the MBA? In the US, since 1998 a number of
top MBA schools have seen a decline in applications. Notably among these schools
were Stanford (-6.4%), Berkeley (-10.6%), and MIT (-8.3%). In contrast, Harvard,
Wharton and Columbia amongst others, are still dealing with 10%+ annual
increases in numbers of applicants. These schools are moving towards becoming
"clicks and mortar" business schools (a term coined by Andy Grove CEO of Intel)
by investing heavily in developing technology facilities within their
campus.
NET SPEED AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET - Scientists at Lucent's Bell Labs have set a new record for transmitting data over fiber-optic cable by moving 3.28 terabits per second of data over 300 kilometers of Lucent's TrueWave optical fiber. At this rate, Lucent's fiber in one second could transmit three times the volume of daily Internet traffic for the whole world. Within years, fiber-optic cable could move tens of thousands of terabits per second of data. This tremendous bandwidth growth will be fueled by the speed of lasers used to encode data and the number of wavelengths a single fiber can carry at once, says AT&T Labs President David Nagel. Researchers are now developing terabit lasers, and the number of pulses a single laser produces is doubling every 18 months. In addition, the number of wavelengths a single fiber can carry at one time is doubling every year. Eighty-wavelength systems are already available, and scientists are working on 1,000-wavelength systems. The Bell Labs' record accounts for less than half a percent of the potential capacity of current optical networks, according to Kerry Vahala, professor of applied physics at the California Institute of Technology. (Wired News, 21 March 2000)
28 March -- From dr.k. - Remainder - April 4 Class
with Rich Cannon will run from 5:15-7:50PM (Both
sections 1 & 2). Topic: Managerial and
Technical Issues in Web Design and Consulting. The first half of class
(5:15-6:30) will cover web design issues.
28 March -- From dr.k. - All class notes are posted and up-to-date. Upon investigation, the trouble I was having last week with posting the PPT lecture slides to the FTP server was the result of "theweb" server's disk being full. When I tried to ftp slides it would truncate my files and caused them to be corrupted. The computer department has cleared more space on the "theweb" and the notes have all been uploaded and are working. ..............Time for a web hosting service?
28 March -- From dr.k. - Eric Dalton writes : Want to get a smart card? Apply for American Express' new Blue Card at: http://home4.americanexpress.com/blue/card_home.asp They also offer a free electronic wallet and a card reader for on line shopping.
14 March 2000 -- From dr. k. - 2 nice features
in Business 2.0 - The 10 Driving Principles of the New Economy - a set of ten
important essays on the eEconomy click
here. Also, a set of articles that I found very useful on Internet
start-ups.
13 March 2000 -- From dr. k. - Various e-mail I have received over the past two weeks, I need to share with you!
Eric Dalton writes: This article arrived with today's Business Week. Pertinent, Relevant, and Timely - http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_12/b3673131.htm.
Peter Weathers writes: Here's the surgery auction site I mentioned to you in class last night. Let me know if you get a good deal on a bunion removal. http://www.medicineonline.com/bidforsurgery.
Andrew F. Oberhammer writes: I don't know if you saw the following article. I thought it was interesting - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000302/zo/online_1.html
Gordon Whiting writes: [Gordon.Whiting@IIM-AR.COM] I found the course outline for class 6A to be quite interesting - especially the part about AUCNET. I developed the Aucnet back office vehicle inspection, tracking and billing systems ( the auction software came from Japan). While Aucnet has been a great success in Japan, it was a failure in the United States. They were in operation from 9/94 thru 6/98. Technically, it worked as advertised, but the used car market is drastically different in this country. Lesson to be learned: Electronic commerce will succeed in some cultures and fail in others because of general market differences.
10 March 2000 -- From Dixon -- I have tallied the Research Briefings rankings from the emails I received. Each groups votes were weighted such that a 1st place vote received 1 pt. while a 10th place vote received 1/10 pt. The weighted pts. were then totaled by topic. The resulting top 10 websites are given below.
|
Rank |
Topic |
Weighted Score |
|
1 |
16.3 | |
|
2 |
15.6 | |
|
3 |
14.8 | |
|
4 |
14.4 | |
|
5 |
13.3 | |
| 6 | Consumer Electronic Payments | 12.8 |
| 7 | European vs. US EC models | 12.0 |
| 8 | On-line Banking Services | 11.8 |
| 9 | Third Generation Internet | 11.3 |
| 10 | Mobile Internet | 11.2 |
You may contact me if you wish to know the exact ranking of your team's Research Briefing website as evaluated by your classmates.
3 March 2000-- From Ahmed Elaasar -- Good Glossary of eBusiness Terms -- Click Here you will find a glossary that I think is pretty useful. I also read a great article on enabling B2B e-commerce, click here to view it!
3 March 2000-- From Alex Kuruz --- Upcoming Event All USC eBusienss Students Welcome. *** The Duke E-Business Forum For High Tech and Growth Companies ***
Saturday, March 25, 2000 - Registration starts at 7:30 a.m This forum is hosted by the Business Technology Club at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business & generously sponsored by IBM, Nortel Networks and iXL. What is e-Vision? e-Vision brings together students, faculty, industry visionaries, and business leaders to interact with each other and explore the business topics that are most prevalent today in the age of Internet. Don't miss this one! Participating organizations are as follows: AOL * Auction Rover* Borders Online* Deloitte Consulting* DoubleClick* Ernst & Young * Foveon * Garden.com * Gartner Group * go2shop.com * Hoovers Online * IBM * The Industry Standard * InterSouth Partners * iXL Enterprise * Lending Tree* MicroMass Communications * NetVendor, Inc.* Ninth House* Nortel Networks* Patagon.com * Business 2.0 Magazine * Quaero, LLC * RoadRunner/Time Warner * S-1 (Security First) * SciQuest.com * Shop.Microsoft * Simon Properties/Clixnmortar.com* Spinner.com * Total Sports * TRUSTe * Varsity Books * Viant * Yahoo! Visit http://www.dukevision.org/ for more information and directions to the show.
2 March 2000-- From dr. k --- Have a Great Spring Break --- But Don't Forget
--- Reminder -
Please e-mail your top 10 research briefing
rankings to Dixon by 5 PM Friday March . Please review each team's (from
both sections) Research
Briefing websites. Then based on your opinion, please rank order from
highest (highest being number 1) to lowest (being number 10) the 10 most useful
and informative websites. You can include your own website in your
ranking, if you believe it is within the top 10. Please e-mail Dixon Wilcox at
wilcoxp1@spanky.badm.sc.edu
your rankings. You need only list the research briefings topic titles and your
numeric rankings.
In making your deliberations, you might consider
the criteria by which your website will be graded, including:
Other specific aspects which you may wish to consider could be:
All your e-mail responses to Dixon will be confidential. While these ranking will not influence my grading of your research briefing, I will announce in class the top 10 ranked research briefing websites according to your colleagues' rankings.
25 February 2000 -- From Dr. K -- We Predicted It! Read all about it -- click here.
25 February 2000 -- From Dr. K -- Don't forget to e-mail and set a time up so that I can meet with your group to discuss the progress of your projects. Times still available March 1 (late afternoon and early evening) or March 2 - morning and late afternoon; Or, March 15 all day, March 16 all day. Please try to schedule within one of these time slots. Also have your project status report with you for these meetings.
22 February 2000 -- From Dixon -- If you have not done so already, please send me an email wilcoxp1@spanky.badm.sc.edu containing the address of the version of your research briefing that is intended for grading so that I can include the link on the Student Homepages and E-mail Page.
21 February 2000 11PM-- From Dr.K.-- Please note the following change in our course plan. Due to circumstances beyond his control, Mark Grondin of 12snap.com had to postpone his Tuesday February 29 talk to the class until Tuesday March 14. To accommodate this change, we will move the our B-B (Part 1) class from March 14 to February 29. Please checked the revised syllabus' course plan and schedule for further details. Also, please check for other confirmed speakers and classes.
15 February 2000 3PM --From Dixon -- As a reminder, please email me your web page address when you have completed your personal web page assignment. Sent it to: wilcoxp1@spanky.badm.sc.edu I will take a look at it and let you know if any requirements are not met. If you do not hear from me you can assume that you have met all the requirements. Also, Please have your Research Briefing links working by February 22. Note: you only need to upload one copy of your research briefing to the server. This copy can reside in any of the team members directories with appropriate navigation from and back to each members homepage. Keeping multiple copies in various directories usually leads to confusion and inconsistencies. You will need to send me the address of the briefing (including the htm file name) when you are done. Thanks.
14 February 2000 1PM -- From Dr. K. - What's your dot-com IQ? Just for fun, I thought I'd toss out a quick questionnaire that very unscientifically determines how far down the electronic commerce path you've traveled, both from personal and professional standpoints. What's your dot-com IQ? click here and find out.
By the way, you can also test your eIQ (emotional IQ) by clicking here. And, you can take the classic intelligence IQ test by clicking here. Now that you are completely depressed, you can go back to work on your Dutch Flower case that is due tomorrow.
9 February 2000 5PM -- DOT.COM SUPER BOWL TELEVISION ADS DRIVE MAJOR INCREASES IN UNIQUE VISITORS ACCORDING TO MEDIA METRIX. Webmd.com leads the pack with several newcomers close behind. Media Metrix reports top TV Super Bowl advertiser's payoffs - click here for story and stats.
9 February 2000 4PM -- From Dr. K. -- Don't Forget-- We
Have Class Tomorrow -- Thursday 2/10
6:15-8:00PM
both Section
1&2 will meet at this time.
1 February 2000 1:22PM -- From Dr. K. It looks like we will have class on Thursday 2/10 from 6:15-8:00PM. I will confirm this via the Announcements page next week.
In addition, I have tentatively scheduled a Darren Ware, Director of Marketing at Visualcom as a guest speaker for Thursday March 16 for 6:00 - 7:45pm. I will confirm as we move closer to this date. The topic: EBusiness in Latin America: Examining International Business Models. I have updated the syllabus to reflect these changes.
1 February 2000 9AM-- From Dixon Wilcox - I have scheduled a Web building tutorial session for the afternoon of Monday, February 7 from 4:00 - 6:30 in the 335 computer lab. This session is designed for students with little or no prior Web page building experience. Also, I have scheduled the 701 computer lab on February 14 and 16 from 4:00 to 6:30 in the afternoon. I, or Khawja Saeed, will be available in the lab during those times to answer any questions you may have regarding your Web building assignment. Finally, you can also e-mail me questions at WILCOXP1@spanky.badm.sc.edu. Don't forget, the online website design tutorial is available at http://theweb.badm.sc.edu/798mis/tutorial/webdesi.htm. You should ftp your personal WebPages, as well as your Research Briefing websites, to the class' student directories at http://theweb.badm.sc.edu/798GSTUD/ Make sure you put your files under your own subdirectory!
31 January 2000 11:22PM -- From David Humphrey --I found this article about IBM's contribution to the XML in today's NY Times and thought it might be of interest. Here's a link to the article.
31 January 2000 11:00PM -- From Shane Bell (shane.bell@vicomsoft.com) - Subject: Firewalls. Vicomsoft has an informative document about Firewall Security which is interesting to both novice and advanced users at: http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/firewalls1.html. I just thought you might like to put a link to it from your site. The document is neutral from the point of view of vendors or service providers, but it does answer a lot of questions frequently asked by users involved with Firewall Security.
28 January 2000 11:22AM -- From Dr. K. - -The results are in! Companies have been selected and teams can commence work! Click to access listing of company teams and members. Teams should make initial contact with the designated contact person listed below in the company descriptions. Good Luck!
27 January 2000 10AM-- From Dr. K. -- a review of the Student Home Pages & E-mail http://theweb.badm.sc.edu/798mis/798st00.htm still reveals that many students have not e-mailed Dixon Wilcox with their research briefing topics. Please form your briefing teams very soon, make your topic selection and send your choices to Dixon at wilcoxp1@spanky.badm.sc.edu he will post your choices to the website. Ning Chang is looking for a team (changning@hotmail.com)!
27 January 2000 9:39AM -- From Dr. K.--
To confirm, we will have a class today (Thursday January 27) from 6:15-8:00PM to discuss the Ford case, both sections 1 and 2 should attend. We will also finalize project selections.Tuesday Feb 1 we will have a guest speaker, Rich Cannon -- CEO Renaissance Interactive, from 5:15– 7:50. Both sections 1 and 2 will attend during this time. There will not be an earlier class for section 2 on this date. Both sections will end class at 7:50PM.
26 January 2000 3:30 PM
-- From Dr. K.-- Candidate Companies for SOAP 2000 Available
Through Student Lottery
Note:
· DO NOT CONTACT any person at these companies until such time as I have officially assigned the company to your team.
· Once your group has been assigned a firm, please contact the person designated with an asterisk "*". This is your main contact at the company and the person that will arrange your subsequent interviews and data collection.
· You must be very effective in your interactions with each company. Unless the company designates otherwise, you have only 15 hours of on-site contact time (This is the condition I committed to in the agreement with each firm to participate in the project). You must very carefully plan all contacts and meetings before you go on-site to ensure that you gather the information you need within this 15-hour contact limit. If the company requests more on-site contact time and/or the team would like to spend more time on site, please speak to me and we will discuss it.
|
Company |
Contact |
Nature of the Business |
Est. Revenue |
|
R.L. Bryan Inc. |
*Mr. Ronald Sanders |
Office Supply, Printing, Textbook Distribution |
Unknown - medium |
|
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of
SC
|
*Terry Povey ,
Research Analyst Thomas G. Faulds
|
Project 1:
Physician-based transactions
B2B. Examine strategic direction with physicians regarding web enabled
healthcare transactions (i.e. checking member, eligibility with health
plans, submitting claims via the Internet, submitting referrals to managed
care plans, etc.) |
>$1billion |
|
Conita Technologies
Inc. |
*Thomas Militello |
Interactive virtual assistants and software entities that converse in English |
Unknown - small -medium start-up |
|
Capsugel Inc. |
*Bob Whitelaw, VP
Marketing |
Division of Warner- Lambert, Manufacturer of Pharmaceutical GelCaps |
Unknown - large |
|
Loxscreen Co. Inc. |
J. Wayne Parrish
Jr. |
Manufacturer of Aluminum and plastic profile extrusions |
>$100M |
|
Outdoor Advertising
Inc. |
*Danny
Stevenson |
Outdoor Advertisement Agency |
4M |
|
Roper Personnel Services |
*George C. Roper |
Temporary Services, Recruiting Services, Employee Leasing |
13-14 M |
|
Quaker Chemical |
*Marshall Copeland 765-9520 |
Chemical manufacturer and distributor |
Unknown – small/ medium |
|
Seibels Bruce Group,
Inc |
*Susan Kenney |
Insurance Company |
Unknown - medium |
|
South Carolina Net
Inc. |
*Mark Stokes, Sen. Mgr. for
Business Development and Customer Relations |
Telecommunications company |
Unknown - medium |
|
Southland Log Homes
Inc. |
*Mr. Joe Taylor |
Manufacturer and Retailer of Log Homes |
Unknown - small/ medium |
|
Specialty Electronics |
*Joe
Slyman, Telephone: 803 540-0298 Jeff Chadwick - Director of Sales Phone: 864-457-3824 email: jchadwick@sei-intl.com |
A global manufacturer and supplier of quality electronic connector products. |
Unknown - medium
|
26 January 2000 1Pm -- From Dr. K. - - For all you would be dot.com folks. click here
25 January 2000 2:15PM -- Afternoon Guest Speaker Update -- At this point I have not hear anything to suggest that our guest speaker is not coming. So, we will have class tonight. If, however, you feel you can not safely make it to class today, please to not feel compelled come. As noted earlier, Section 2 will first meet between 5:00-6:00 and Section 1 will meet from 7:45- 8:45. Both Section 1 and 2 will attend a guest lecture between 6:15-7:45.
25 January 2000 12:20 -- From Dr. K. -- I have received reports that some students are confused about whether we will have class. One more time. As of 9AM this morning the USC main web page stated we have classes starting at 11AM. It was not until about 10:30AM that USC announced on their web page that classes would be cancelled for the day. Therefore I could not alert our guest speaker that we were having a cancellation until after he had left to come here. Therefore, we have a guest speaker that is flying in to speak tonight. I have no way to directly communicate with this person between now and when the class begins tonight. Therefore, at this time, I must assume that he will be speaking tonight. I will be there and encourage you to attend if you can safety make it. If not, stay home.
25 January 2000 9AM -- From Dr. K. -- Well I trust you survived the greatest snowfall since Hurricane Hugo! The sun is out and according to the USC webpage we will have class tonight as scheduled. As noted earlier, Section 2 will first meet between 5:00-6:00 and Section 1 will meet from 7:45- 8:45. Both Section 1 and 2 will attend a guest lecture between 6:15-7:45. In this regards, I am sorry to report that i just learned that Dave Cozzens will not be able to get here given traveling problems. In his place we are lucky to have John Dobbs, one of the other principle strategist within Cambridge's Digital Business Strategy practice. Let keep our fingers crossed that his flight connections will be made and that he will be able to join us on time.
25 January 2000 -- From Dr. K. -- Your SOAP assignment states: Firm consulting teams should be established (by 1/21/00) - Students will form consulting teams of 5 students to investigate firms. Each team will select a project leader who will act as spokesperson and Point of Contact (POC) for the team. Team leader should e-mail the instructor with the names of team members.
I would like project leaders to send me the full names of each study team member before class today, if you have not already done so!
25 January
2000 -- From Dr. K. -- Based on substantial student requests to "get going", I am moving the project selection dates up to
Thursday January 27th class. Please solidify your own contacts today and
tomorrow and have reviewed the list of potential companies I have listed below.
We will conduct a drawing for draft selection order. Please be prepared to make
a final selection on Thursday night. It is best to have several different
company fall back positions!
18 January 2000 -- From Dr. K. -- It now appears that we will have a total of 13 teams (5 students each) across both class sections. I encourage you to continue to look for a company that you might be interested in working with over the semester.
I have also been working on securing some companies interested in participating in our class project. The following companies have conveyed to me an initial commitment to participate in the our class project as clients if they were selected by student teams. As I mentioned, we will conduct a drawing for order of selection and teams will have the right to either go with the company they have contacted (if they have secured a company) or go with one I have found:
Additional Firms that have committed to student
teams already:
- Providence Hospital - Terry Rossiter
- Cason Group
- Wes Bright
- Verian, Charoltte NC - Shea Lawrence - http://www.procureit.com/
Several of these firms are rather small companies and you
certainly might to better finding a company on your own.
I may add
one or two more companies to this list, as commitments come in, but I do not
anticipate that I will adding many more. Please do not contact any of the
companies above until I give you permission after our drawing.
18 January 2000 -- From
Harald Luckerbauer -- Wanted Team Members--- Project at Xerox Developing Markets
Operations (DMO) - Stamford Connecticut
17 January 2000 -- From Dr. K. -- NOTE: I will make changes to our syllabus course schedule/plan as speaker dates and class scheduling changes are confirmed. I suggest that you refer to the web-based syllabus, as opposed to the paper syllabus that I handed out in the 1st class, for the final word on scheduling.
16 January 2000 -- From Dr. K. -- On
Tuesday January 25 we will have a guest speaker, David Cozzens -- Vice President
of Digital Strategy, Cambridge Technology Partners, from 6:15 - 7:45PM. Both
Section 1 and 2 will attend this session. Section 2 will also meet between
5:00-6:00 and Section 1 will meet from 7:45- 8:45.
Unless I let you know
otherwise, Tuesday Feb 1 we will have a guest speaker, Rich Cannon -- CEO
Renaissance Interactive, from 6:15 – 8:50. Both sections 1 and 2 will attend
during this time. There will not be an earlier class for section 2 on this
date.
15 January 2000 -- From Dr. K. -- As
it appears now, we will have a class on Thursday January 27 6:15-8:00PM to
discuss the Ford case, both sections 1 and 2 should attend. I will finalize this
one week before the class.
14 January 2000 -- From Dr. K. -- I have heard from several teams already and I am glad to learn that you have some very strong leads on possible consulting clients. As I promised, listed below are the names of companies that have participated in this course in the past. Unless you have a specific lead with one of these companies that would suggest they want further consulting assistance, I would suggest that you do not contact these companies.
|
Companies Participating in a SOAP in
the Past |
Nature of Business |
Revenue Estimate |
|
Affinity Technology |
Manufacturer of IT software and hardware products for the banking. |
5 year old Set-up |
|
AMBAC
International |
Manufacturer of new and rebuilt carburetors |
>100M |
|
Climatic Corp. |
Wholesale distributor of heating, air conditioners and appliances |
>$100M |
|
Colite International,
Ltd. |
Outdoor Sign Manufacturer |
Unknown - small - medium |
|
Davis - Garvin Companies |
Holding Company for several Insurance Related Businesses including Davis-Garvin Agency, Capital City Insurance, a claims operations company, a premium audit company. |
Unknown |
|
Ducane Co. Inc. |
Manufacturer of gas grills and HVAC equipment |
>$50M <$100M |
|
Eastern Medical and
Surgical |
Regional medical equipment distributor |
Unknown - medium |
|
Ellett Brothers Inc. |
Marketer and supplier of hunting and shooting, marine, camping, archery and other related outdoor sporting goods products and accessories. |
>100M |
|
Fairmont Tamper Inc. |
International manufacturer of railroad equipment |
>100M |
|
Global Trade Information
Services Inc. (GTI) |
Global Trade Infomediary |
Unknown - small |
|
KryoTech Inc. |
Manufacturers of Personal supercomputer processors |
Unknown - medium - start-up |
|
LaserPrint Services |
Laser Printing Cartridge Re-manufacturer and Supplier |
Unknown - small - medium |
|
Mac Kohn Printing, Inc. |
Large printing company & MKP Interactive & printing distribution services |
Unknown |
|
Paradyme Human Resources Suite
1150, 1901 Main St. |
Professional Employment Services |
Unknown - medium |
|
PassAm and PassAmTech |
Plastic Product OEM, Specialty Goods Distributor and Trade Show Merchandiser |
Unknown - small/ medium |
|
Richtex Brick |
Southeast Brick and Building Material Manufacturer |
>100M |
|
SCANA |
Energy Company |
>1 billion |
|
Southeastern Freight Lines
Inc. |
Large trucking and transportation company |
>$100M |
|
Thomas & Howard |
Grocery Distributor |
>$100M |
|
Wilbur Smith Associates |
An international consulting and engineering firm specializing in transportation planning, engineering and economics. |
>$50M <$100M |
In addition, based on previous
discussions that I have had with these companies in past years, please do not
solicit the companies listed below`:
- AVX Corporation, Myrtle
Beach
- R. L. Bryan, Columbia
- Capsugel, Greenwood
- Conita
Technologies, Columbia
- Loxscreen, West Columbia
- Outdooor Advertising,
Columbia
- Pirelli Cable, Lexington
- Resources Bancshares Mortgage,
Columbia
- Roper Personnel Services, Columbia
- Seibels Bruce Group Inc.,
Columbia
- South Carolina Net Inc., Columbia
- Southland Log Homes,
Columbia
- SONOCO Products Inc., Hartsville
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of SC, Columbia
An important source of potential companies would appear to be companies where IMBA, MBA and MIBS alumni are working! As well as companies that have sponsored internships and field consulting projects in the past.
13 January 2000 -- Dino Zannetos shares this article on B2B-- "B2B business boom"
Companies organizing on-line auctions for businesses are hot stocks for new century. By Staff Writer Hope Hamashige January 11, 2000: 3:00 p.m. ET http://cnnfn.com/2000/01/11/smbusiness/b2b/
12 January 2000 -- From Dr. K. --The class lecture notes can be downloaded or viewed in PowerPoint from the http://theweb.badm.sc.edu/798GSTUD/notesS00/ subdirectory. Out of courtesy I suggest that you do not print the slides in their full size format on the school printer. The files are quite large. I suggest that you download the files to a disk and read then just like any other PowerPoint file. If you must print the files, print the slides at 6 slides per page. Go to the PowerPoint print menu, under "print what," select 6 slides per page. This approach saves paper, processing time and has little impact on the readability of the slides.
8 January 2000 -- WELCOME TO MGSC798 -- Strategic information Management. I look forward to fantastic semester!
We will use this announcement page to stay current with course events. Please check it periodically for updates and changes to our course plan.
As a first announcement, I wanted to let everybody know that the Ford Motor Company and the KPMG teaching cases have been ordered from Harvard Business School and should be arriving at the USC College Bookstore on Greene Street on Friday.
Take care, --- more announcements to come. Again, it is great to be working with you! Best regards, Dr.K.
Last Revised 04/01/00
