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Management Information Systems: Solving Business Problems with Information Technology, 3/e
Gerald V. Post, University of the Pacific
David L. Anderson, DePaul U/McGowan Center

Electronic Business and Entrepreneurship

Chapter Outline


  1. Overview
  2. Introduction
  3. The Production Chain
    1. Disintermediation
    2. Business to Consumer
    3. Business to Business
  4. Increasing Sales and Reducing Costs
    1. Prepurchase, Purchase, and Postpurchase Support
    2. Search Engines
    3. Traditional Media and Name Recognition
    4. Web Advertisements
    5. Website Traffic Analysis
    6. Privacy
  5. E-Commerce Options
    1. Simple Static HTML
    2. Single-Unit Sales
    3. Web Malls and ASPs
    4. Web Hosting Options
  6. Mobile Commerce
  7. Taxes
  8. Global Economy
  9. Analysis of Dot-Com Failures
    1. Pure Internet Plays
    2. Profit Margins
    3. Advertising Revenue
  10. Entrepreneurship
  11. Idea
    1. Strategy
    2. Research
  12. Plan
    1. Strategy, Competition, and Market Analysis
    2. Forecasts, Cash Flow, and Investment Budget
    3. Marketing
    4. Organization and Timetable
  13. Implementation
    1. Ownership Structure
    2. Financing
    3. Accounting and Benchmarks
    4. Flexibility
  14. Starting an E-Commerce Firm
  15. Summary
  16. Key Words
  17. Website References
  18. Additional Reading
  19. Review Questions
  20. Exercises
  21. Cases: Need Case Topic
  22. Appendix: Creating a Business Plan
    1. Marketing, Forecasting, and Financing
    2. Management Structure
    3. Exercises




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