To take an overview focusing on the key elements necessary to understand the impact and the potential of the new Internet and information technologies on business. A particular interest, will be devoted to how we can create and capture value through the use of Internet.

• General presentation of the course

• Importance of e-commerce

• Some frameworks and buzz words

• Creating and capturing value

Class Material (Powerpoint presentations)

• E-Commerce: Definitions and Relevance

• Course Organization

• E-Commerce: Frameworks and technologies

• E-Commerce: Creating and Capturing Value

History of the internet

• From the Internet Society: Internet History

• Haim Medelson’s note on Internet Technology

• The Internet Society, The Economist, January 23 2003

E-commerce and strategy

• Rethinking the Internet, Business Week, March 26 2001

• David Moschella, Revenge of Dot-coms, Computer World, January 26th 2004

• Michael E. Porter (2001) Strategy and the Internet, Harvard Business Review,  [HTML Version].

• Don Tapscott (2001) « Rethinking Strategy in a Networked World » Strategy and Business (August 2001) [PDF file]  

• Kevin Kelly, « New Rules for the New Economy: Twelve dependable principles for thriving in a turbulent world» , Wired, September 1997. [HTML Version]

• Net Impact studies

  Statistics on e-business

• StatCan Daily on e-commerce
• Measure of the Internet use : l’InfoMètre du CÉFRIO
• Statistique Canada (Commerce électronique)
• Industry Canada
• Links to e-business stats