Introduction to E-Business

Structure Type: Course
Code: KD19BVMA001
Type: Elective
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 4.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Laine, Päivö
Teacher Team: Floyd, Barry
Language of Instruction: English

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
INBUS2-2015   2 autumn   4.0   2016-08-01   2016-12-31  
INBUS2-2016   2 autumn   4.0   2017-08-01   2017-12-31  

Learning Outcomes

The student develops an ability to help organizations gain and maintain a competitive edge by delivering new products and services to consumers and final customers, by offering existing products and services at reduced cost, and by restructuring the organization’s value chain

Student's Workload

Toal workload of the teacher: ca 100 hours

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Basics of business studies and IT

Contents

- this course examines issues such as developing eCommerce business models, concepts and business strategies for new and purely Internet-based companies, and for already existing brick and mortar organizations.
- special areas of interest in this respect are e.g.: security, payments, structure, features and technology
- management of website maintenance and development is discussed in the course as well
- from marketing perspective following market settings are being discussed: business to business (B2B), business to consumer (B2C), consumer to consumer (C2C) and person to person (P2P). These communications networks can take the form of Internet, Intranet (within an organization), Extranet, or any combination of these three including telephone landlines and wireless
- in the area of marketing management following areas are being discussed: Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning and value chain

Recommended or Required Reading

Material provided by the teacher

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, cases and presentation, online course.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced at the beginning of the course

Assessment Methods

Participation, examination

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