Class 7--March 7

MBA 649 E-Business Strategy --

News: Team 26

Case Discussion: Web Site Blues

Guest: Jonathan Galaviz, Manager, e-Strategy for Startups, Whittman-Hart

Assignment: Team 24 prepare news for next class.

Handouts:

How It Works edited by Jeffrey Davis from Business 2.0, February 2000, pages 112-140. Available at http://www.business2.com/articles/2000/02/content/cover-story.html

The Power of Virtual Integration: an interview with Dell Computer's Michael Dell by Joan Magretta, Harvard Business Review, March 1998

Time Pacing: Competing in Markets That Won't Stand Still by Kathleen Eisenhardt and Shona Brown, Harvard Business Review, March 1998

Patching: Restitching Business Portfolios in Dynamic Markets by Kathleen Eisenhardt and Shona Brown, Harvard Business Review, May 1999

High Times on the Back End, Walid Mougayar, Business 2.0, January 2000. Available at http://www.business2.com/articles/2000/01/content/feature_2_6.html

The anatomy of the virtual corporation by Glenn Kimball, Sun World, May 1998. Available at http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-05-1998/f_swol-05-itarchitect_p.html