E
BUSINESS LEADERS INTERNETWEEK
http://www.internetweek.com
High Technology Industry Leaders
American Power Conversion
http://www.apcc.com
Cisco
http://www.cisco.com
Compucom Systems
http://www.compucom.com
Computer Associates International
http://www.cai.com
IBM http://www.ibm.com
Intel
http://www.intel.com
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com
(High percentage of strategic suppliers on the Web)
Nortel Networks
http://www.norteinetworks.com
3Com
http://www.3com.com
Xerox
http://www.xerox.com
Internet Companies Industry Leaders
Commerx
http://www.commerx.com
Drugstore.com
http://www.drugstore.com
Hotjobs.com
http://www.hotiobs,com
Logistics
http://www.logistics,com
Paper Space
http://www,paperspace.com
Ubid.com
http://www.ubid,com
Manufacturing Industry Leaders
Applied Materials
http://www.appliedmaterials.com
Bethlehem Steel
http://www.bethsteel.com
Daimler Chrysler
http://www.daimlerchrysler.com
Emerson
http://www.emersonelectric.com
General Electric
http://www.tze.com
Georgia Pacific
http://www gp.com
Herman Miller
http://www.hermanmiller.com
(Significant expansion of customer base as a result of Internet capabilities)
Ingersoll Rand
http://www.ingersoll rand.com
Johnson Controls
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com
(Significant percentage of purchase orders done over the Internet)
Owens Corning
http://www.owenscorning.com
Paccar
http://www.paccar.com
Raytheon
http://www.raytheon.com
(High percentage of orders fulfilled accurately, on time and in the right
quantity;
helping to create an industry e marketplace)
Snap on
http://www.snapon.com
Tekronix
http://www.tek.com
TRW http://www.trw.com
(Key player in automotive e marketplace)
E BUSINESS LEADERS INTERNETWEEK
http://www.internetweek.com
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Industry Leaders
Air Products & Chemicals
http://www.aiproducts.com
American Home Products
http://www.ahp.com
Bristol Myers Squibb
http://www.bms.com
(High percentage of sales and purchase orders on the Internet;
high percentage of strategic partners on the Web)
Dow Chemical
http://www.dow.com
(Significant involvement in creation of two major industry e marketplaces)
E.I. Dupont DE Nemours & Co.
http://www.dupont.com
Eastman Chemical
http://www.eastman.com
Phillips Petroleum
http://www.phillips.com
PPG Industries
http://www.ppg.com
Consumer Products Industry Leaders
Anheuser Bush
http://www.anheuser-busch.com
Avon Products
http://www.avon.com
General Mills
http://www.generalmills.com
Gillette
http://www.gillette.com
Kimberly Clark
http://www.kimberly clark.com
An E Commerce Strategic Plan For Huggies in South Africa
Sara Lee
http://www.saralee.com
Whirlpool
http://www.whirlpool.com
Financial Services Industry Leaders
Aflac
http://www.aflac.com
American General
http://www.agc.com
Capital One Financial
http://www.capitalone.com/indexa.php
Charles Schwab
http://www.schwab.com
Countrywide Credit Industries
http://www.countawide.com
Fannie Mae
http://www.fannymae,com
Fleetboston Financial
http://www.fleetbanbostonmerger.com
FMR
http://www100.fidelity.com
Hartford Financial Services Group
http://www.thehartford.com
Household International
http://www.household.com
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
http://www.chase.com
Keycorp
http://www.kgycorp.com
Mellon Financial
http://www.mellon.com
PNC Financial Services Group
http://www.pncbank.com
Progressive
http://www.progressive.com
U.S. Bancrorp
http://www.firststar.com
Wachovia
http://www.wachovia.com
E BUSINESS LEADERS INTERNETWEEK
http://www.internetweek.com
Retail & Distribution Industry Leaders
Arrow Electronics
http://www.arrow.com
Avnet
http://www.avnet.com
Bergen Brunswick
http://www.bergenbrunswig.com
Cardinal Health
http://www.cardinal.com
CompUSA
http://www.compusa.com
Ingram Micro
http://www.inpraniniiero.com
J.C. Penny
http://www.jcpenny.net
Office Depot
http://www.officedepot.com
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
http://www.sears.com
Staples
http://www.staples.com
Tech Data
http://www.techdata.com
Services Industry Leaders
Alltel
http://www.aittel.com
AT&T
http://www.att.com
(Analyze "Broadband" and "Wireless" pages)
Comdisco
http://www.comdisco.com
Cox Communications
http://www.cox.com
Duke Energy
http://www.duke-energy.com
Night Ridder
http://www.kri.com
Metro Golden Mayer
http://www.mmm.com
Qwest Communications International
http://www.qwest.com
Xcel Energy
http://www.xcelenerpy.com
Travel & Hospitality Industry Leaders
Alaska Air Group
http://www.alaska.air.com
AMR
http://www.amrcom.com
Hilton Hotels
http://www.hilton.com
Mandalay Resort Group
http://www.mandalayresort~group.corn
Marriott International
http://www.marlott.com
Southwest Airlines
http://www.southwest.com
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What applications
of biometric, card, voice, and wireless technologies are being integrated into
E Commerce Strategic Plans by economy sector industry leaders?
What goods and services are E Business leaders exporting internationally and how
do they
contribute to improving Quality Of Life (QOL) domestically and elsewhere?
What distance learning online programs are being used that could be applied in
education (PK16) and training in Anytime Anywhere (24 x 7) Learning formats or in site based
formats?
How can education assess better the economic and technological changes in a
service area?
BLACK
ENTERPRISE 100
http://www.blackenterprise.com
WORLD
WIDE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
http://www.wwt.com
Provide a revolutionary way to streamline and simplify the global IT supply
chain, all from a
single SOURCE -WWW
NETCOM
SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL
http://www.netcomsol.com
Mission:
To provide innovative net technology solutions that add value to our client
partners and
economic stakeholders.
Vision:
To become a global leader in improving networking and communication solutions by
applying
an entrepreneurial culture with a commitment to mastery.
GLOBALVIEW TECHNOLOGIES
http://globalviewtechnologies.com
Globalview Technologies consults, designs, engineers, furnishes, installs,
tests, documents,
maintains and manages wireless and cabling based network systems for data,
voice, video and
image communications.
RS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
http://www/rsis/com
RSIS supports 110 prime contracts and 125 client users nationwide. Major clients
include
the Air Force, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and NASA. RSIS is
among the ten largest IT contractors for the US Commerce and Energy Departments.
THE BING GROUP
http://www.binggroup.com
The Bing Group is a Manufacturing Company that provides automotive parts to Tier
I and
H suppliers, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, and GM. We accommodate our customers in the
following areas: flat rolled steel processing, metal stamping, sequencing, seat
assembly,
and subassembly of component parts.
SAYERS GROUP
http://www.sayers.com
Sayers Group designs, implements and manages comprehensive infrastructure
solutions for
complex business environments. Our independent partnerships with leading
technology
companies ensure that we have access to the best products and services to
satisfy our
customer' requirements and improve their business. Sayers Group strives for a
customer
centric foundation, and out mission is to create lifelong customers through
superior service.
BLACK
ENTERPRISE 100
http://www.blackenterprise.com
WASHINGTON CABLE SUPPLY, INC.
http://www.washcable.com
WCSI is an award winning, aggressively growing company engaged in providing
value added
materials management and the national distribution of wire, cable electronics
and electrical
apparatus to utilities, telecommunications providers ....
UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY (UNITECHl)
http://www.unitechi.com/
We're an award winning professional services and solutions company serving a
wide range of
federal, state and local, and commercial customers.
GLOBAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (GMSI)
http://www.gmsi.com/
Originally started as Global Home Management Systems, Inc., an integrator of
computer
systems for home automation and control, the company has evolved to provide full
computer
network solutions to a wide range of government and commercial clients.
INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS TECHNIQUES, INC. (INNOLOG)
http://www.innolo2.com/
Our vision is to bring leading edge, process oriented thinking to our customers
by providing
world class logistics solutions.
ITS SERVICES, INC
http://www.itssiiic.com.
ITS Services, Inc. is a professional services company providing information
technology
solutions and managed services to our customers. Since 1991, ITS Services has
been
providing professional support services in the areas of telecommunications,
information
technology and program management and acquisition support.
METTERS INDUSTRIES
http://www.metters.com/
Metters Industries is a well established firm that Specializes in services that
exploit
technology to the client's advantage. MI has two manufacturing facilities that
offer
high quality, high reliability products for the military and commercial
marketplace.
ADVANCED RESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
http://www.team arti.com/
Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc. (ARTI) is a diversified information
services provider and systems integrator with expertise in providing Information
Systems Engineering, and Network Engineering Services, Program Management.
MISSION OF THE NATIONAL BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
http://www.nationalbcc.org
To economically empower and sustain African American communities through
entrepreneurship
and capitalistic activity within the United States and via interaction with the
Black Diaspora.
GOALS
1. To increase business development and growth via procurement, capital access
and
international trade.
2. To provide entities to fund and guide our programs.
3. Educate and train the masses on Black business development and our purpose to
benefit
society.
4. Provide technical support to affiliated chapters.
Access "About Us" for additional information at:
http://nationalbcc.org/aboutus/plan.htm
Connectivity:
Communication and Information Technology, focus on Telecommunications
Broadband will play a significant role in the future. Browse Web sites of
companies such as
Spaceway, developed by General Motors' spin off Hughes; Astrolink, from
aerospace giant
Lockheed Martin; and Euro Skyway, from Italian company Alenia Spazio."
http://www.spaceway.com
http://astrolink.com
http://www.euroskyway.com
As corporations conduct Business @The Speed of Thought (Bill Gates, 1999), how
will area,
economic, and education development adjust to Electronically Networked
Communities
(ENCs)? Communities: Beyond area geography to include Anytime Anywhere (24 x 7)
Learning.
Wisconsin
Women's Business Initiative Corporation
http://www.wwbic.com
Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.mov/starting/indexbusplans.html
GetEducation.com's Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools, Business and
Management 2002 available free online at
http://www.geteducated.com/bdlgs_bm.htm
Publisher:
GetEducated.com, LLC, October 15, 2001.
Editor: Vicky Phillips
4 Carmichael Street, #2160, Essex Junction, Vermont 05452
Institutions Web Sites and Certificate and Degree Program(s)
American Military University
http://www.apus.edu/amu/
MA in Logistics
Arizona State University
http://www.cob.asu.edu/mba/
MBA Supply Chain Mg.
Capella University
http://www.capellauniversity.edu/
MBA E-Business
Concordia University Wisconsin
http://www.cuw.edu/home.htm MBA International
Business
Dallas Baptist University
http://www.dbuonline.org/
Certificate in E-Commerce
Drexel University
http://www.drexel.edu/
Fields of Study MBA in E-Commerce
Florida Institute of Technology
http:/www.segs.fit.edu/
MBA in
E-Business
Golden Gate University
http://www.ggu.edu/schools/schools/html
MS in E-Commerce
Jones International University
http://www.ionesinternational.edu/ MBA in
E-Commerce
Keller Graduate School of Mg.
http://www.online.keller.edu/ Certificate
in EC Mg.
National University
http://www.online.nu.edu/
MS in E-Commerce
National Louis University
http://www.nl.edu/
Masters of E-Commerce
New Jersey Institute of Tech
http/www.njit.edu/ Certificate in
E-Commerce
New York University
http://www.scps.nyu.edu/virtual
Certificate in E-Commerce
Northcentral University
http://www.ncu.edu/ MBA
in E-Commerce
Norwich University
http://www.norwich.edu/
Certificate in E-Commerce
Nova Southeastern University
http://www.sbe.nova.edu/
MBA in E-Business
Regent University
http://www.regent.edu/distance/
MBA in E-Business
Thunderbird
http://www.t-bird.edu/ MIM in Latin
America*
University of Denver
http://www.universitycollege.du.edu/
Certificate in E-Commerce
and a Master of Technology Management with an Electronic Commerce Concentration
University of Maryland
http://www.umuc.edu/gsmt/gsmtdist
MBA/MS in E-Business
University of Phoenix
http://www.uoponline.edu/
MBA in E-Business
University of Washington Ext.
http://www.extension.washington.edu/
Certificate in E-Commerce
U. of WI Whitewater
http://academics.uww.eda/BUSINESS/
MBA International Business
Walden University
http://www.waldenu.edu/
MBA in E-Business
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
http://www.wpi.edu/+ADLN
MBA in E-Commerce
*MIM Master of International Management. For six consecutive years
Thunderbird has been ranked the number one school of international management by
U.S. News & World Report
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Curriculum consists of (a) content formats, (b) delivery systems, and (c)
evaluation formats.
What approaches have institutions used for including EC content in certificate
or degree
programs ranging from free standing elective or required courses through
integration?
What advances in biometric, card, voice and wireless technologies by E-Commerce
Leaders
are included in curriculum content and delivery focused on student learning
outcomes?
How can certificate and degree programs also integrate competencies and skills
relative to
Knowledge Manager (KM) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) positions and roles?
What assessment/evaluation is used for courses, programs, and student learning
outcomes?
NEWSLETTERS (with Links to Web Sites) and OTHER RESOURCES (with Links)
Access
http://www.members.cox.net/greenka6/wgnewweb/wgmenu.html
All documents
contain many Web sites to which individuals can link, especially those on Career
Development.
Publications cited in the newsletters, but by no means the only ones, include
the following:
Black Enterprise
http://www.blackenterprise.com
Card Technology
http://www.cardtechnology.com
CIO Insight
http://www.cioinsight.com
Converge
http://www.convergemag.com
eAI Journal
http://www.eaijournal.com
EC World
http://www.ecomworld.com
EDUCAUSE
http://www.educause.edu
Electronic Business
http://www.eb-mag.com
Field Force Automation
http://www.ffamag.com
Exchange & Outlook
http://exchange.devx.com
Electronic Publishing
http://www.electronic-publishing.com
Government Technology
http://www.govtech.net
Group Computing
http://www.groupcomputing.com
Human Genome Mg Info System
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis
Information Week
http://www.informationweek.com
Intelligent Enterprise
http://www.intelligentententerprise.com
Internet World
http://www.intemetworld.com
Knowledge Management
http://www.kmmag.com
KMWorld
http://www.kmworld.com
Mbusiness
http://www.mbizcentral.com
Newslink (Federal Labs)
http://www.federallabs.org
Online Learning
http://www.onlinelearningmag,com
Print On Demand
http://www.printondemandmagazine.com
Speech Technology Magazine
http://www.speechtechmag.com
Syllabus
http://www.syllabus.com
Training
http://www.trainingmag.com
varBusiness
http://www.varbusiness.com
World Trade
http://www.worldtrademag.com
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