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e-BUSINESS LINKS


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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