Ferment in Business Education: E-Commerce Master's Programs

Durlabhji, Subhash; Fusilier, Marcelline R.

doi:10.1080/08832320209599067

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“…Availability of well‐trained human resources (employees and consultants) is a critical enabler of e‐commerce. However, Morrison and Oladunjoye (2002) found from their empirical study that “business educators are not infusing e‐commerce topics sufficiently into existing curricula to prepare their students for roles in companies where e‐commerce is an integral part of operations.” On the other hand, Durlabhji and Fusilier (2002) find that nearly 50 percent of the universities that they studied are offering an e‐commerce concentration (or track) in their existing MBA programs. It is also difficult to find the right consultants in many regions of the United States for e‐commerce purposes (Scrupski‐Miranda 2000).…”

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E-Commerce Usage and Perception of E-Commerce Issues among Small Firms: Results and Implications from an Empirical Study

Bharadwaj

Soni

2007

J Small Business Management

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This paper details the results of an empirical study conducted to study the scope and effectiveness of e-commerce deployment in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as perceived by small business owners in the state. The methodology and results of this study may be applicable to several other states. In addition to a comprehensive survey of small businesses, a dozen businesses successful in deploying e-commerce were interviewed at great length. The results showed that main parts of an e-commerce infrastructure included (1) flow of information; (2) organizational image; (3) reaction to customer needs; (4) increased sales; and (5) access to new markets. The major reason for businesses to not engage in e-commerce is their perception that it is not strategically important for their business.Results pertaining to regional parameters, sales tax considerations, human resources infrastructure, and Internet security issues as well as policy recommendations are discussed in the paper.

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E-Commerce Usage and Perception of E-Commerce Issues among Small Firms: Results and Implications from an Empirical Study

Bharadwaj

Soni

2007

J Small Business Management

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“…At the height of the e‐business boom, colleges and universities worldwide began offering courses and degree programs in rapidly increasing numbers, even as the debate over the wisdom of doing so raged on. Virtually nonexistent before 1999, the emergence of a vast number of master's programs within a span of one year was documented by Durlabhji and Fusilier (2000, 2002). Similarly, before the fall semester of 2000, there were no undergraduate programs in e‐business.…”

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No Downturn Here: Tracking E‐business Programs in Higher Education*

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Durlabhji²

2003

Decision Sci J Innov Edu

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As the fortunes of e-businesses fluctuate, what is the state of e-business educational offerings? The present study attempted to explore this question by investigating the number and nature of e-business programs available in colleges and universities. Results were compared to previously published findings on e-business education. Data were collected from program web sites. Master's and bachelor's degree programs based in North America and elsewhere in the world were examined. Despite the "dot-bomb" economy, the present data suggested large increases in all foreign and North American bachelor's programs between the start of the fall semester of 2000 and November 2001. The number of North American master's programs appeared to increase dramatically during the year 2000 and at a lesser rate afterward. Findings also suggested that bachelor's and foreign master's programs involved more technical e-business courses than the North American master's programs. The educational and economic factors possibly underlying these trends are discussed.

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“…There is a greater non-technology emphasis in most of the programs surveyed by Subhash Durlabhji, Marcelline R Fusilier [12]. The ratio of total non-technical e-commerce courses to technical e-commerce courses was 2.5 to 1.…”

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Probe into construction of e-commerce major in undergraduate degree

Zhang

2005

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Electronic Commerce - ICEC '05

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The point of this paper is the practice of e-commerce major construction of Xi'an Institute of Post and Telecoms (XIPT), a famous institute focused on information technology in China. After a brief literature review, benefiting from discussions and findings, the writer regards e-commerce as an interdisciplinary applied subject, being an affiliation of commercial science, and then gives the experience of XIPT in detail, including learning objective, capability requirement, curriculum system, teaching process, and so on. Next, specific features of the program are given out. They are continuous scheme of English and computer science study, skill training, and courses about post and telecommunication industry. Finally, future evolvement and changes are under discussion. Diversity has been considerate. The ramification may be the technology infrastructure, business processes, and market analysis and development.

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Ferment in Business Education: E-Commerce Master's Programs

Cited by 16 publications

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E-Commerce Usage and Perception of E-Commerce Issues among Small Firms: Results and Implications from an Empirical Study

E-Commerce Usage and Perception of E-Commerce Issues among Small Firms: Results and Implications from an Empirical Study

No Downturn Here: Tracking E‐business Programs in Higher Education*

Probe into construction of e-commerce major in undergraduate degree

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