David Schuff

A bonus of 0.5 will be awarded for answering all three questions on this blog related to the guest lecture.

Explain the supplier dashboard, and some key metrics for measuring the performance of suppliers.

A bonus of 0.5 will be awarded for answering all three questions on this blog related to the guest lecture.

Do you think that the guest lecture was useful? Think for 100 seconds, and summarize the key things […]

Sunil Mithas

Associate Professor,

Decision, Operations and Information Technologies Department,

Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland

March 16, 2012

Speakman Hall […]

The bio of the speaker in as follows:

Jon Carrow is currently a Senior Director within Pfizer’s Business Technology organization. Pfizer purchased Wyeth in 2009 and Jon has been a part of the combined operation […]

Think for 100 seconds, and summarize the key things that you learned in the first half of the course.

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February 28, 2012

March 1, 2012  – Test 1(no class capture)

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February 21, 2012

February 23, 2012

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Information Systems Research 23.3-part-1 (2012): 679-697.

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February 14, 2012

February 16, 2012

Robert F. Lusch

James and Pamela Muzzy Chair in Entrepreneurship and Executive Director of the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship

Eller College of Management, University of Arizona.

Date: February […]

Think for 100 seconds, and summarize the key things that you learned in the class in week 5 (rfid lecture + rfid case).

MIS 3537
Internet and Supply Chains
Spring 2012

Due Date: March 13, 2012
Refer to the case “Hulu: An Evil Plot to Destroy the World” from the HBSP website.

Answer the following questions briefly (4-5 […]

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Last year there was an effort by media moguls (Rupert Murdoch, for one) to put “pay walls” on news site – this essentially means that consumers have to pay before they read a news article on the internet (click […]

Referring back to the case assignment about the Netflix business model; a subscription fee payment for unlimited movie rental delivered via mail-order, we had addressed the question of what other industries might […]

List the pros and cons of Netflix’s rental model (charging a fixed fee per month) to that of traditional offline video stores (charging a fee per DVD rental). Is it possible to replicate Netflix’s business model […]

Explain the following line in the context of traditional retail stores – “a geographically dispersed demand is no demand at all”. How does the internet address this problem?

This article in Escapist Magazine, entitled the Dark Side of Direct Downloads presents an interesting example of just how much the supply chain for software and related industries can change as a result of the internet.

True or False (Give reasons (1-2 lines) in support of your answer)

The main difference between information goods and physical goods (such as televisions, laptops) is that the ratio of fixed costs to marginal […]