Laurel Miller

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Week 7 – Review

March 5, 2013

March 7, 2013 – midterm (no class capture)

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Week 6 – RFID Metro Case + Digital Goods Lecture

February 26, 2013

February 28, 2013

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Week 5 – Root Beer Game + RFID Lecture

February 19, 2013

February 21, 2013

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Week 4 – WWT Case + Bullwhip Effect

February 12, 2013

February 14, 2013

Here are some youtube clips explaining the concept of software as a service (SaaS).

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGUPSvswmY0

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXS0BFS6QT4

Expalin in your own words […]

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?

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 […]

There has been 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 here […]

click here for a copy of the midterm study guide

click here for a copy of the sample midterm

(note: you can also post answers to questions from the sample midterm as comments to this post)

click here for week 6 lecture notes

MIS 3537
Internet and Supply Chains
Spring 2013

Due Date: March 19, 2012
Refer to the case “Hulu: An Evil Plot to Destroy the World” from the HBSP website.

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

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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

Paulo Goes
Professor and Chair, MIS
University of Arizona

March 1, 2013
Speakman Hall 200, 11:15am – 1245am
Seminar Title :  “Popularity Effect” in User-Generated Contents: Evidence from Online Product […]

We will discuss the RFID case in class on Feb 26 (Tuesday). click here for a copy of the case questions .

List any three advantages of RFID over bar-code scanning (please read others posts and avoid repetitions).

List some privacy and security concerns about commercial use of RFID applications.

Multiple Choice Answers (Choose one correct answer. In the exam, no credit will be given for multiple answers or answers which are not clear)

The main difference in Active tags and Passive tags is

a. The […]