A full day seminar featuring Dr. Ravi Kalakota, e-Business Strategies.

Overview

Contrary to popular belief, e-business is not dead. The first half of the game is over and companies are gearing up for the second half. How are companies getting ready for the second half, what strategies are being pulled together and what does the landscape look like? This workshop will provide the latest trends and analysis on how e-business is transitioning on the customer, supplier, employee and financial side.

Topics

The seminar will address issues such as: How is e-business evolving? What are the new e-business trends? What new Internet technologies and capabilities must companies master? What organizational changes are needed to become an e-business? What are the key elements of successful B2C multichannel strategy? How is B2B evolving? What are the key elements of successful B2B strategy? What mistakes have been made in the first half of e-business and what can we learn from them?

About the speaker

Dr. Ravi Kalakota is a noted pioneer in the area of e-business. He is the CEO of e-Business Strategies (EBS) - a research and innovation practice designed to help start-ups and large companies create next-generation business models. Ravi holds the distinction of having authored the first-ever book on e-commerce, "Frontiers of E-commerce" Addison-Wesley (1995), and continues to be at the forefront of "e" thought and development. His book, "e-Business: Roadmap for Success" (Addison-Wesley, 1999) is a national best-seller. His latest book, "e-Business 2.0: Roadmap for Success" (Addison-Wesley, 2001) further examines recent developments in the digital economy and was recently No. 8 on Amazon.coms Business Best Seller list. Ravi, with the team at EBS, is systematically researching the building blocks needed to implement e-business models. Some current research areas include: mobile commerce business models, click and brick models, and e-service platforms. In addition to research, Ravi consults extensively with Fortune 1000 companies. Some of his clients include Intel, GE Capital, SC Johnson, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, AT&T, IBM, EDS, Arthur Andersen, Compaq, and Pivotal.

Who should Attend?

This workshop is a must for all senior management and strategic planners charged with developing business strategies, consultants helping corporate executives shape and build their companies competitive future, information technology managers leading their teams through strategic decisions, web developers and web masters charged with implementing eBusiness strategies, entrepreneurs, and students interested in e-commerce and in capitalizing on the new wave of business innovation.

Coordinator

This workshop is being coordinated by Dr. William (Dave) Haseman, Professor of Management Information Systems and Director of the SBA Center for Technology Innovation at the School of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.