"The E-Corporation: More than just Web-based, it's building a new industrial order," Fortune, Dec 7, 1998, pp. 80-92.

"America’s Best Technology Users," Forbes ASAP, August 24, 1998, pp. 63-86.

"How Winners Do It," Forbes ASAP, August 24, 1998, pp. 89-92.

"Welcome to the Revolution," Fortune, Dec. 13, 1993, pp. 66-77.

Optional:

Malone, T.W. and Rockart, J.F. "Computers, Networks and the Corporation," Scientific American, September 1991, pp. 128-136.

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Laudon, K.C. and Laudon J.P. "What is a Computer System?" in Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998, pp. 192-225.

Laudon, K.C. and Laudon J.P. "Enterprise Networking" in Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998, pp. 334-347.

Network Computing at Sun Microsystems: A Strategic Deployment. Harvard Business School Case #9-198-007.

Optional:

Malone, M. "Chips Triumphant," Forbes, February 26, 1996, pp. 52-82.

Coy, P. "Faster, Smaller, Cheaper," Business Week, Information Revolution 1994 Special Issue, 1994, pp. 54-57.

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The Worldwide Web and Internet Technology. Harvard Business School Technology Note, June 1998, #9-198-020.

Verity, J.W. "The Internet: How it will change the way you do Business,"Business Week, November 14, 1994, pp. 80-88.

Cisco Systems, Inc. Harvard Business School Case Study, #9-398-127.

Optional:

Mackie-Mason, J.K. and Varian, H. "Economic FAQs about the Internet," Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1994.

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Two optional sessions in the Trading Room: 4-5:30pm and 6-7:30pm

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"Java is Hot Enough to Burn Bill Gates," Business Week, November 10, 1997, pp. 78-79.

Gibbs, W.W. "Software’s Chronic Crisis," Scientific American, September 1994, pp. 86-95.

Cafasso, R. "Few IS Projects Come in on Time, on Budget," Computerworld, December 12, 1994, p. 20.

Alter, S. "Overview of Alternative Approaches for Building Systems," in Information Systems: A Management Perspective, Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1996, pp. 598-612.

Optional:

Hamilton, M.A. "Java and the Shift to Net-Centric Computing," IEEE Computer, August 1996, pp. 31-39.

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Guest Lecturer: Professor Stuart Madnick

Teach, E. "Tapping Your Hidden Assets," CFO: The Magazine for Senior Financial Executives, May 1996: 47-56.

Laudon, K.C. and Laudon J.P. "A Modern Database Environment" in Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology, Prentice-Hall, 1998: 271-281.

Madnick, S.E. "Database in the Internet Age," Database Programming & Design, January 1997: 28-33.

Optional:

Fadlalla, A. "Data Warehousing Technologies," Enterprise Systems Journal, October 1996: 18ff.

Verity, J.W. "Coaxing Meaning out of Raw Data," Business Week, February 3, 1997: 134-137.

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[Guest Speaker from Industry]

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Ghosh, S. "Making Business Sense of the Internet," Harvard Business Review, March-April, 1998, pp. 126-135, #98205.

Bakos, Y. "The Emerging Role of Electronic Marketplaces on the Internet," Communications of the ACM, August 1998, pp. 35-42.

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Schlender, B. "Building Your Own Music CD," Fortune, March 30, 1998, p. 158.

Cortese, A. "E-Commerce: Good-bye to Fixed Pricing?" Businessweek, April 23, 1998, pp. 71-80.

Optional:

Varian, H. "Versioning Information Goods" http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/version.pdf

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Behar, R. "Who's Reading Your Email?" Fortune, February 3, 1997, pp 57-70.

Van Dam, C. "Encryption & Authentication" http://ecommerce.mit.edu/cryptosummary

Optional:

Stark, T. "Encryption for a Small Planet," Byte, March 1997, pp.111-114.

Ferrell, K. "Net Crime: Don't Be A Victim" http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Dlife/Crime/index.html

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Davenport, T.H. "Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise System," Harvard Business Review, August 1998, pp. 121-131.

Garvin, D.A. "The Processes of Organization and Management," Sloan Management Review, Summer 1998, pp. 33-50.

Malone, T. W. et al. "Tools for Inventing Organizations: Toward a Handbook of Organizational Processes," Management Science, in press.

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"The Supply Chain: Leapfrogging a Few Links," Business Week, June 22, 1998, 140-142.

Guest speaker: Bill Helming, PRTM

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Brown, J.S. and Duguid, P. "Organizing Knowledge," California Management Review, 40, 3, Spring 1998, pp. 90-111.

Davenport, T.H., De Long, D.W. and Beers, M.C. "Successful Knowledge Management Projects," Sloan Management Review, Winter 1998, pp. 43-57.

Fahey, L. and Prusak, L. "The Eleven Deadliest Sins of Knowledge Management," California Management Review, 40, 3, Spring 1998, pp. 265-276.

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Benson-Armer, R. and Tsun-yan, H. "Teamwork across Time and Space," The McKinsey Quarterly, 4, 1997, pp. 19-27.

Townsend, A., DeMarie, S.M. and Hendrickson, A. "Virtual Teams: Technology and the Workplace of the Future," Academy of Management Executive, 12, 3, 1998, pp.17-29.

Maruca, R.F. "How do you Manage an Off-Site Team - Case Study," Harvard Business Review, July-August 1998, pp. 22-35, #98405.

Optional:

Handy, C. "Trust and the Virtual Organization," Harvard Business Review,, May-June 1995, pp. 2-8, #95304.

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Malone, T. W. and Rockart, J. F. "Computers, Networks and the Corporation," Scientific American, September 1991, pp. 128-136. (review from Class #1)

Malone, T. W. & Laubacher, R. J. "The Dawn of the E-lance Economy," Harvard Business Review, September-October 1998, 76, 5, pp. 144-152.

Malone, T. W. "Is ‘Empowerment’ Just a Fad? Control, Decision-Making, and Information Technology," Sloan Management Review, 38, 2, Winter 1997, pp. 23-35.

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Dow Corning, MIT CISR Case Study, 1998.

Guests: Dr. Jeanne Ross (Center for Information Systems Research)

Charlie Lacefield and Harry Ludgate (Dow Corning)

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Brynjolfsson, E. and Hitt, L.. "Breaking Boundaries," Informationweek, September 22, 1997, p. 55.

Davenport, T. "The Case of the Soft Software Proposal," Harvard Business Review, May 1989, pp. 12-24 #89302.

Optional:

Brynjolfsson, E. and Hitt, L.. "Beyond the Productivity Paradox," Communications of the ACM, August 1998, pp 49-57.

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Orlikowski, W.J. "Learning from Notes," Information Society, 9, 1993, pp. 237-250.

Orlikowski, W.J. and Hofman, J.D. "An Improvisational Model of Change Management: The Case of Groupware Technologies" Sloan Management Review, 38, 2, Winter 1997, pp. 11-21.

Roth, G.L. "Paper Documents: Implications of Changing Media for Business Process Redesign," MIT Sloan School Case Study, 1998.

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