farzal.ecommerce.spring2008.iba.khi.pk

We’ve had a great series of lectures, starting with RFID and its use in creating efficient supply chain. This was followed by a great lecture from Badar from Google. And then today’s lecture on one of the most (in)famous dot com failure, webvan. We will be a couple more of these in next couple of lectures, before moving on internet advertising and SEO.

The files from these lectures are under files. What ever data I receive from Badar on his presentation, I will post them under lecture 15 in files section.

I’ve also posted 3 case studies (as a separate link next to Files). One is against the use of RFID to solve the airline baggage problem. The other 2 are for webvan, one written at the time of launch, and the other at the time of their bankruptcy.

written by Farzal (Admin) \\ tags: Google, RFID, supply chain, webvan

Here is my theory on this course … and reason I give you so little help with assignments, there is no book for the course, etc

When a child is born, he or she is a dumb life form. They can’t speak (talk), understand (hear), recognize (see), transport (move).

But they learn this - with no books, no lectures, no hand holding; they do this by absorbing information from their environment, identifying patterns, and at the same time, the body physically becomes stronger for them to become independent in their motions, movements, etc. Continue reading »

written by Farzal (Admin) \\ tags: e-commerce, ecosystem, farzal, Maria Montessori

I need to hear from you what you like and do not like about the class, lectures, my style of teaching, etc.

We have done 6 lectures, so about 20-25% done with semester along with 1 guest lecture (2-3 more in pipeline). Give your feedback as “comments” to this blog entry. Just put a dummy name/email combination if you want the feedback to me anonymous. This is purely for your benefit and a small effort from 37 of you can go a long way to improve the remaining 75% of the semester.

Thank you in advance.

Guest lecture suggestions are also welcome here:

written by Farzal (Admin) \\ tags: Feedback, semester