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You can get Wall Street Journal and some other newpapers from Factiva, ABI/Inform, and Proquest Newspapers.

Articles

1. ** Harland Cleveland, "Information as Resource," The Futurist, December 1982, 34-39.
2. You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says, Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005
3. Can Steve Jobs save the iPod?
4. The genius behind Steve: Could operations whiz Tim Cook run the company someday?
5. Steve's leave: What does it really mean?
6. Silver, Mark S., Markus, M. Lynne, and Beath, Cynthia M., "The Information Technology Interaction Model: A Foundation for the MBA Core Course," Management Information Systems Quarterly, volume 19, no. 3, September 1995, pp. 361-390. (an excerpt)
7. Nicholas Carr,  "Does IT Matter," Harvard Business Review, May 2003, pp. 41-48.  (CSUCI Library Online Database) and Responses
8. **Michael Hammer, "Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate" 1990, Harvard Business Review, Jul/Aug90, Vol. 68 Issue 4, pp. 104-112.  (CSUCI Library Online Database)
9. ACM Computing Curricula 2005
10. IS Curriculum Structure and Content (and Career Track)
11. HTML Tutorial: http://htmldog.com/guides/htmlbeginner/
12. Accessibility Technology Initiative: http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility/videos/moreno/
13. Choo, Chun Wei, The Knowing Organization: How Organizations Use Information to Construct Meaning, Create Knowledge, and Make Decisions (eBook from CSUCI Library)

14. Henderson and Venkatyraman, Strategic Alignment: Leveraging Information Technology for Transforming Organizations, IBM Systems Journal, 1999.

15.  Information Rules by Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian, Harvard Business School Press, 1999.  (Google book) Apply economic theories to information-based products.  (TOC and part of chapter 1) 
16. **Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy Read Chapter 1 at least.. (Google Book) by Philip Evans and Thomas S. Werster, Harvard Business School Press, 2000. 
17. Philip Evans and Thomas S. Werster, "Strategy and the New Economics ofInformation." http://web.ebscohost.com.summit.csuci.edu:2048/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c97f3544-dcd3-4ccd-bfc2-88fef1103a99%40sessionmgr4&vid=16&hid=11
18. How Apple Could Mess Up, Again (Business Week article 2006)
19. 1998: Globalization...2008: Continuous change (from PriceWaterhouseCoopers Technology Forecast)
20. Fair Information Practice Principles at http://www.oispp.ca.gov/consumer_privacy/laws/fairinfo.asp

21. The Expanding Digital Universe

22. http://www.pbs.org/nerds/  Triumph of the Nerds 
23. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/11/11/steve-jobs-the-parable-of-the-stones/
24. Playboy Interview with Steve Jobs (1985)
25. 'Steve Jobs': Profiling An Ingenious Perfectionist (Radio program)
26. How Steve Jobs Changed The World Of Design

Strategies

1. Michael Porter, "Strategy and Internet," Harvard Business Review, Mar. 2001, Vol. 79 Issue 3, pp. 62-78
2. Michael Porter, "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," Harvard Business Review; Jan 2008, Vol. 86 Issue 1, pp. 78-93.
3. Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, "Mastering the Management System," Harvard Business Review; Jan 2008, Vol. 86 Issue 1, pp. 63-77.
4. Rethinking Strategy in a Networked World (or Why Michael Porter is Wrong about the Internet) Don Tapscott

5. Barry Schwartz on our lost of wisdom   http://mrneigher.blogspot.com/2010/01/barry-schwartz-on-our-loss-of-wisdom.html (for BPR)  "But while these rules prevent disaster, they also ensure mediocrity."
   
   
   

Business Process Management

1. INNOV8, the IBM Business Process Management (BPM) simulation game
   • Play INNOV8 online
   • BPM Video  
   • **Analyzing Current Business Process Exercise (Process Modeling/Mapping)
   • Game Playing Rules and and Glossory
   • Process Redesign
   • Process Simulation
2. http://www.cio.com/article/106609/Business_Process_Management_BPM_Definition_and_Solutions

Unit 2: Database and Business Intelligence

1. 7-Eleven CIO Discusses Business Intelligence
2. SQL Server Express 2008 download
3. Diamonds in the Data Mine by Gary Loveman, Harvard Business Review, May 2003, pp. 109-113. (Harrah's Entertainment)
4. Data mining http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/data-mining-techniques/?button=1

MIS/IT Related Web Sites

1. All Things Digital (WSJ)
2. CIO Magzine 
3. Information Week
4. Computer World
5. Baseline Magazine
6. InfoWorld a great online source for information pertaining to MIS happenings
7. http://www.forbes.com/technology/
8. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/
9. http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-networks/7390766-1.html
10. http://www.technewsworld.com
11. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html
12. http://www.technologyreview.com/   MIT Technology Review
13. Wired Online Magazine 
14. Tech Republic: Provides advice on best practices and tools for the day-to-day needs of IT decision-makers. 

E-Commerce

1. http://marketshare.hitslink.com/

2. Getting a domain name and GoDaddy.com

3. Flash sale sites spark billion-dollar industry   e.g., http://www.ruelala.com/   and   http://www.ideeli.com

4. http://www.onpointradio.org/2011/02/ipad-rise-applications (AOL-HuffPro acquisition, The Daily for iPad, content aggregation)

5. Is Amazon a screaming buy?

6. Free Web authoring tool (NVU)
7. Fix this Web site

8. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Google eBook)

9. World Wide Information Growth Ticker
10. Google AdSense
11. Left Brain vs. Right Brain
12. http://www.prosper.com/  Peer to peer lending
13. http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ 

14. The Million Dollar Homepage - Own a piece of internet history!

    http://www.twitter.com

    http://www.alibaba.com

    http://hothothot.com/

    http://www.myfridgefood.com/

    http://www.quibids.com  Penny Auction 60 cents per bid

    http://priceline.com and http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/29/technology/thebuzz/   (see this slide)

    http://windowshop.com/

    http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/  We site design

    web 2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

    Disruptive technology

    http://icanhascheezburger.com/

    10 Dotcom busts.  http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1003/gallery.dot_com_busts/ 

    Search Engine Optimization http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing/internet-search-engines-engine-optimization-seo/2976882-1.html

    [PDF]

    The New Rules of Viral Marketing

     

    http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/  and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

    Ma Yun (Jack Ma) - Alibaba Group CEO (Interview of Jack Ma at Web 2.0 Summit) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1595997473886376451#    http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20strategy/BSTR288.htm (A Case Study)

    http://video.techcrunch.com/video/4509604-the-surprising-religion-of-jack-ma    http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11215  Read the Article

    ‘Scrapers’ Dig Deep for Data on the Web  and http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/10/11/escaping-the-scrapers/   What Do They Know at http://blogs.wsj.com/wtk/

     Y U Luv Texts, H8 Calls, We Want to Reach Others But Not to Be Interrupted, WSJ.

    http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/11/one-kings-lane-silicon-valleys-newest-obsession/  An E-Commerce Case

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble

    An interesting report worth reading reading if you have time. http://www.fcic.gov/  or get he report directly from the following link.  Download Full Report with Dissents (PDF) p. 87 in the pdf file or p. 59 in printed version. 

15. http://www.khanacademy.org/
16. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/02/21/ipad.price.wired/
17. Why I sold to Amazon: 3 startups' stories
18. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/11/24/zappos-life-after-acquisition/?iid=EL
19. http://www.beijingtoday.com.cn/blogger/anniewei/interview-with-alan-tien-gm-of-paypal-china
20. http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/  Read the downloadable screenplay.
21. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2011/02/tech/map.mideast.tech/index.html  (Facebook and revolution)
22. http://www.wokai.org/about  (An example of a social business)
23. Web's 'Content Farms' Grow Audiences For Ads at http://www.npr.org/2011/04/21/135514220/webs-content-farms-grow-audiences-for-ads

SMM

• Kenneth Cole's Social Media Marketing Lesson
• Read Chapter 8 of eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Online Marketing for free
• http://www.seobook.com/google-kills-ehows-competitors (Content farm)

ERP & CRM & SCM

1. http://crm.dynamics.com/online/
2. http://www.salesforce.com/customer-resources/learning-center/#before-you-start
3. http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/erp/demos/index.epx
4. SCOR 90 Overview Brochure The Supply Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) is a process reference model that has been developed and endorsed by the Supply Chain Council

BI

1. What is the "true story" about using data mining to identify a relationship between sales of beer and diapers? http://dssresources.com/faq/index.php?action=artikel&id=41

Project Management

1. The Mythical Man-Month

Others

1. HIS, http://www.healthmgttech.com/
2. MIS Degree.
3. Technology Review from MIT
4. Etsy: Buy and sell handmade or vintage items, art and supplies
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_system
6. http://www.jmis-web.org/
7. http://www.wired.com/
8. http://www.infoworld.com/
9. Global data storage calculated at 295 exabytes  from BBC News on Technology http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology/
10. Gizmodo is a gadget blog.
11. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio-help/
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_systems
13. http://www.forbes.com/technology/
14. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/
15. Computer and Information Systems Managers Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition
16. Information Technology Association of America : Trade association representing the broad spectrum of the world-leading U.S. IT industry. 
17. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/02/13/rs.gawker.lee.email.cnn?hpt=C2
18. http://www.baselinemag.com/
19. http://www.huffingtonpost.com
20. http://www.itworld.com/
21. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/
22. http://www.pwc.com/us/en/technology-innovation-center/index.jhtml
23. http://www.pwc.com/us/en/technology-innovation-center/publications.jhtml
24. http://www.pwc.com/us/en/technology-forecast/