Assignment 1 (Due: September 15, 2004 at 4:30pm)

 

If your last name starts with …

Then answer questions 1 to 4 with reference to …

A-G

an EC failure story

H-Z

an EC success story

 

  1. Identify a company that operates solely online or utilizes a click-and-mortar strategy.
  2. Give an account of its products and services as well as evidence of its failure/success.
  3. Identify and describe the factors that account for its EC failure/success.
  4. Discuss whether or not your EC failure/success story supports/refutes the argument presented in the attached 12/10/01 Wall Street Journal article, "No Sale: Plenty of Companies Still Don't Let Consumers Buy Products Online".

 

Note:

                Turn in an electronic copy of your answer through BlackBoard. 

                Be sure to include a reference to your EC failure/success story.