The Business of eCommerce
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
CIS 496 Section 88 3 credits Undergraduate
CIS 686 Section 88 3 credits   Graduate
August 4-8, 11-15
Monday through Friday, 6 to 9:30 p.m. SB308
Robert Plant   305-284-1963

Discover the technology behind the internet and the World Wide Web, then examine the building of an effective eCommerce strategy. The model, developed by the instructor and widely published, examines how builders of innovative Web sites need to examine the customer base that the site is to serve, the service levels required to serve those customers, the branding issues that the site represents, and the technology that underpins the site.
Examine the business models and developmental issues surrounding the creation of business-to-business Web sites and virtual communities such as MySpace and YouTube.
Use Harvard Business School cases studies to examine successful and unsuccessful internet strategies, including Google, Webvan, and wine.com.

International Business
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
Mgt 349 section 88
3 credits Undergraduate
August 4-8, 11-15
Monday through Friday
3:00 to 6:30 p.m. SB 302

Yadong Luo 305-284-4003
 
Think globally, act locally
Get an advanced understanding of international business environments, strategies, and activities to prepare you to work for multinational corporations. Examine the external and internal environments faced by international corporations. Understand the internationalization process and formulate international strategies. Negotiate various types of international transactions cross-culturally. Understand different cultures and business practices in different countries. Develop plans for the design and management of international joint ventures .

Entrepreneurship Virtual Simulation Experience   
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
MGT 498       Section 88
August 4-7 and 11-14
Monday through Thursday
12:00 p.m. to 4:45  p.m.          CompLab
Phillip Needles        305-284-8588                
pneedles@miami.edu

Get exposed to the requirements, challenges, and issues associated with starting and running a business; take the opportunity to directly learn and apply key entrepreneurship principles through starting and running three different types of simulated small businesses. A great way to learn hands-on about starting and running a business short of actually staring one; one-of-a-kind experience for Entrepreneurship and all majors, perfect follow-up to MGT353.