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Seminar E-Business Case Studies (70 171):
Winter Semester 2007 / 2008



Scheduling & Place: Institution: Led by:
Thursdays from 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Start: 18.10.2007
Room: 203, SPA 1 		Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Spandauer Str. 1, 10178 Berlin
iwi.wiwi.hu-berlin.de 		Prof. Oliver Günther
Hanna Krasnova
Christoph Goebel
Ramzi Rizk
Christoph Tribowski
Lenka Ivantysynova
Overview
Seminar Registration and Participation

Please register for the seminar by sending an email to till 25.10.2007 with subject: EBCS WS07/08 "Nachname, Vorname MatrikelNr." In the Email body please specify some of your preferred topics.

Please note that your topic choice as well as the registration will not be final until you sign the examination office form (Prüfungsamt Formular) during the second seminar session (25.10.2007).

You can write a seminar paper in a group of two as well. In this case you have to mark who wrote which part. However you will get a common grade for the mid-term and final presentations.

You can write your paper and do a presentation in English or in German. However if a publication or master thesis is planned, then English language is strongly recommended.

Please note that contents of our seminar will also be available in Moodle System! So don't forget to register with your email. You can then use forums and discussions to ask your questions!

Accreditation:

  • 2 credit accreditation, 4 SP for the module: Information Systems and E-Business
  • The seminar might be suitable as an elective for students studying computer science

Seminar Content

This seminar is offered in cooperation with four different projects:

  • BIT Project (www.bit-project.de), mutually led by the Humboldt-University of Berlin and European School of Management and Technology (esmt)
  • Ko-RFID Project (ko-rfid.de)
  • Industry Project: Student Social Network studentSN.com. This start-up aims to launch a social network product for students in Turkey and Russia. Turkey has a growing internet market, where population is apt to communicate, and share. You will have an opportunity to work on the real industry-related project.
  • Nord-Informatik Company

Students will be able to choose from topics related to one of those projects. This seminar covers the following two areas of research:

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SOCIAL NETWORKS

 

1.      Social Networks vs. Traditional Online Communication Means: Substitution Effect

2.      “Showing Off” in Social Networks: how is it done and what does it lead to.

3.      Who stands behind “Active User” in a Social Network?

4.      Connecting users in Social Networks

5.      Privacy framework in Social Networks

6.      Measuring Social Networks

7.      Applying Cultural Dimensions to Social Networks in Organizations

8.      Mainstream vs. Specialized Social Networks: Identification

9.      Specialization / Niches Trends in Social Networks



SUPPLY CHAIN AND RFID

 

1.      Cost-Benefit Sharing – An empirical approach

2.      Power Strategies in the Automotive Industry

3.      Data Standards for Collaborative RFID Scenarios – A Conceptual Approach

4.      Development of an EPCIS-based Prototype System for Cooperative RFID Scenarios

5.      Verticalization Trends in the Fashion Industry: An Empirical Analysis

6.      Supply Chain Collaboration: Definition, Scenarios and Cases

7.      Decentralized Supply Chain Coordination using Agent Technology – Real World Challenges

8.      Downstream Action in Response to Upstream Information: Evaluating the Concept of Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM)

9.      Product Data Acquisition: Trends and Market Survey: in cooperation with Nord-Informatik company (http://www.nord-informatik.de)



Topics Description

Important Milestones

In this seminar students are required to make two 15-minutes presentations and submit a final paper (max 15-pages) on the following dates:

DATE: CONCERN: EXPECTATIONS: CONTENT:
13.12 & 20.12.2007 Mid-Term Presentation 15-minutes presentation + Handout
  • Introduction into the Topic (Fragestellung)
  • Research Contribution (Forschungsbeitrag) / Research Method (Forschungsmethode)
  • Paper Outline (Gliederung)
  • Relevant Literature (Relevante Literatur)
  • Next Steps (Nächste Schritte)
24.01 & 31.01.2008 Final Presentation 15-minutes presentation + Handout
  • The work done (die Arbeit)
  • Research Method (Forschungsmethode) / Research Contribution (Forschungsbeitrag) / Results (Ergebnisse) / Conclusions (Schlussfolgerungen)
  • Relevant Literature (Relevante Literatur)
  • Further Research (weitere Forschung)
20.02.2008 Submission of Final Paper Your seminar paper should be maximum 15 pages long (plain text without table of contents and list of literature) and possibly (but not exclusively) cover the following points:
  • Your motivation for the topic - in your paper you should describe a motivation for your research problem and a research problem itself. Why do you think it is important to answer a posed question?
  • Literature Review - what is the current literature standing on your research question, where do you see you can contribute?
  • Research Method – how do you plan / how did you answer your research question?
  • Your Research Contribution – what did you achieve in your work?
Schedule & Grading

The seminar will include several sessions with presentations of the participants and sessions with invited speakers. Your presence at all of the sessions is obligatory.

DATE EVENT SLIDES
18.10 Introductory Session: Presentation of Topics and Projects Topics
25.10 Registration for the Seminar; Questions Research Methods
01.11 No session
8.11 No session
15.11 No session
29.11 No session
16.12 No session
13.12 Mid-term Presentation (15% of the grade)
20.12 Mid-term Presentation (15% of the grade)
27.12 HOLIDAYS
3.01 HOLIDAYS
10.01 No session
17.01 No session
24.01 Final Presentation: Session 1 (15% of the grade) Handout is required
31.01 Final Presentation: Session 2 (15% of the grade) Handout is required
20.02 till 18:00 Submission of Final Paper (70% of the grade): Please drop a hardcopy into the postbox of our institute AND send a digital version of the seminar paper per E-Mail. Papers submitted later will be graded with 5.0.

Your final grade will be a composite of your mid-term presentation (15%), final presentation (15%) and final paper (70%).

Research Methods

A good seminar work implies the usage of the research methods. These methods will briefly be made available during the second seminar sessions and can be downloaded here Research Methods .

After the “Introductory Session” and subsequent topic choice, every student must prepare him or herself by reading the literature relevant to the selected problem, and prepare an approach and method for reaching his/her target. Please consult your supervisor for relevant literature and if you are moving in the right direction.

A good seminar work can be your first step in writing a sound master thesis (Diplomarbeit).

Notes on preparing seminar papers

Before submitting a final paper we strongly advise you to:

  • Finalize the plan (Gliederung) of the paper and preliminary contact your supervisor. In the previous years many papers received unsatisfactory grades because of the logical gaps in the line of thinking and absence of consistency in a paper. Make sure you avoid it. Everything you write into your paper should bring you closer to answering your main research question.
  • Not try answering too many questions in one paper. In general, an excellent literature review of the selected topic could be a better alternative than an ill-formulated survey conducted with 20 friends of yours. Please ask your supervisor whether your focus is precise enough.
  • Cite every sentence, which does not belong to you. Please make sure you really do it. Every omitted citation will considerably push your grade down. Consult “Formatting Instructions” on the right citation format.
  • Format the paper as described in “Formatting Instructions” . Please plan 2-3 days on just formatting your paper. You can always talk to your supervisor if you have any questions.

Non-compliance with the regulations will push your grade down considerably.

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Contact

NAME MAIL PHONE ADDRESS
Hanna Krasnova (030) 2093-1582 Ziegelstr 13a Room 301
Christoph Goebel (030) 2093-1613 Ziegelstr 13a Room 306
Ramzi Rizk rizk @ wiwi.hu-berlin.de (030) 2093-1582 Ziegelstr 13a R. 301
Christoph Tribowski tribowsc @ wiwi.hu-berlin.de (030) 2093-1582 Ziegelstr 13a Room 301
Lenka Ivantysynova lenka @ wiwi.hu-berlin.de (030) 2093-5730 SPA1, Room 340
Secretary: Petra Bulwahn (030) 2093-5742 Spandauer Str. 1 Room 326



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