The module provides an introduction to the "Electronic Business“ (e-business). The graduates know the fundamental and current technologies, advanced concepts, applications and competitive strategies of the "Electronic-Commerce" (e-commerce).
The knowledge and abilities acquired in this module are directly applicable in study and business. They are deepening the basics from the module „Wirtschaftsinformatik II“. They provide a professional e-business consulting background and the skills to design software products for this area of business in practice.

Professional competence
The students:

• Name and discuss the eBusiness key challenges
• Discuss the chances of the added value and the changes of commercial models by the internet
• Define the concepts of e-business and e-commerce.
• Discuss the change of retail trade and the transactions between companiess in e-business
• Name current payment systems and communication technologies
• Discuss the possibilities of the internet in order to simplify the administration and the coordination of internal and external business processes
• Characterise the challenges for the management caused by e-business and e-commerce
• Differentiate the concepts and conceptualites of e-business
• Assess applications with regard to economic points of view
• Practically learn how to handle core technologies of e-business

Methodological competence
The students:

• Assess the core technologies of e-business and e-commerce
• Apply methods in case studies

Social competence
The students:

• Develop case studies on basis of given problems in groups
• Present their solutions

Self-competence
The students:

• Learn about their own limitations while planning and developing e-commerce applications

At the end of the lecture period

Written or oral exam