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Globalization and e-<strong>business</strong> <strong>strategies</strong> <strong>for</strong> SMEs<br />

3 What do you think about the legality of the operations of<br />

DeBLOCKKA, especially in relation to partners maintaining<br />

other employment? Do you see this as becoming a dominant<br />

approach to work among professionals that may be facilitated<br />

by the Internet?<br />

B. Skill base<br />

1 Identify the relevant skills in the company and discuss how<br />

these may prove useful <strong>for</strong> achieving the core objectives as<br />

well as support its <strong>business</strong> infrastructure management.<br />

2 With respect to the knowledge intensity and extensive<br />

collaborative ef<strong>for</strong>t involved in the core <strong>business</strong> activities,<br />

suggest examples of enterprise-wide solutions <strong>for</strong> managing<br />

work in the organization.<br />

C. Choice of <strong>virtual</strong> markets and e-<strong>business</strong><br />

models<br />

1 Analyse the <strong>virtual</strong> market and identify an appropriate<br />

market model <strong>for</strong> the company.<br />

2 What would you recommend as the e-<strong>business</strong> model to start<br />

with and also discuss possible migration along the broad<br />

classes of online <strong>business</strong> models?<br />

D. Contribution of Internet and<br />

management of <strong>business</strong> infrastructure<br />

1 Discuss the main advantages presented by the Internet to the<br />

company’s global strategy.<br />

2 With reference to the NIAS project, list and explain the nature<br />

of intra- and interfirm relationships and how each may be<br />

enabled by the companies Internet infrastructure.<br />

3 Based on your own experience and also from assessment of<br />

websites of other e-<strong>business</strong> companies, present at least two<br />

different practical scenarios of development of DeBLOCKKA’s<br />

<strong>business</strong> infrastructure using mainly available Internet technologies<br />

and e-commerce solutions. You will need to note the<br />

company’s organizational structure and working arrangements<br />

and its need to link up with many others in sharing<br />

resources (mainly soft), <strong>business</strong> opportunities, collaborative<br />

ef<strong>for</strong>t.<br />

4 Note: It would be useful to develop a taxonomy of ‘infrastructure<br />

component’/‘<strong>business</strong> environment impact’ <strong>for</strong> each<br />

scenario of Internet infrastructure deployment that you<br />

propose.<br />

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