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Summary of Reading assignments: Five Steps, Why the Web Still Work. Dr. Deepak Khazanchi. Five Steps to a dot.com strategy. First Step: What’s the strategic vision for the Dot-Com operations? Build on current business models and create future business models through selective experimentation.
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Summary of Reading assignments: Five Steps, Why the Web Still Work Dr. Deepak Khazanchi
Five Steps to a dot.com strategy • First Step: What’s the strategic vision for the Dot-Com operations? • Build on current business models and create future business models through selective experimentation. • The aim is to balance refining the current business rules while creating new business rules for the dot-com agenda. • Second Step: How to govern the Dot-Com business? • Seen as the trade-off between two decision categories: operational decisions and financial decisions.
Five Steps to a dot.com strategy (cont) • Third Step: How to allocate resources for the Dot-Com business? • Place strategies bets • Learn how to leverage the alliances • Outsource Dot-Com operations and maintain operational parity • Assemble resources from multiple sources and manage them on a dynamic basis
Five Steps to a dot.com strategy (cont) • Fourth Step: What’s the operating infrastructure of the Dot-Com business? • Attain superior functionality • Offer personalized interactions • Streamline transactions • Ensure privacy • Fifth Step: Is the management team aligned for the Dot-Com agenda? • Articulating the roles of key members of the management team is central in shaping the strategy of the dot-com operations.
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