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- Amazon.com
Large online store, selling books, music, electronics, toys, hardware, and a growing variety of items.
- Price Watch
Street price search engine.
- mySimon
Bot-based comparison shopping site.
- Hewlett-Packard
Large manufacturer of computer and computer-related products.
- Fatbrain.com
Large online bookstore targeting computer, technical, and business books.
- Cisco Systems
Large company for computer equipment, specializing in end-to-end networking hardware and software solutions.
- Gateway
Leading computer manufacturer.
- Dell
Leading computer manufacturer offering a high degree of configuration flexibility to its customers.
- Lands' End
Clothing retailer.
- L.L. Bean
Clothing retailer.
- LEXIS-NEXIS Xchange
Legal research tool.
- ProQuest
Online digital copies of published and unpublished works (i.e. doctoral dissertations, masters theses, newspapers, journals, and other specialized academic publications).
- Dow Jones Interactive
Business-focused subscriptions to digitized newspaper, magazine, and journal content.
- Britannica.com
Online full, searchable version of their print edition plus Web-integrated tools and features.
- Yahoo!
Main portal site and search directory.
- Excite
Main portal site and search directory.
- GO Network
Main portal site and search directory.
- Lycos
Main portal site and search directory.
- refdesk.com
Smaller general-interest portal site and search directory.
- The Washington Post
Online version of its print newspaper.
- The Los Angeles Times
Online version of its print newspaper.
- CareerSite.com
Employment firm focusing on technology and higher-level jobs.
- JOBTRAK.COM
Employment firm focusing on technology and higher-level jobs.
- Monster.com
Employment firm focusing on technology and higher-level jobs.
- Slate
Ezine by Microsoft.
- The New York Times
Online version of its distinguished print newspaper.
- The Wall Street Journal
Online version of its distinguished print newspaper.
- Northern Light
Search engine that also searches its own database of acquired journals and other publications.
- Reuters
News wire service.
- ESPN
Sports-related news and information.
- Sabre Group
Information technology solutions for the travel and transportation industry.
- Travelocity
Travel agency.
- Expedia
Travel agency by Microsoft.
- Autobytel.com
Purchase an auto through this online source.
- Grainger.com
One of the largest MRO suppliers in the world.
- MILPRO
MRO supplier.
- Office Depot
Market leader in office equipment and supplies.
- Staples
Market leader in office equipment and supplies.
- Schneider Logistics
Logistical information management and freight carrier firm.
- J.B. Hunt Transport Services
Logistical information management and freight carrier firm.
- FedEx
Freight tracking availability at their Web site.
- UPS
Freight tracking availability at their Web site.
- Online Benefits
Service that provides password-protected accessibility to employees' benefits information, FAQs, and performs complex benefit option calculations.
- MicroAge
Web-based sales training programs for its new Internet technology products.
- eBay
One of the first auction Web sites.
- Auctions.com
Auction Web site.
- Yahoo! Auctions
Auction Web site.
- Amazon.com Auctions
Auction Web site.
- Haggle Online
Auction Web site specializing in computer equipment.
- Onsale
Auction Web site specializing in selling its own refurbished computers and computer-related items.
- uBid
Auction Web site specializing in computer-related items.
- Golf Club Exchange
Auction Web site specializing in golf-related equipment and supplies.
- StampAuctions
Auction Web site specializing in stamps and stamp-related supplies.
- Coin Universe
Auction Web site specializing in coins and coin-related items.
- Winebid
Auction Web site specializing in wine and wine-related products and supplies.
- CompUSA Auctions
Auction Web site primarily targeting its technology inventory to mid-sized and smaller businesses.
- NECX Online Exchange
Business-to-business trade auction Web site.
- SciQuest
Laboratory instruments and supplies auction Web site.
- CheMatch
Bulk petrochemicals auction Web site targeted to the industrial chemcials market.
- Chemdex
Research chemicals auction Web site targeted to the industrial chemicals market.
- ChemConnect
Auction Web site targeting the entire chemicals market.
- International Securities Exchange
Electronic securities exchange targeting low-cost trading in a few hundred most actively traded stocks options contracts.
- TravelBids
Reverse (bidder as seller) auction Web site.
- Mercata
Group purchasing auction Web site.
- The WELL
One of the first Web communities.
- Salon.com
Online magazine publisher.
- GeoCities
Web community with virtual cities theme for its free Web space.
- theglobe.com
Virtual community that was the outgrowth of a class project at Cornell University.
- Case Problem 1: Flowers for Sale on the Web
- FTD.com
Started as the world's first "flowers-by-wire" service in 1910, moving to the Web in 1994.
- 1-800-flowers.com
Outgrowth of FTD's telephone flower order business.
- Proflowers.com
Order flowers online, by phone, by fax.
- Case Problem 2: Finding a New VCR on the Web
- buy.com
Internet Superstore.
- Amazon.com
Large online store, selling books, music, electronics, toys, hardware, and a growing variety of items.
- Case Problem 3: Comparing Auction Sites
- eBay
One of the first auction Web sites.
- Auctions.com
Auction Web site.
- Case Problem 4: Shopping for a Baby Stroller at Mercata
- Mercata
Group purchasing auction Web site.
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