{"title":"To Outsource Web Development or Not: A Small Automotive Company Considers Search Engine Marketing","authors":"Martine Robinson Beachboard, John C. Beachboard","doi":"10.28945/1969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/1969","url":null,"abstract":"It was a clear, cold January 1 in New England. Tim and Cyndy, never interested in big New Year’s celebrations, were taking stock of the previous 12 months and thinking about what they needed to do in the coming year. The couple were sole owners of two small businesses, Phoenix Service Company, an auto repair shop, and Federal Hill Trading Company, an online retailer of specialty automotive parts, both operated out of a shop near their home in the northeastern United States. After 30 years of crawling under cars and lifting engines, Tim was winding down the service business and concentrating on building up Federal Hill auto-parts sales. But since Phoenix auto repair continued to provide their major income source, Tim and Cyndy had some real hesitation about how to make the transition.","PeriodicalId":202502,"journal":{"name":"J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Discuss. Cases","volume":"49 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132241270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infinity Computer solutions: Ramping up","authors":"M. Agrawal, T. Gill","doi":"10.28945/1704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/1704","url":null,"abstract":"Grant Baxley pondered this question as he considered how he should go about hiring new staff. A selfmade entrepreneur, he had founded Infinity Computer Solutions to provide IT services to small and medium sized businesses in the Tampa Bay area. Recent product introductions by the company had received good market acceptance, and he was getting opportunities to sell his services to larger clients. He now found himself thinking about the things he needed to accomplish in order to take his business to the next level. The market was there, he thought. What was missing was the skill set required to take advantage of the available opportunities.","PeriodicalId":202502,"journal":{"name":"J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Discuss. Cases","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131530847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Osaka Flower Coffee Shop: Transaction Processing Systems","authors":"N. Sriratanaviriyakul, M. Nkhoma, H. Pham","doi":"10.28945/1879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/1879","url":null,"abstract":"The time to make decision is now. However, I am still not sure if I should implement TPS into our business; would it successfully put a stop to the problem I have? Or would it just be a waste of money?","PeriodicalId":202502,"journal":{"name":"J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Discuss. Cases","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133165761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vo Thi Trung Trinh, N. Sriratanaviriyakul, M. Nkhoma, H. Pham
{"title":"Tran Trong Minh Khoa: The Transition Process from a New Graduate Computer Engineer to an IT Professional","authors":"Vo Thi Trung Trinh, N. Sriratanaviriyakul, M. Nkhoma, H. Pham","doi":"10.28945/1875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/1875","url":null,"abstract":"After graduation in 2001, Tran Trong Minh Khoa started his career as a software developer for FPT Software Development Company – one of the subordinate companies of FPT Corporation, the largest information communications technology (ICT) Corporation in Vietnam. He successfully transitioned from new graduate computer engineer to IT professional despite some early pitfalls. Since this milestone, Khoa’s career had steadily progressed. In 2008, he was appointed a Deputy Director of Software Development Centre No.5, focusing on software applications for E-government management.","PeriodicalId":202502,"journal":{"name":"J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Discuss. Cases","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129491642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}