Economics 139A: Economics of e-Commerce
This site describes my plans for Economics of e-Commerce in
Spring 2008.
News
- I will continue to update this site while I'm working on the
narrative evaluations, with generic comments about the reports
etc. that seem applicable to more than a few
students. Feel free to browse!
- OK, I'm leaving campus now. I don't know if or
when I'll be on campus again, but please do feel free to
consult me by email (my
UCSC address should continue to work for some months,
and is preferred, but you can also use
my Gmail
address). 2008-06-20 14:01
- Examination pickup:
Examinations are now available at the Economics
Department (400 Engineering 2) office. 2008-06-20 08:28
Old news
Really old news is archived below.
Spring 2008 Plans
This section is under construction. See
the syllabus for general information
about the course that is currently available.
Resources
If links do
not work on the people.ucsc.edu site, please try my
mirror
site at Tsukuba.
Examinations and Final Report
Homework
- Homework #5, due 3:30 pm,
Thursday, May 29.
- Homework #4, due 3:30 pm,
Thursday, May 22.
- Reading Chapters 4 and 7 of The
Innovator's Dilemma is strongly recommended.
- Homework #3, due 3:30 pm,
Thursday, May 15. The complete
additional reading from
The Innovator's Solution is available.
- Procedures and standards for
homework explains how homework is to be composed and
submitted, and how it will be graded. Please check for
updates, which will be announced in News.
- Homework #2, due 3:30 pm,
Tuesday, April 22.
- Homework #1, due Tuesday,
April 15.
Lectures
Lecture notes will be posted as they become available. This
course is a new preparation, but I hope to stay at least one
week ahead of lecture. Downloadable files are OHPs (in PDF file
format, for Adobe Acrobat Reader and similar viewers), unless
otherwise mentioned.
Materials on Library Reserve
Reserve materials for this course are kept at the Science
and Engineering Library Reserve Desk. Currently
available are:
- E. Deak, The Economics of e-Commerce & the
Internet
- C. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma
Syllabus
You can view the syllabus as HTML
or download it as PDF for
Acrobat.
You can view instructor contact
and schedule information.
Really old news
- The TAs' review notes are have
been updated with Ch.~9 and 10.
2008-06-05 10:50
- The TAs' review notes are have
been updated with Ch.~17, 18, and 19.
2008-06-04 21:15
- The TAs' review notes are now
available. 2008-06-04 21:15
- Final version of the study guide for the second
midterm posted. 2008-06-03 18:46
- Final Report FAQ added to Lecture 19. 2008-06-03 14:10
Updated: 2008-06-03 14:49
- Final report assignment
updated. 2008-05-28 01:04
- Final report topics updated. 2008-06-03 14:30
- Notes for Lecture 18 and Lecture 19 have been
updated. 2008-06-02 17:42
- Notes for Lecture 18 and Lecture 19 are available.
Lecture 19 notes will be updated. 2008-06-02 02:01
- A special review session conducted by the
TAs is scheduled for Tuesday June 3, 6-8 pm
in Natural Science Annex 101. 2008-06-01 02:14
- Suggestions for studying for
the second midterm have been posted.
2008-06-01 01:58
- Notes for Lecture 17 updated.
Now includes brief list of chapters covered for
midterm (tentative).
List of topics updated.
2008-05-28 01:04
- Notes for Lecture 17
are available.
Look for updates.
Please read Ch. 13 of Deak. 2008-05-26 02:42
- Report topics list has been
updated for revisions. 2008-05-25 01:08
- Report topics list has been
updated for revisions. 2008-05-24 01:37
- I believe I am now up-to-date on all submissions of
topics for the final report. 2008-05-23 02:52
- Notes for Lecture 16
are available. (Currently just the tail end of Lecture 15.)
Look for updates.
Please read Ch. 12 of Deak. 2008-05-22 03:23
- HW #4 and HW #5
are available as separate documents (previously published in
Lectures 14 and 15).
- Due to a typo in the filter rule, homework #4 submitted before
12:15 am May 22 ended up in my personal mailbox.
list of ids for hw#4 received by
12:15 2008-05-22 01:20
- Aargh. It isn't "all"; I found a couple more, so don't panic yet.
2008-05-21 22:39
- All reviews of initial submissions of
report topics have been
completed and replies emailed to the source address.
If you have not received a topic review by email, or
your topic is not listed in the table, please resubmit
immediately to save your time (and mine). We will
deal with the circumstances of tardiness or non-receipt later.
If you have not yet submitted a topic, you may still do
so subject to a partial lateness penalty. It is advisable to
do so as you will get feedback nearly immediately.
Some students have already resubmitted; I apologize for
the further delay, but I will not be able to review these
tonight, and most likely not until late tomorrow evening.
2008-05-21 20:55
- Note that mail concerning topic
resubmission will be reviewed in the order received
after finishing the original submissions.
- Sorry, my cold came back and I overslept ... now reviewing.
Report topics
updated 2008-05-21 15:29
updated 2008-05-21 16:46
updated 2008-05-21 18:24
updated 2008-05-21 20:02
- About half of report
topics are now available, and the rest will be updated
in the morning. 2008-05-20 14:23
Updated 2008-05-20 15:55
Updated 2008-05-20 19:15
Updated 2008-05-21 02:32
- Notes for Lecture 15
have been posted. Please read Ch. 11 and 12 of
Deak. 2008-05-20 03:41
- Reading Chapters 4 and 7 of The Innovator's Dilemma
is recommended for future homework etc. 2008-05-14 21:03
- The complete
additional reading from
The Innovator's Solution is
available. 2008-05-14 03:33
- Notes for Lecture 14
have been posted. 2008-05-15 14:04
- The first installment of the
additional reading from
The Innovator's Solution is available. Look
for updates around midnight. 2008-05-13 20:36
- Notes for Lecture 13, the
descriptions of HW#3 and the final report,
and outlines of the midterm solutions,
have been posted. 2008-05-13 00:50
- Notes for Lecture 12
have been posted. 2008-05-08 15:16
- Descriptions of HW#3 and the Final Report have been
added to the notes for Lecture
11. 2008-05-06 14:42
- Notes for Lecture 11
have been posted. Expect updates. 2008-05-06 00:45
- There is no Lecture 10.
- Notes for Lecture 9
have been posted. Expect updates. 2008-04-29 15:45
- Suggestions for studying for
the midterm have been posted. 2008-04-28 02:34
- Notes for Lecture 8
have been posted. Expect updates. 2008-04-24 01:20
- Information about homework
procedures and assignments HW#1
and HW#2 are available in the homework section. 2008-04-21 19:54
- Note that the course reserves are at the Science and
Engineering Library, not at McHenry Library.
- Notes for Lecture 7
have been updated. 2008-04-22 12:03
- Notes for Lecture 7
have been posted. 2008-04-22 03:25
- Fixed link for Lecture 6. 2008-04-21 23:54
- Expect an update for Lecture 7 by midnight. 2008-04-21 19:54
- Notes for Lecture 6
have been posted. 2008-04-17 15:15
- Notes for Lecture 5
have been updated again. HW#2 has been posted as part of
Lecture 5, and also as a separate
document. 2008-04-15 18:34
- Notes for Lecture 5
have been updated. 2008-04-15 14:06
- Notes for Lecture 5
have been posted. They will be updated at about 2pm. 2008-04-15 10:45
- Additional notes on the theory of cost
and the firm have been made available. These
notes will be discussed in section this week.
2008-04-14 9:30, updated 10:48
- The textbook (Deak, The Economics of e-Commerce) has
been reported to be unavailable at the library. I won't be able
to check until tomorrow. If anyone has further information,
please email me. 2008-04-14 09:18
- Both texts are confirmed to be on reserve at the Science and
Engineering Library, available for two hour loan. 2008-04-10
18:21
- Notes for Lecture 4
have been posted. 2008-04-10 13:45
- A more convenient summary for
Lecture 2 has been posted. 2008-04-10 11:25
- Notes for Lecture 3 and Lecture 1
have been posted or reposted. 2008-04-10 10:15
- The syllabus has been amended, to add and correct links.
Most important, the link to Prof. Singh's
unpublished textbook has been corrected. 2008-04-06
- Warning: Notes for April 1 may be broken due to
software upgrade and accidental overwrite. I'll be
working on this later today. 2008-04-03
- Notes for Lecture 2 have been
posted. 2008-04-03
- Notes for Lecture 1 have been
posted. 2008-04-01
Stephen J. Turnbull
Last modified: Fri Jun 20 14:04:31 PDT 2008