Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

12-2003

Abstract

The alignment of e-business academic programs with the e-business market is examined using a fit-gap analysis. Two high-end business schools, ranked independently by US News and Business Week, were chosen as sample. A total of 391 different e-commerce courses were identified, which were classified into 24 categories. Out of these, there are two broad and distinct tracks in e-business curricula, with one track paving the way for an e-business career with a prevailing focus on the business aspect and the other track leading to a career focusing on technology and Web-based systems development. Industry demand for e-business professionals and the skill sets required for the jobs was assessed by conducting a content analysis of e-business job listings on major US Web job sites. A fit-gap analysis was accomplished to identify industry needs that are being met by the e-business curricula and those industry demands that are not covered.

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems | Digital Communications and Networking

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

Communications of the ACM

Volume

46

Issue

12

First Page

167

Last Page

177

ISSN

0001-0782

Identifier

10.1145/953460.953497

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/953460.953497

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