IOM 543: Business Issues in the Networked Digital Industry Fall 2007 Work with Some of the Key “NDI” Companies in Consulting Projects on Leading-Edge Issues This course is designed to provide MBAs with an understanding of the business impact of emerging technologies on companies, business models and strategies in the "converging" digital communications, media and entertainment industries. This will provide an edge to graduates in managing the impacts of these new Pro-Mark technologies on their companies, and strategically integrating them into enterprise operations. It will also identify potential future challenges for corporations and consumers to adopt them in their work and living environments The course will employ a combination of lectures, case studies, corporate guest speakers and consulting project work. The consulting project is designed for MBA students to work in teams directly with executives from the Center for Telecom Management's sponsor companies on a specified real-world company project and provides potential for future-hire. Projects in past years have been submitted by over 20 corporate sponsors including Intel, Motorola, Siemens, SBC, Verisign, HP, TI and Cisco For more information: Contact Professor Pereira at pereira@marshall.usc.edu