The course contains the following themes:
1. Introduction and basic definitions.
2. E-business as the first phase of digital transformation, industry 4.0 as the second phase.
3. Systemic view (business dynamics) on e-business through its generic structures (internal and external logistic and value added chains, the influence of decision making on their behavior).
4. Technological views: EDI, XML, web services, component architectures, digital payment systems (BitCoin) and blockchains, semantic web technologies, data integration, business processes integration (BPEL, BPMN), internet of things and mobile applications, secutiy in e-Business.
5. Organizational views: evolution of business functions, processes and information systems, new business models, auditing procedures (COBIT).
6. Latest trends – penetration of artificial inteligence (AI) based solutions, artificial agents based business simulations and machine learning basics through agents simulations.
7. Legislation views with emphasis on ZEPEP, ZEPEP-A, ZEKOM and KZ.
8. Specific views related to development and introduction of e-business systems: strategic planning changes, use of formal methods (language Z), and compliance with standards like Common Criteria.
9. Intelectual property issues, concrete examples and procedures with the latest legislation in this area.
10. Conclusions.
11. Addendum: Mini practical tasks covering the latest selected technological trends.
