Магистратура
2019/2020
Цифровая экономика и технологические мегатренды
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Мировая экономика)
Направление:
38.04.01. Экономика
Кто читает:
Департамент мировой экономики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 4 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Преподаватели:
Милованцева Наталья Михайловна
Прогр. обучения:
Мировая экономика
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
14
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This is a blended learning course designed for asynchronous mastering of its material. The course will be instructor-paced and weekly deadlines must be observed. Students will be guided through an exploration of the digital impact on the economy by examination of digital transformation in municipal and business environments. The course will provide a frame to evaluate the changing balance between traditional methods of doing business and new approaches in which technologies can be used in economic activities. The main objective is to investigate how relationships between humans and machines, physical products and digital services, and centralized and decentralized knowledge are being structured in the digital era. Students will be supported in an attempt to integrate the different kinds of transformations that will be introduced by working on online assignments and tests.
Learning Objectives
- To introduce students to some core technological developments and the transformations that are affecting economic activities and provide a set of framework that will help making sense of them
- To help students develop a vocabulary for analyzing the effects of advanced technological trends on the developments in the world economy
- To stimulate critical thinking about the impact of digitalization on economic processes worldwide and its role in the society.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- to evaluate the changing balance between traditional methods of doing business and new approaches that technologies can be used for improving economic activities.
- to correlate organizational success in the digital economy with the optimal utilization of data science.
- to distinguish between different types of platforms to determine how they may affect an industry and how to employ them effectively.
- to assess the utility of decentralized technology for an organization
Course Contents
- Introducing digital transformation and digital economyDigital transformation and the triple revolution. Economic theory and policy making for digital transformation. Economic concepts of digital economy. Business cases of digital transformation.
- Decentralized knowledge. Decentralized technologyThe crowd and the core. Using the crowd. Limits to decentralization. The future of work.
- The platform economyPlatform concepts. N-sided markets.
- Big data and artificial intelligenceTraditional and data-driven decision making. Data science. Introducing and using Machine Learning. Business application of machine learning.
Assessment Elements
- Written examinationconducted online based on the content covered in second part of the course dedicated to digital transformation in business
- Class online workbased on the graded assignments of the «Digital transformation of megapolises: from zero to #1 in UN digital e-government ranking» Coursera
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Chen, Y., & Wang, L. (Tarry). (2019). Commentary: Marketing and the Sharing Economy: Digital Economy and Emerging Market Challenges. Journal of Marketing, 83(5), 28–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022242919868470
- Easley, D. et al. Networks, crowds, and markets. – Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2010. – 744 pp.
- Malecki, E. J., & Moriset, B. (2008). The Digital Economy : Business Organization, Production Processes and Regional Developments. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=214211
- Tim O’Reilly. (2011). Government as a Platform. Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, (1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1162/INOV_a_00056
- World Investment Report 2017 : investment and the digital economy / prepared by a team led by James X. Zhan ; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. (2017). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.510953174
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Crowder, J. A., & Friess, S. (2014). Agile Project Management: Managing for Success. Cham: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=835428
- Watanabe, C., Tou, Y., & Neittaanmäki, P. (2020). A new paradox of the digital economy : Structural sources of the limitation of GDP statistics. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.C9EE5C6F