Кто читает:: Департамент мировой экономики

Статус:: Курс обязательный

Когда читается:: 1-й курс, 4 модуль

Преподаватель

Милованцева Наталья Михайловна

Full 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 economy
Digital 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 technology
The crowd and the core. Using the crowd. Limits to decentralization. The future of work.
The platform economy
Platform concepts. N-sided markets.
Big data and artificial intelligence
Traditional and data-driven decision making. Data science. Introducing and using Machine Learning. Business application of machine learning.

Assessment Elements

Written examination
conducted online based on the content covered in second part of the course dedicated to digital transformation in business
Class online work
based on the graded assignments of the «Digital transformation of megapolises: from zero to #1 in UN digital e-government ranking» Coursera

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (4 module)
0.5 * Class online work + 0.5 * Written examination

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

Магистерская программа «Мировая экономика»

Адрес

Digital economy and technology megatrends