Credits: 6
Schedule: 25.02.2019 - 09.04.2019
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Virpi Tuunainen
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Professor Virpi
Tuunainen
School of Business, Room V210
Office Hours on agreement via email
http://people.aalto.fi/virpi_tuunainen
Course assistant:
Yong Ding
yong.ding@aalto.fi
Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
IV Spring (2018-2019) Otaniemi campus
IV Spring (2019-2020) Otaniemi campus
Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
The objective of this course is to give the students an in-depth understanding of different issues related to digital economy. The main focus is on digital goods and services and platform mediated networks that enable or support the production and delivery of these. This integrating advanced level course is accomplished through readings and discussion, and independent studying is of great importance.
Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Digital Economy; Platform mediated networks
Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
30% exam
70% assignments
NOTE! Attending to at least 50 % of lectures is mandatory.
Original requirement of at least 50% attendance removed, now
also possible to submit all assignments without lecture
attendance.
Spring 2020 Re-take exam replaced by independent project.
Elaboration of the evaluation criteria and methods, and acquainting students with the evaluation (applies in this implementation):
1. Learning diaries based on the attended lectures and
class discussion (20%) with 50% mandatory lecture attendance.
2. Written assignments (50%)
• • •
20 % = 8 article reviews (individual work; 1-pagers) +
an extra assignment
20% = 2 cases (group work)
10% = 1 essay (individual work)
3. Final exam (30%)
This integrating advanced level course is accomplished
through readings and discussion, and independent studying is of great
importance.
Detailed instructions on the assignments can be found on
the course home pages in MyCourses.
Workload (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Contact teaching 24h
independent work 133h
exam 3h
Total 160h (6 ECTS)
Spring 2020 Re-take exam replaced by independent project.
Study Material (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Reading list is published in the course website.
Course Homepage (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=37E00100
Prerequisites (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Recommended prerequisites: 37C00100 Management Information Systems
Grading Scale (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
0-5
Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
via WebOodi
Further Information (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
NOTE! Attending to at least 50 % of lectures is mandatory.
Original requirement of at least 50% attendance removed, now
also possible to submit all assignments without lecture
attendance.
Details on the schedule (applies in this implementation):
Date | TOPIC |
25.2 | Introduction |
27.2 | Platform Mediated Networks 1 |
4.3 | Platform Mediated Networks 2 |
6.3 | Social Media and organizations |
11.3 | Changing landscape of online media (Dr. Noora Alanne) |
13.3 | CASE1: Netflix |
18.3 | Sharing economy platforms |
20.3 | Open source and data business (Prof. Matti Rossi) |
25.3 | CASE2: AirBnB, Etsy, Uber |
27.3 | People-Driven ICT innovation (Prof. Wael Soliman, University of Jyväskylä) |
1.4 | Applications of Artificial Intelligence |
3.4 | Blockchain and Digitalization of payments |
9.4 | Course exam |
27.5 | Exam |
- Teacher: Tuunainen Virpi