About this course: Facebook, AirBnB, Tesla, Amazon, Uber. In just a few years, companies like these have changed the face of the global economy. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of start-ups are disrupting old business models, taking on centennial industrial groups – and winning. It’s clear that the rules of business have changed forever. This MOOC provides a knowledge toolkit for the ongoing digital revolution. You’ll discover 15 concepts that are essential for understanding the new mechanisms of digital business and innovation. Each concept is explained in its own beautifully designed, content-rich instructional video, along with additional resources for you to explore. The ideas are illustrated with up-to-the-minute case studies and examples from a wide range of industries. Week 1 : Why Digital Changes Everything Week 2 : Creating Value in a Digital World Week 3 : Thinking and Acting Differently Week 4 : Entrepreneurship in a Digital World This MOOC is ideal for learners from a wide range of backgrounds. It is brought to you by four expert professors and researchers from Telecom ParisTech, a leading European graduate school in the field of digital technology and social science. This MOOC is supported by the Patrick and Lina Drahi Foundation.
Created by: Institut Mines-Télécom
Taught by: Rémi Maniak, Associate Professor
Management Science
Taught by: Thomas Houy, Associate Professor
Management Science
Taught by: Laurent Gille, Professor
Economics
Taught by: Valérie Fernandez, Professor
Management Science
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week |
| Language | English, Subtitles: French |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Why Digital Changes Everything
Many people have yet to realize just how rapid and profound the current digital revolution is, or how quickly it’s breaking down old institutions. Yes, we’re always hearing about Google, Uber, and all those “pirate entrepreneurs.” Yes, we know technology has s...
5 videos, 12 readings
Graded: Digital disruption
Graded: The pace of digital technological change
Graded: The new entrepreneurial context
Graded: Digital open innovation
WEEK 2
Creating Value in a Digital World
Once upon a time, the rules of the game were simple. People worked away in their offices to develop and sell products or services, and shared the margin between price and cost. But now this product-based way of competing is all but gone – wiped out by the new ...
4 videos, 8 readings
Graded: Externalities
Graded: Connecting products and businesses
Graded: Digital third places
Graded: Digital business models
WEEK 3
Thinking and acting differently
Going digital is a bit like emigrating to another country. To succeed digitally, people and firms need to adopt a whole new mindset. Entrepreneurs should forget about building the perfect business plan, and instead put the focus on “trial and learn” processes....
3 videos, 6 readings
Graded: Strategy in the digital era
Graded: Effectuation in a digital world
Graded: Property in the digital world
WEEK 4
Entrepreneurship in a Digital World
We usually think of the entrepreneur’s challenge as coming up with a “great idea.” But the new digital world doesn’t work on belief alone. Promises, and ideas’ potential, must be based on tangible facts. That’s why execution is so much more important than idea...
4 videos, 9 readings
Graded: The key factors of success for startups
Graded: The entrepreneurial epiphany
Graded: The new rationality of seed funds
Graded: The art of pitching
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Institut Mines-Télécom
Institut Mines-Télécom is a public institution dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and digital technologies.
Always attentive to the economic world, IMT combines strong academic legitimacy, close corporate relations. It focuses on key transformations in Digital Technologies, Production, Energy and Ecology and trains the engineers, managers and PhDs who will be tomorrow’s players in these key changes of the 21st century.
Its activities are conducted in Mines and Télécom graduate schools under the aegis of the Minister for Industry and Electronic Communication, one subsidiary school and three strategic partners. The IMT’s schools rank among the leading graduate schools in France.
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Really inspiring course !
Quite holistic and giving a clear view on how future grow would probably be.
This course really opened my mind
very interesting , suggested to innovators and digital fans
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I just want to say a big "Thank you!" for setting up this course, it has given me so much useful knowledge, I can already not believe how I was able to do my work before I started the course.