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.
User Ratings	4.6 stars Average User Rating 4.6See what learners said

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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Rated 4.6 out of 5 of 403 ratings

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rally impressive and useful

Very interesting. I learnt a lot. Economics have changed so much in the last decade, and this course helped me understand digitalization with great detail. The only downfalls are two: that they may need to update it a little, and that the Forum is not very useful as it is schemed right now.

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