Opinto-opas

Osaamistavoitteet

The student is able to
- understand the characteristics of information and why it is very much different to a physical world
- look at businesses from a network perspective
- identify business opportunities of the internet
- apply an understanding of the information society to build new markets
- work at the intersection of business and information technology

Sisältö

- We will look into how the internet is shaping our business environments and our economy
- Study what it means when digital content is costly to produce cheap to produce i.e. the marginal cost zero challenge
- The invisible hand of markets and economies. Understand how interaction shapes businesses (basic game theory) and how value is created and captured in networks
- Look at some basic principles on how a complex information network (the internet) shapes business opportunities
- The change from consumers to prosumers i.e. how customers and other stakeholders become parts of the business model
- Brick and click, how the virtual shapes the business models of traditional physical world businesses
- Business Model Canvas
- How to build new industries
- basic elements, case examples