Blockchain_and_Business_Applications_and_Implications

Blockchain and Business: Applications and Implications

by INSEAD, Don Topscottt

In this course you will learn

• how blockchain technology will penetrate into the structures of organizations.
• how blockchain will transform the roles of the C-Suite, and
• how a blockchain can be used to manage and protect intellectual property.

You will be able to

• identify the different layers of the blockchain technology stack, and
• explain how these affect the governance of blockchain systems.
• identify seven qualities that a region in the world needs in order to attract technology startups and to build a vibrant blockchain ecosystem.

Week/Module 1 Re-achitecting the firm

• Week 1 Re-achitecting the firm
• Content
• 1 Course Introduction
  • 1.1 Course Introduction
  • 1.2 Instructor Introduction
• 2. Decentralizing the Enterprise
  • 2.1 Module 1/Week 1 Overview - Re-design the corporation
  • 2.2 Decentralizing the Enterprise
  • 2.3 Practitioner Perspective - Andreas Wallendahl: Blockchain & ConsenSys
  • 2.4 Reading: Decentralizing the Enterprise
  • 2.5 Transaction Costs and the Structure of the Firm
• 3. Opportunities for Blockchain
  • 3.1 Opportunity 1: Search
  • 3.2 Opportunity 2: Contracting
  • 3.3 Opportunity 3: Coordination
  • 3.4 Opportunity 4: Building Trust
• 4 Corporate Boundary Decisions
  • 4.1 Determining Corporate Boundaries
  • 4.2 Hacking Your Future: Boundary Decisions
• 5 Module 1 Recap

Week/Module 2 Distributed Business Entities

• Module 2 Distributed Business Entities
• 2.1 Distributed Business Entities
  • 2.1.1 Module 2 Overview
  • 2.1.2 Distributed Business Entities
  • 2.1.3 The DAO: A Cautionary Tale
  • 2.1.4 Read - Distributed Business Entities
• 2.2 New Business Models
  • 2.2.1 New Business Models Part 1
  • 2.2.2 Read
  • 2.2.3 New Business Models Part 2
  • 2.2.4 Read
  • 2.2.5 Test
  • 2.2.6 Practitioner Perspective - Yaniv Neu-Ner: Business Model for Counter
  • 2.2.7 Practitioner Perspective - Oleg Fomenko: Business Model for Sweatcoin
• 2.3 DApps
  • 2.3.1 What Are DApps?
  • 2.3.2 Example: bAirbnb
  • 2.3.3 read DApps
• 2.4 Strategic Approaches to Intellectual Property
  • 2.4.1 Patents and Blockchain Innovation
  • 2.4.2 Practitioner Perspective - Rolf Hoefer: Intellectual Property
  • 2.4.3 read Patents and Blockchain Innovation
  • 2.4.4 Payments, Attribution, and Licensing
  • 2.4.5 read Payments, Attribution, and Licensing
  • 2.4.6 Distributed Ownership
  • 2.4.7 read Distributed Ownership
• 2.5 Module 2 Review & Evaluation

Week/Module 3 Blockchain and C-Suite

• Module 3 Blockchain and C-Suite
• Learning Objectives
• 3.1 Intro to the C-Suite
  • 3.1.1 Module 3 Overview: Intro to the C-Suite
• 3.2 The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • 3.2.1 The CEO
  • 3.2.2 Recommended Reading
• 3.3 The Chief Operating Officer (COO)
  • 3.3.1 COO
  • 3.3.2 Read
• 3.4 The Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
  • 3.4.1 Video The CLO
  • 3.4.2 Read The CLO
• 3.5 The Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  • 3.5.1 Video The CFO
  • 3.5.2 Read the CFO
• 3.6 The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
  • 3.6.1 Video: The CMO
  • 3.6.2 Read The CMO
• 3.7 The Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer (CIO & CTO)
  • 3.7.1 Video CIO CTO
  • 3.7.2 Read CIO CTO
• 3.8 The Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
  • 3.8.1 Video CHRO
  • 3.8.2 Read CHRO
• 3.9 Recap of the C-Suite
  • 3.9.1 Video: Practitioner Perspective: Mihai Alisie, Co-Founder, Ethereum
  • 3.9.2 Video: Practitioner Perspective: Rob Carter, Executive VP and CIO, FedEx
  • 3.9.3 Video: Recap of the C-Suite
• 3.10 exam

Week/Module 4 Leadership for Next Era

• Module 4 Leadership for Next Era
• Learning Objectives
• 4.1 Blockchain Regulation
  • 4.1.1 Video: Module 4 Overview
  • 4.1.2 Video: Intro to Blockchain Regulation
  • 4.1.3 Video: Practitioner Perspective - Andreas Wallendahl: Regulation
  • 4.1.4 Video: Fundamental Questions
  • 4.1.5 Video: Regulatory Principles
  • 4.1.6 Video: Practitioner Perspective - Hariton Korizis: Regulation
• 4.2 Blockchain Governance
  • 4.2.1 Video: Regulation vs. Governance
  • 4.2.2 Video: Practitioner Perspective - Ana Trbovich: Regulation & Governance
  • 4.2.3 Video: The Blockchain Stack
  • 4.2.4 Video: Multiple Layers of Blockchain Governance
  • 4.2.5 Video: A New Framework for Blockchain Governance
  • 4.2.6 Video: Practitioner Perspective - Rob Carter: Governance
  • 4.2.7 Reading: Blockchain Governance
• 4.3 Seven Conditions for Success
  • 4.3.1 Video: Profile of a Blockchain Hotbed
  • 4.3.2 Reading: Profile of a Blockchain Hotbed
• 4.4 Module 4 Review & Evaluation
  • 4.4.1 Video: Recap of Module 4
  • 4.4.2 Reading: Leadership for Transformation
  • 4.4.3 Quiz: Blockchain Governance & Leadership

Week/Module 5 Blueprint for a New Social Contract

• Module 5 Blueprint for a New Social Contract
• Learning Objectives
• 5.1 The Current Social Contract is Breaking
  • 5.1.1 Video: Module 5 Overview
  • 5.1.2 Video: The Current Social Contract is Breaking
• 5.2 Drivers for Change
  • 5.2.1 Video: Drivers for Change
  • 5.2.2 Video: Four Pillars of Society
  • 5.2.3 Reading: Drivers for Change
• 5.3 Blueprint for a New Social Contract
  • 5.3.1 Video: Intro to a New Social Contract
  • 5.3.2 Video: Rethinking Work
  • 5.3.3 Video: The Pre-distribution of Wealth
  • 5.3.4 Video: Distributed Power
  • 5.3.5 Video: Collaborative Institutions
• 5.4 Module 5 Review
  • 5.4.1 Video: Recap of Module 5
  • 5.4.2 Discussion Prompt: Toward a New Social Contract
  • 5.4.3 Video: Course Wrap-up
• 5.5 Blockchain and Business: Course Assignment
  • 5.5.1 Video: Mihai Alisie on Business Models
  • 5.5.2 Peer-graded Assignment: Problem Solving with Blockchain
  • 5.5.3 Review Your Peers: Problem Solving with Blockchain
  • 5.5.4 Video: Mihai Alisie on What's next for AKASHA?