Course 2017-2018 a.y.

30445 - SHARING ECONOMY AND SMART CITIES MANAGEMENT


CLEAM - CLEF - CLEACC - BESS-CLES - WBB - BIEF - BIEM - BIG

Department of Social and Political Sciences

Course taught in English

Go to class group/s: 31
CLEAM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - CLEF (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - CLEACC (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - BESS-CLES (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - WBB (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - BIEF (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - BIEM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - BIG (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07)
Course Director:
FRANCESCO LONGO

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: FRANCESCO LONGO



Course Objectives

The course has four fundamental goals.
  • To present and discuss the sharing economy, smart cities and collaborative networks framework, both under a business and public interest perspective.
  • To design and evaluate new value proposition based on sharing economy and smart cities models.
  • To implement and manage innovation and change in sharing based markets and community environments.
  • To understand the roles that technologies and business models may play for sustainable and pro-social services.

Course Content Summary

The program is divided in 5 parts (24 lessons).
  • Sharing economy and smart cities: a conceptual framework (3 lessons).
  • Designing new value proposition for sharing economy and smart cities (3 lessons).
  • Technologies for innovation (4 lessons).
  • Implementing business start up and changes in public services (4 lessons).
  • Six case discussions (6 lessons):- trip advisor, avventure nel mondo, carsharing, wifi diffusion programs, co-housing, co-working.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

The exam is written based on a business case analysis and some open questions + a team work made during the lessons.

Textbooks

A collection of paper and cases about sharing economy and smart cities and the use of ICT for innovations.
Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

Prerequisites

Basic business and public management background.
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