Course 2015-2016 a.y.

30397 - SHARING ECONOMY AND SMART CITIES: MANAGING NEW VALUE PROPOSITIONS FOR BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENTS


CLEAM - CLEF - CLEACC - BESS-CLES - BIEMF

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) - BIEMF (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 will be 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 will be 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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