Management: Digitalization and Global Challenges

Focus is laid upon examining a number of possible determinants of long-run economic transformation, such as geography, infrastructure networks, human capital, natural resource management and institutions. The choice of themes is guided by what is considered to be core challenges in the contemporary global economy to both developed and developing countries, such as how sustained worldwide economic growth can be combined with an efficient use of natural resources, how it impacts on income patterns and wealth distribution, and how it connects to institutions and quality of governance. Guided by the selected challenges students are given the
required knowledge base for conducting informed global contextual analyses. Focus will be laid upon identifying implications from this analysis on contemporary management strategies.

Technological perspective: Innovation and the evolution of technology are among the key forces that shape society. In particular, many observers see the current wave of innovation and digitalization as a new industrial revolution that will have a profound effect on all aspects of the global economy and society. The course will introduce current topics and theoretical perspectives that shed light on the underpinnings of these developments and discuss some of the challenges of technological change for people, organizations, and industries.

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