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Course
Perspectives on Blockchain

Faculty


Blockchain cohort supervisors and students

Jonas Hedman, jhe.digi@cbs.dk

Morten Holm, mh.acc@cbs.dk

Thomas Frandsen, tfr.om@cbs.dk

Peter Koerver Schmidt, pks.jur@cbs.dk

 

Course Coordinator
Michel Avital

Prerequisites
N/A

Aim


Global organizations, entrepreneurs, investors, and governments have all identified blockchain as a revolutionary technology that has the potential to disrupt multiple industries. Subsequently, the course aims to familiarize students with the main bodies of knowledge that lay the foundation for blockchain technology and its key application areas. It is designed to provide a space for the cross-disciplinary exploration of domains of interest and highlights central topics of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.  The course is focused on the implications and interactions of blockchain technology in the context of the digital transformation, operation management, accounting and control systems, the prevailing tax frameworks, and the legal milieu. The course provides not only a framework for understanding blockchain technology in the context of the digital age and organizational settings but also a language to communicate its dynamic characteristics and interdependencies.

Course content


The course underscores breadth and cross-fertilization. It is designed as a sequence of 10 two-hour sessions, which will be led by designated supervisor-student disciplinary teams. The meetings are designed in a research seminar format that includes guided discussions, mini-workshops, guest speakers, and extensive class presentations. The seminar emphasizes constructive discussion aiming toward helping students to design state of the art research that builds on and extends the related current body of knowledge.

Teaching style

N/A

Lecture plan
Class Date* Topic
1 20 Feb 2018 The interdisciplinary turn
2 27 Feb Transformation processes and value constellations
3 06 March Smart (configurable) money
4 13 March Blockchain applicability in accounting
5 20 March ICOs in the context of the national and international tax frameworks  
6 27 March Coordination and inter-organizational relationships in supply chains
7 03 April Central bank digital currency
8 10 April Control systems and performance management
9 17 April Tax issues, challenges, and opportunities concerning blockchain-based exchange
10 24 April Project presentations

*All sessions are on Tuesdays 15:00-17:00 unless noted otherwis

Learning objectives


At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Get acquainted with the potential implications of blockchain from multiple disciplinary perspectives
  • Discuss the main challenges and opportunities in blockchain research
  • Examine the underlying key controversies and debates critically across multiple disciplines
  • Demonstrate the ability to develop cross-disciplinary research on blockchain technology  

Exam


The group project will take the form of a publishable paper that explores a specific managerial or organizational issue related to blockchain technology from multiple disciplinary perspectives.


A Pass/Fail grade will be based on participation, a group project, and an individual presentation.

Other

Start date
20/02/2018

End date
24/04/2018

Level
PhD

ECTS
5

Language
English

Course Literature
N/A

Fee
6.500.- DKK

Minimum number of participants
12

Maximum number of participants
12

Location


Copenhagen Business School
Howitzvej 60, room 5.23 (5 floor)

2000 Frederiksberg

Contact information


For further enquiries about the course please send mail to Blazenka B. Kvistbo, bbk.research@cbs.dk

Registration deadline
14/02/2018

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