INN503 Digital transformasjon, innovasjon og bærekraft

Knowledge

The student...

• can describe the underlying economics of innovation, knowledge and technology creation, and the current pressures and challenges in which companies need to adapt.
• understands the collision between traditional and digital business models.
• can evaluate digital platforms and their strategies in terms of their business models.
• can assess the effect of digital transformation on sustainable development and the barriers that may occur that prevent sustainable transformation.

Skills

The student...

• can analyze the external business environment and assess the competitive forces that affect organizations, leading towards digitalization.
• can discover the value of competing and collaboration with other companies and organizations through networks and inside ecosystems.
• can evaluate the conditions of digital platform emergence and success (or not).
• can analyze how digital technologies can transform to sustainable innovations.

General competences

The student...

• can discuss the transformation pressures and the potential future pathways for firms and organizations.
• can assess the pros and cons of current digital technologies and strategies driving digital intra/entrepreneurship.
• can discuss the state of digital platforms in the current market, their effect on the digitalization of companies and organizations, and best practices to interact with digital platforms.
• can reflect on how digital transformation enables or not the fulfillment of the sustainable development goals.

The course consists of a combination of lectures and seminars. The lectures will be used for covering the core material of the course. In the end of each thematic area the students will be given a set of critical multiple-choice questions in order to test their understanding. Seminars permit participants to present and discuss recent research papers. Each student will present shortly a recent research paper of his/her liking on one of the thematic areas of the course.

The course will include one large group project which will be also the way of assessment of the course. The project work will be group based, with 3 students working together. The project will be on a real-life project in industry/an organization/ecosystem related to the core themes in the course. The student group will analyze digital technologies implemented in an organization, digital platforms or ecosystems and discuss e.g., opportunities and challenges, business models, open innovation and sustainability issues related to the specific case.

The course is taught in compressed form in the first half of the semester.

Assignment. One group based written assignment in the form of a project report.

The course is graded A-F, where F is a fail.