Blockchain Business Strategy

Blockchain Business Strategy is aimed at professionals with insight into their respective fields. The course covers enough technical details so that you can seriously assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the technology in regard to your field.

Blockchain technology is uniquely suited to solve some very specific problems. It can be helpful for a few more. And it is definitely not suited for a broad range of use cases. In this course you will explore different case studies and learn why blockchain technology was or was not used.

As part of the course you will work on your own case study. The course is graded and students reaching an average grade of higher than 80% will receive a certificate.

Course Syllabus

Week 1 - What is Blockchain and how does it work?

In the first week we are looking at how the technology developed, how it works and who is driving the development and adoption today. As part of this you will get an overview of existing protocols and what to look out for.

A slightly technical introduction

Smart contracts

Existing technologies

Who to watch in Blockchain

History of Blockchain

Week 2 - Business models in the crypto economy

Blockchain technology, when applied in its originally intended form, is decentralised and resists traditional business models based on intermediaries and information asymmetry. Who is experimenting with new business models and what could that lead to? How can we build new models based on game theory?

What is a public Blockchain?

Game theory

Crypto funding models

Marketplace business models

Case studies

Week 3 - Blockchain for the traditional economy

When applied to companies operating on current business models Blockchain can still be useful in some cases. We will cover which use cases have been identified so far and how this could apply to your industry.

How do private Blockchains work?

Looking at Blockchain Consortia

Case studies

Week 4 - Future Developments: Technical, Legal, Social

What does the future hold? What are the likely developments in this technology? How do regulators respond and how is that going to change in the future?