Digital Economy

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
    Domain Economics
    Code UE-EEP.00350
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Lecture
    Level Master
    Semester SP-2023

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Thursday 08:15 - 11:00, Hebdomadaire (Spring semester)
    Hours per week
    		3

    Teaching

    Teachers
    • Büchel Berno
    Assistants
    • Droz Bénédicte
    Description

    Digitalization has changed the way business are run nowadays and how they will be run in the future. Differences may lie in consumer behavior, firm behavior, and in the modes of competition. We discuss models of several online markets in order to highlight characteristic properties, derive optimal strategies, and eventually discuss the welfare properties. Topics include matchmakers, booking platforms, price comparison sites, recommender systems, and open source software. The main focus is laid on different roles of market intermediaries in the digital economy.

    The first part of the course consists of lectures and exercises. In the second part, students will present business models of certain online companies.
    Training objectives

    In this course, students are supposed to
    a) learn characteristic properties of the digital economy,
    b) understand microeconomic models of different online markets,
    c) and discuss strategic decisions in such markets.
    Softskills
    		Yes
    Off field
    		No
    BeNeFri
    		Yes
    Mobility
    		Yes
    UniPop
    		No
    Auditor
    		Yes

    Documents

    Bibliography

    Belleamme and Peitz (2010)

    Peitz and Waldfogel (2012)

    Illing and Peitz (2006)

    Zhang (2020)
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    23.02.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    02.03.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    09.03.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    16.03.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    23.03.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    30.03.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    06.04.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    20.04.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    27.04.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    04.05.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    11.05.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    25.05.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
    01.06.2023 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130
  • Assessments methods

    Evaluation continue et examen écrit - SP-2023, Session d'été 2023

    Date 15.06.2023 17:00 - 18:00
    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    The written exam takes 60 minutes and counts 80%.
    Presentations count 20%

    Course with continuous evaluation: after the registration period, you can no longer cancel your registration (see session calendar on the Faculty's website).

    Written exam - SP-2023, Session de rattrapage 2023

    Date 29.08.2023 11:00 - 12:00
    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Duration 60 minutes

    Re-take exam only
  • Assignment
    Valid for the following curricula:
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