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Are you looking for strategies for survival of your business in a world facing one disruptive technology after another? If yes, then take this free online course titled, “Surviving Disruptive Technologies”. The ultimate objective of this course is to enable individuals and organizations develop a strategy for survival when confronted with technological disruptions that threaten their current way of life.
Who can take this course?
People interested in new technologies and their impact on economy are the potential candidates to take this course. However, business students and managers in the middle of their careers can also take this course.
What are the benefits of this course?
By studying in detail the failure stories of different firms and industries, you will be able to understand the reasons for decline of business and avoid the same thing from happening to your own organization or to the one you are working for. At the end of this course you will be able to develop effective strategies to deal with disruptive technologies and convert them into successful innovations.
Course Outline:
Some important issues that will be discussed in this course are:
- Survival: how to respond efficiently to a potentially disruptive technology
- Kodak misses its moment: the story of Kodak, how the company and Internet changed the process of capturing and sharing images.
- Blockbuster vs Netflix: How could a leading company fail to respond to a beginner’s clearly defined threat?
- The three amigos: lessons learnt from failure of Kodak, Borders and Blockbuster
- Can I borrow your paper? Role of internet in slow death of books and newspapers
- Books and Publishers: an attempt to preserve two business models at once
- Risky business: Are innovations in technology encouraging entrepreneurs to engage in too much risky business?
- Danger ahead: what new technological disruptions are on the horizon and who will be disrupted?
Author Bio:
This free online course has been prepared by Henry C. Lucas. Jr. Dr. Henry received a PhD from the Sloan School of Management, M.I.T and is currently working as the Robert H. Smith Professor of Information at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, the University of Maryland. His research work focuses on disruptive technologies, IT-enabled transformations, IT in organization design and the value of information technology.

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