Type of Credit: Elective
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The emergence of sharing economy and gig economy is seen as an economic revolution or a disruptive innovation to the capitalistic market-mediated exchange. This new economic paradigm marks the rise of crowd-based capitalism, enabled by the development of digital technologies. In about 10-years time, different models of sharing economy and gig economy sweep the world and change the human lifestyle. Despite the fact that various sharing economy and gig economy activities have penetrated into our daily lives, questions and debates about the legitimacy as well as the social and cultural impact brought by this new form of economic model continue. The development path, typology and business models of sharing economy and gig economy will be introduced in this course. Both non-for-profit and profit-oriented sharing practices will be discussed. The driving forces and consumer motivation, legal and cultural aspects, and emerging technologies enabling the development of the sharing economy and gig economy will also be presented in the course. The smart city development is an important movement in urbanization. The development path, planning and execution strategies and business models of the smart city will be introduced in this course. The PPP (public and private partnership) model, which is often adopted in the smart city operation, will also be discussed. At the same time, the relevant topics such as the environment protection, governance and sustainability will also be included in this course.
This course aims to provide students’ with knowledge and insight about the new economic paradigm of sharing economy and gig economy, and understanding of the digital technologies, infrastructure, and social political forces shaping the future of our urban environments. We begin by defining smart cities through lectures and case studies, discussing the sharing economy application in smart cities and drill down into the technologies shaping new and existing cities. |
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This course is targeted at achieving the following objectives:
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W1: Introduction to Course Syllabus W2: Background and Introduction to Sharing Economy and Smart City W3: The Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism W4: Typology of Sharing Economy W5: Not-For-Profit Sharing Economy W6: Platform-Mediated Exchange W7: Peer-to-Peer Exchange W8: Midterm Project W9: Smart City Benchmark W10: Components of Smart City W11: Smart Governance W12: Smart Economy W13: Smart People W14: Smart Services W15: Individual Team Meeting for Final Project Preparation W16: Public and Private Partnership in Smart City W17: Final Project Presentation W18: Review and Wrap Up Discussion |
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The final grade consists of:
1. Attendance & Participation 20%
The various in-class activities will include case discussion, class participation, and peer review. Students who are unable to attend class should please apply for a leave of absence in advance.
2. Class Reflection 20%
The class reflection should consist of the students’ takeaway, lesson learnt, or insights from the course. It should be a maximum of 2-pages, 12points Times New Roman/Arial, double-spaced.
3. Midterm Report - An analysis of a sharing economy case 30%
The midterm report is a group project. More explanation on group sizes and how the assignment can be conducted will be provided in class.
The midterm paper aims to understand the students’ knowledge about sharing economy. Each group shall write a short analysis paper about a sharing economy case. This assignment should include the concepts from previous lessons and the students’ comments about the case.
It should be a maximum of 5-pages, 12points Times New Roman/Arial, double- spaced.
4. Final Presentation – Innovative Idea of Sharing Economy Application in Smart City Development 30%
The final project is a group project. More explanation on group sizes and how the assignment can be conducted will be provided in class.
Prior to the final presentation, students will be arranged a session to present their proposal about their final projects for obtaining feedback from the instructor.
Each team shall present an innovative idea of smart city for the final project. The final project includes an oral presentation and a 2-pages executive summary. |