Schedule of Classes
Introduction: The Rise of Big Tech Around the World
September 13: Introduction - The Rise of Big Tech
Session 1: Introduction to Course / Meet Your Professors
Session 2: Survey - What Do We Think?
September 20: The Digital Divide - A Tech Cold War Between the U.S and China
Prep Before Class: Bain Technology Report 2022; SCMP China Internet Report 2022
Session 3: Reading Discussion
Session 4: Understanding the Technology Cold War
Silicon Valley and China’s Business Culture and Approach to Global Growth
September 27: The View from Silicon Valley and its Quest for Monopoly Power
Prep Before Class: Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Session 5: Reading Discussion
Session 6: Applying Business Concepts to Technology
October 4: Building a Global Internet Platform at Scale
Prep Before Class: Amazon Shareholder Letter 2020+1997; Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
documentary
Session 7: Reading Discussion
Session 8: The Power of Scale in the Digital Economy
October 11: How China’s Internet Leaders See the World
Prep Before Class: Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark or Crocodile in the Yangtze
Documentary
Session 9: Reading Discussion
Session 10: Guest Interview - Shirley Lin, first Alibaba investor
October 18: Into the Lagoon: China’s Response to U.S. Tech Competition
Prep Before Class: NY Times - How China is Changing Your Internet; Seizing Core Technologies by Adam Segal
Session 11: Reading Discussion
Session 12: The WSJ Investigative Reporter’s Guide to Research
October 25: EU-Taiwan Commission on TikTok Safety and Security
Prep Before Class:
Session 13: Reading Discussion + Preparation for Huawei Hearing Session 14: Commission Hearing on TikTok
Exercise
November 1: Emerging Taiwan Media Voices and Chinese Disinformation Efforts
Prep Before Class: Ghost Island Media Podcasts and WSJ article on China disinformation
Session 15: Guest Interview – Emily Y. Wu - Ghost Island Media
Session 16: Guest Interview – Joyu Wang – The Wall Street Journal
Due November 7 noon: ”Billion Dollar Bet” assignment
November 8: Investing Amid the Global Digital Divide
Prep Before Class: Review “Billion Dollar Bet” for Q&A
Session 17: Guest Portfolio Manager Q&A
Session 18: Guest PM Q&A Pt. 2
The Impact of Big Tech’s Rise on Business, Society and Politics
November 15: Government and Policy: Technology, Data, and Crisis Preparation
Prep Before Class: The Fifth Risk excerpt by Michael Lewis
Session 19: Reading Discussion
Session 20: Introduction to The Briefing Group Project
November 22: Data and Privacy: Secrets and Surveillance in the Digital Age
Prep Before Class: Edward Snowden podcast (Part One + Two; United States of Secrets documentary (Part One
+ Two)
Session 21: Reading Discussion
Session 22: TBD
November 29: China’s Surveillance State: Social Control and Big Tech
Prep Before Class: Surveillance State book excerpt
Session 23: Reading Discussion
Session 24: Guest Interview
December 6: Making Money: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Prep Before Class: The Meaning of Decentralization; Bitcoin: A Peer-to- Peer Electronic Cash System
Session 25: Reading Discussion
Session 26: Guest Interview
December 13: Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry: Observations on Today and Tomorrow
Session 27: Lecture on Semiconductor Industry in Taiwan
Session 28: Student Q&A with Prof. Carew
Global Digital Divide
December 20: Alphabet Anti-Trust Hearing
Session 29: Reading Discussion + Preparation for Alphabet Hearing
Session 30: Hearing on Alphabet Exercise
December 27: Student Presentations (Pt. 1)
Session 31: The Briefing Final Project Presentations (Pt. 1)
Session 32: Q&A
January 3: Lessons Learned: Assessing Big Tech’s Future
Session 35: Student Presentations (Pt. 2)
Session 36: The Big Course Takeaways - Your Views Now vs. Then
We look forward to a great semester and appreciate you signing up for the course.
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