Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- locate opportunities where digital business models can deliver disruptive innovation in new and existing markets;
- create diverse venture teams and communities of practice to build digital businesses;
- evaluate the appropriateness of particular digital business models.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- understand and apply appropriate theoretical concepts, tools and techniques to design appropriate digital business models;
- identify how digital business models can capture value;
- evaluate how digital business models can create and sustain competitive advantages.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the impact of new digital business models on existing market sectors;
- the typologies of different models used by digital businesses;
- the circumstances that led to the emergence of the digital economy;
- the emergence of new digital business sectors.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- self-manage the development of learning and study skills, both individually and as part of a collaborative learning group;
- plan and control effectively for successful completion of a personal and group workload;
- use a wide range of information sources requiring the development of bibliographic skills;
- communicate effectively, in both oral and written form, using and justifying argument within reports, presentations and debates.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 10 |
| Lecture | 24 |
| Wider reading or practice | 20 |
| Follow-up work | 20 |
| Revision | 30 |
| Completion of assessment task | 24 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 22 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Financial Times.
Statista.
Journal Articles
Journal of Business Venturing.
European Management Journal.
Journal of Economic Geography.
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice.
MIT Sloan Management Review.
Harvard Business Review.
California Management Review.
British Journal of Management.
Journal of Management.
Journal of Business Ethics.
Textbooks
Bernd Wirtz (2019 (Ebook)). Digital business models : concepts, models, and the alphabet case study. Springer.
Editor: Annabeth Aagaard (2019 (Ebook)). Digital Business Models: Driving Transformation and Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan.
Frank Rothaermel (2024). Strategic Management. McGraw-Hill Education.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 70% |
| Group report | 30% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External