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Digitalization is transforming the maritime industry, representing a paradigmatic shift rather than a mere technological innovation. It has the potential to reshape the maritime market fundamentally by altering the economics of information processing, driving integration across multiple dimensions, and enabling new strategic opportunities for businesses.
This course explores the digitalization of shipping with a focus on its strategic implications. It examines how organizations respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by digital transformation. Through a combination of lectures, assignments, case studies, and guest lectures from leading companies and institutions, students will gain both theoretical knowledge and practical insights into this transformative process.
The course begins by introducing digitalization in shipping as an economic phenomenon, highlighting how shifts in information processing costs have fueled greater integration within the maritime industry. This integration occurs across various dimensions, including the technological connection between sea and shore, the institutional collaboration between public and private entities, the commercial linkages between companies and customers, and the organizational synergy between historical knowledge and real-time decision-making, often mediated through big data and algorithms.
Building on this foundation, students will explore fundamental theories related to ecosystems, entrepreneurship, and platforms, which provide a framework for understanding the dynamics of digital transformation in the maritime sector. Finally, the course culminates in the analysis of real-world cases of maritime digitalization, where students apply the concepts and theories discussed to evaluate strategic responses and assess integration opportunities within specific contexts.
The course is structured progressively, moving from conceptual understanding to analytical application and critical evaluation, thereby supporting the assessment of different levels of academic performance.
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