Global MiM - Global Economic Transformation & Technology Track

The primary objective of this course is to help you answer some of the strategic questions that are important to companies and organisations. What business do we want to be in? How do we compete for resources and create value? How do we best achieve and assess performance? Which analytical tools and concepts should we use? The course is largely tutorial-based, with some lectures, to encourage interactivity and student participation. We will work on case studies in relatively small groups. Each analytical tool and concept will be introduced in the context of real-world business situations.

The aim of this course is to provide you with a solid grounding in the principles of corporate finance (capital budgeting, project financing costs and capital structure). You will learn to calculate the cash flows and returns of a project, to understand the relationship between the risk of and return on financial assets, to estimate the cost of equity and the weighted average cost of capital of a firm and to understand the pros and cons of debt versus equity financing.

This course will set out a conceptual framework that will help you to understand how businesses generate value and how this value is captured in financial statements. Financial statements are of paramount importance to investors and creditors and key to the decision-making of managers, consultants, auditors, analysts and regulators. 
You will learn to determine wealth creation, to calculate levels of investment in working capital, capital expenditure, company financing and leverage and to estimate profitability. The course will teach you how financial-statement analysis can reduce uncertainty and increase confidence in business decisions.

A company’s human resources are crucial to organisational success. So, how can we implement people-management practices that facilitate both individual and organisational effectiveness? This course will provide you with solid, evidence-based, actionable knowledge on human resource management. 
You will learn about theoretical concepts and frameworks to help you diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of HR policies and identify ways in which these can be applied in organisations to make them more productive. The course will give you a better understanding of some of the essential aspects of working in diverse groups, including team effectiveness, managing diversity, handling conflict and negotiation skills.

The overall objective of this course is to help you understand the main challenges facing companies seeking to market technologically innovative products and/or services in today’s increasingly digitalised and globalised economy and how they can overcome them. 
You will be required to demonstrate your ability to analyse and solve complex problems, to generate plausible solutions in cross-national contexts and to present them in a clear and convincing manner.

This course gives you the ability to analyse data by focusing on the understanding and interpretation of results, allowing you to build a coherent and interesting narrative beyond the raw data set. After a reminder of the basics of statistics and probability, you will get a grasp of different tools for an in-depth analysis of data: linear regressions, logistic regressions, time series, principal component analysis, clustering methodologies, neural networks, etc. 

It’s not easy being green, but it pays to make the effort. Recent research suggests that, about a decade from now, as much as 10% of the world’s gross domestic product could be earned in making the economy more sustainable. Business growth has contributed substantially to increased prosperity around the world and virtually everybody has benefited from this. In recent decades, we have come to realise that this prosperity is increasingly unequally distributed and that growth as we know it is running into limitations set by our natural environment. If businesses are to grow in the future, they will have to find ways to do so while decreasing inequality and maintaining a liveable natural environment. Meeting expectations as to the environmental and societal performances of corporations makes business sense, and this means seeing corporate social responsibility in a new light. 
This course aims to imbue you with a mindset that allows you to assess sustainable development opportunities in a business setting, articulate an informed and contemporary view on what corporate social responsibility is, understand the logic investors use in assessing corporate sustainability and develop new sustainable business models.

This module is designed to introduce you to the Korean language and culture and help you attain a beginner's proficiency level. This course is suitable for you whether you have little or no knowledge of Korean as it aims to provide a strong foundation in the language by developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Additionally, you will gain an understanding of the relationship between the Korean language, culture, and society through an overview that explores their evolution and dynamics.

This course introduces you to some of the key topics of brand equity management. It gives you an insight into the formulation and implementation of brand-equity strategies, from the importance of building brand awareness to how to extend, capitalise on, safeguard and grow a brand’s perception and value. The primary emphasis will be on brand, rather than marketing, management.

On this course, you will explore digital marketing strategy, implementation and execution for business-to-business and business-to-consumer brands and gain a detailed understanding of digital channels and platforms. On completing the course, you will have comprehensive knowledge and experience of how to develop an integrated digital marketing strategy, from formulation to implementation. 

This course will provide you with an introduction to international finance. You will start off by examining currency systems and trade between countries. You will then study the balance of payments and its impact on a country’s economy. Next, you will move on to understanding the functioning of currency markets, currency rates and currency derivatives. We apply this cumulative knowledge to currency risk management. 
This course prepares you for a career in the financial industry. It is part of a well-rounded education that will prepare you for a career in corporate finance and investment. These days, it is difficult to imagine any corporation except the smallest that are not involved in international trade or deal with currency markets.

This course presents key conceptual and analytical frameworks for investing in equity securities. Topics include an overview of the security markets, equity valuation, investment strategies, performance evaluation and portfolio management for individuals and institutions. International equity investing also will be analysed in a global portfolio context. You will also have the opportunity to analyse and value a publicly traded company. 

In each session, you will solve a different “real-world” business problem using key predictive analytical methods. The data-science solutions will include specific statistical methodologies and algorithms, such as artificial neural networks, clustering, decision trees and natural language processing. The course does not presume a sophisticated mathematical background nor programming skills. It is designed to minimise mathematics and be as conceptual as possible. Even so, the course’s goal is not to give you a high-level overview, but a significant understanding of data science. To achieve this, you will learn how the statistical methodologies and algorithms work exactly using examples in MS Excel. 
This course is well suited to aspiring managers who want to align their understanding of business and technical solutions and to lead comprehensive business solutions, including data science teams.

You will learn to read and write Hangul (the Korean alphabet), learn the basic pronunciation of Korean, understand the fundamental sentence structure of the Korean language, practice basic listening and speaking exercises and engage in everyday conversations (greetings, introducing yourself, time, date, weather, daily schedule, shopping, asking for directions and phone conversations). 

On this course, you will gain the core skills you need to identify opportunities that can lead to successful, entrepreneurial high-technology ventures, regardless of your "home" skillset (technical or managerial). 
You will undertake an in-depth examination of the most successful approaches for entrepreneurial companies as a function of markets and technology. Emphasis is placed on the specific requirements for creating and executing strategy in a setting of rapid technological change and limited resources.

High technology refers to products and services that are subject to technological change at a significantly faster pace than most goods in the economy. Such firms differ from the norm in certain ways. On this course, you will explore these differences.

On this course, you will explore 35 topics covering many of the principal elements of how business is affected by climate change and how changing business practices can improve (or worsen) the climate outlook.

From self-driving cars to humanoid robots, artificial intelligence (AI) is here and changing the way we live, work and do business. The class is designed to introduce you to AI technology and its many business applications. 
You will walk away with a foundational understanding of AI and its near and long-term applications, explore the myths and realities surrounding the technology, and delve into the legal, social and policy implications of AI.

This course is a combination of class time, one-on-one coaching sessions and company site visits. Class time focuses on three aspects of your learning: “academic success at Haas”, “beyond a bachelor degree” and “professional achievement”. One-on-one coaching provides you with highly individualised support to discuss your classroom expectations, applying to graduate school, managing life at Berkeley and launching your career. Site visits give you an up-close experience with some of the world's most innovative and impactful companies, so that you can connect classroom learning with real-time exposure to leading companies.

Advanced competitive strategy (corporate strategy) is about generating a persistently superior performance for organisations with a specific focus on corporate strategy, organisational design and innovation. 
You will learn both how to enact strategic direction and to manage a corporate strategy. This perspective will enable you to view the organisation holistically in the context of its environment and ensure its long-term health.

As global financial markets become increasingly complex, we must analyse a constant flow of information. Quantitative models built on statistical foundations and data-based programming skills are key to processing information accurately and promptly. On this course, you will learn to use R to collect and analyse data, optimise an investment portfolio and trade securities. In the first part of the course, you will practise the essential components of modern investment theory using real-life data and R programming. The course presumes no prior programming knowledge or experience. You will start by working to find the key factors in delivering investment returns and, by the end of the first half of the course, build trading signals based on data analysis using R. You will then learn about portfolio construction and optimisation and executing trades using R in an automated way. If you want to know how to programme using R, you will learn using investment examples. If you want to hone your quantitative skills in the investment area, this is a first step. If you just want to use data analysis for your own personal investments, this course will give you the tools to start.

During this course, you will learn the techniques to effectively produce actionable reports and visualisations from data and data sets. You will research data sets from a variety of business disciplines using Microsoft Excel, Power BI and Google Analytics. Through hands-on exercises, you will leverage statistical, data-querying and dashboard tools. 

On this course, you will learn about the problems faced by small firms and the basic skills needed to develop new businesses, including entrepreneurial strategies, legal and financial considerations, and effective new-venture management. 

This course covers the basic concepts of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and Creating Shared Value (CSV), and multiple approaches with strategy tools and frameworks. The CSV approach to implementing ESG strategy sees social issues as a source of business opportunity and competitive advantage for business, rather than a social obligation or cost of doing business. As a strategy course, it incorporates a social purpose into a core competitive strategy. The cases in the course demonstrate the power of companies of all sizes, especially multinationals, to gain competitive advantage through achieving social impact at a large scale. This course requires that the students integrate the concepts, knowledge, and skills acquired in previous functional courses and business-strategy courses as well as in corporate strategy. It also requires creatively applying them to the understanding and analysis of how shared strategy can add value for companies and society.

Creativity and innovation are integral to an organisation’s ability to survive in today’s business environment. This course will give you a thorough understanding of how creativity and innovation can be facilitated and managed in the workplace. You will explore theoretical conceptualisations of creativity and innovation and be introduced to the best practices of successful innovators. You will learn to devise optimal ways to cultivate creative and innovative processes in your future organisations.

The course focuses on the major constraints on business decision-making imposed by the international legal environment. Most aspects of business life are regulated to varying extents by the government and, therefore, are potential conduits for legal liability. In this course, you will gain awareness of legal issues, a basic understanding of how the law resolves disputes and a general familiarity with the legal system to help business people anticipate and manage legal problems more effectively. Knowledge of how judges, lawyers, and others within the legal system reason and communicate will enable managers to better understand legal developments as well as communicate more effectively with others.

This course will introduce you to the power of marketing analytics and their impact on decision-making. 
You will become familiar with various metrics and models that allow marketers to identify problems and develop solutions to a range of marketing issues.

As corporate data grows exponentially, understanding the foundations of how to manage and work with large databases is an essential starting point for business analytics. This course will provide you with a solid understanding of how to use and design databases in real-world situations. You will learn the fundamentals of database management systems (DBMS) and the SQL language for data analysis. Using a robust SQL database system allows you to work with big data and access information quickly and efficiently. SQL is also an excellent adjunct to programming languages used in data science, such as R and Python. 
The course will introduce you to the No-SQL database for working with large sets of distributed data. This course is for beginners who want to perform data analysis with SQL and build database design skills. More specifically, you will develop the necessary skills to build powerful databases and write SQL queries for data cleaning, transformation and storytelling. The classes will be lecture-based, with lots of hands-on exercises using real datasets that you are likely to encounter in the real world.

This course introduces you to the key concepts and language of cryptocurrencies and blockchain. It aims to give you an understanding of the possibilities and limitations of the technologies, as well as insights into related topics of importance to organisations in future.

This course offers you a taste of what it’s really like to start a business. In addition to learning about key foundational entrepreneurial concepts, such as idea generation and evaluation, customer and product development, creating a business model, fundraising, marketing, and scaling up and exiting a business, you will also hear from successful entrepreneurs who will share their perspectives and best practices. 
You will apply core concepts by working in teams to evaluate and select a venture idea that you will then develop over the course of the semester.

Blockchain is one of the most significant technologies to impact technology and business in many years. It is also one of the most interdisciplinary areas, bringing together new questions and opportunities at the intersection of technology, business and law. This course embraces this interdisciplinary nature. 
We will give you an overview of the technology behind blockchain and you will explore current and potential real-world applications.

This three-module course aims to equip you with proven concepts, techniques and frameworks for assessing and formulating pricing strategies. In the first module, you will explore the economics and behavioural foundations of pricing. In the second, you will discover innovative pricing concepts, including price customisation, non-linear pricing, price matching and product line pricing. In the third, you will analyse the strengths and weaknesses of internet-based, buyer-determined pricing models.

Today’s organisations demand leaders who communicate well. Those who communicate well are far more effective leaders in their organisations and communities. Successful leadership and effective speaking both demand authentic communication. Leaders need not only communicate well but communicate persuasively. They must be able to inspire others, foster cooperation among those who work with them, advocate ideas and proposals within their organisations, and deliver the organisational message externally. 
In this workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of connecting with others and presenting in today’s business environment. You will focus on authenticity, persuasion and advocacy. You will deliver a PowerPoint presentation, three speeches (both impromptu and prepared) and complete a final project.

This course will equip you with the theory and processes of negotiation as practised in a variety of settings. It is designed to be relevant to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems faced by managers and professionals. 
By focusing on the behaviour of individuals, groups and organisations in the context of competitive situations, you will have the opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially in useful analytical frameworks (in simulations and cases, for example).

If you are interested, now or later in your career, in becoming an entrepreneur, this course is designed for you! The material is relevant for for-profit as well as impact entrepreneurs. This course is also suitable if you are interested in working on the fundings side – as a VC, angel, corporate business development, government development, investment banking M&A, asset manager, philanthropist, or impact investor – or if you are interested in working in the FinTech industries of business finance. 

The course gives you frameworks, knowledge and approaches to formulate and implement marketing strategies to compete in the international arena. Regions and countries covered include the Americas, Europe, Japan, China, India, Russia, Africa and Asia-Pacific. 
You will learn about global versus local advertising, international pricing strategies, selecting and managing strategic international alliances and distribution channels, managing international brands and product lines through the product lifecycle, international retailing, and international marketing organisation and control.

The vast proliferation of data, combined with increasing technological advances and massive changes in regulation, are transforming the competitive landscape of various industries. On this course, you will learn how these forces are driving changes in finance and accounting and how to make sense of their future implications. You will be exposed to the exciting intersection of technology, finance and accounting while emphasising the role of data and data analytics. In each of these areas, you will start by exploring the sector and its traditional incumbents. You will then examine use cases and strategies for incoming technology-based players, with an emphasis on the role that data analytics and data can play.

The objective of this course is to understand how tech entrepreneurs can best develop and manage intellectual property (IP) assets and integrate them into a successful business. The course will teach you the different types of IP (copyright, trademark, patents, and trade secrets) and discuss their uses in technology companies. 
You will also learn best practices for developing, protecting, licensing and enforcing IP rights, as well as best practices in avoiding infringement, patent insurance and patent pool consortia. You will also explore the pros and cons of using open-source software and how angel and venture capital investors view IP. The course will leverage case studies, current events, and industry experts to provide you with a practical, working knowledge of the use of IP assets as part of a successful business strategy.

How can you motivate employees to go beyond the call of duty to get the job done? How can you be sure that your decisions are not biassed? What influence tactics can you use when you do not have the formal authority to tell someone what to do? This course will add to your understanding of life in complex organisations by covering topics spanning the micro (individual level of analysis) and the macro (organisational level of analysis), and topics that integrate the two.

The purpose of this course is to understand the theory and processes of negotiation as practised in a variety of settings. It is designed to be relevant to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems you will face as a manager or professional. 
By focusing on the behaviour of individuals, groups and organisations in the context of competitive situations, you will have the opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially in useful analytical frameworks (such as simulations and cases).