This course was offered at Bocconi University in March 2021, November 2022, and November 2023. It will be offered again in October 2024. All of the assigned readings are available online through the links in the syllabus, below.
I. Introduction to Fintech (October 7, 2024)
II. IP Protection for Innovations in Fintech (October 8, 2024)
III. IP and Business Strategy (October 9, 2024)
- Fisher & Oberholzer, “Strategic Management of Intellectual Property — An Integrated Approach,” California Management Review 55 (2013): 157
- Marco DiMaggio & Nicholas Platias, “Is Stablecoin the Next Big Thing in E-Commerce?,” Harvard Business Review, March 21, 2020
IV. Law Reform (October 10, 2024)
Class Presentations
The notes for all of my lectures in this course are available in a “mind map,” which is available in the formats listed below. (Instructions on how to use one of these maps are available here.)
The mind map is supplemented by a series of Powerpoint slide decks. Set forth below are links to those decks (in the order in which they will be presented)
- Currency
- Fintech Stage2
- Spreadsheets
- Bloomberg
- Computer Trading
- Blockchain
- Fintech Scale
- Fintech Geography
- Population Growth
- Mobile Banking
- Payment Systems
- Neobanks
- P2P Lending
- Digital Investing
- ICOs
- Fintech Insurance
- CryptoCurrencies
- Regtech
- NFTs
- ICO Regulation
- Bitcoin Crimes
- Bitcoin Climate
- Fintech Patents
- Fintech Opensource
- Fintech Trademarks
- Brand Experience
- Veblen Snob
- Amazon One
- Paypal AR
- AI and the Interests of Humanity
Final Assignment
Each student in the course must prepare (either individually or in a group of up to four students) a memorandum containing a business plan for a hypothetical fintech startup. Details concerning the assignment are available at https://czi515.p3cdn2.secureserver.net/Fintech/FintechAssignment2024.pdf.
Copies of the memoranda submitted in response to this assignment in previous years are accessible through the links below: