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Economics & Finance · Year 3 · Markets and modern finance
S6 Strategy, fintech and sustainability
Analyse competition and corporate strategy, understand financial technologies and integrate ESG criteria.
234hours of coursework
24weeks at 10 h
3steps
11new courses
3universities
Target skills
- Competitive and international strategy
- Managerial economics and game theory
- Payments, blockchain, online lending and AI in finance
- ESG criteria and sustainable finance
- Writing a reasoned dissertation
Semester project
A final dissertation (15 to 20 pages): the strategic and financial analysis of a fintech, or the ESG rating of a sector.
Courses this semester
- 1Illinois TechBeginner
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Competitive Strategy Intermediate 34 h 4.7 (95) Managerial Economics: Buyer and Seller Behavior Beginner 36 h 4.5 (61) Innovation and International Strategy Intermediate 40 h 4.8 (51) Business Economics and Game Theory for Decision Making Intermediate 41 h 4.5 (53) - 2University of MichiganBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) The Future of Payment Technologies Beginner 7 h 4.7 (1,797) Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Explained Beginner 9 h 4.7 (980) Raising Capital: Credit Tech, Coin Offerings, and Crowdfunding Beginner 8 h 4.7 (313) Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence Beginner 10 h 4.7 (427) - 3Saïd Business School, University of OxfordBeginner
Stated prerequisites: Basic understanding of financial reporting requirements
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Foundations of Sustainability and ESG Beginner 16 h 4.7 (104) The Business Case for ESG Beginner 18 h 4.5 (26) Sustainable Finance: Products, Instruments and Future Trends Beginner 15 h 4.8 (64)
Reading
Principles of ManagementOpenStaxStrategy, organisation and decision-making alongside competitive analysis.Free (OpenStax)
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency TechnologiesA. Narayanan, J. Bonneau, E. Felten, A. Miller, S. GoldfederThe technical foundations of cryptocurrencies.Free draft (PDF)
Things to watch
- Strategy & Economic Analysis (Illinois Tech) is long (151 h): start it at the beginning of the semester.
- The dissertation brings together the skills of all six semesters: economics, accounting, finance and strategy.
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