Social and Legal Aspects of Digital Economy

Study Course Description

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Study Course Accepted:06.08.2024 10:51:56

Study Course Information
Course Code:		SBUEK_170		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		4.00		ECTS:		6.00
Branch of Science:		Management; Business Management		Target Audience:		Management Science; Business Management
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Tatjana Muravska
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		9	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		18
Classes (count)		11	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		22
Total Contact Hours								40
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		6	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		12
Classes (count)		8	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		16
Total Contact Hours								28
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics.
Objective:
The objective of the course is to introduce to students socio-economic and legal aspects of digital economy and the EU policy towards digitalisation of economic developments. This course aims at offering insights of the digital economy concept and regulatory environment relevant to Digital Single Market in the EU as well as to new business models and "digital divide". Attention in studies will be given to ecosystems in the era of the digital economy. Special focus will be on students’ discussions and debates.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Economic transformation trends and digitalisation.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	International organisations and the digital economy in the world.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	EU single market and digital economy.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	Legal regulations in the digital single market.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
5	Digital labour market and social innovation.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
6	Digital economy and regional development.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
7	Ecosystems and the digital economy.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Economic transformation trends and digitalisation.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	International organisations and the digital economy in the world.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	EU single market and digital economy.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	Legal regulations in the digital single market.			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
				Classes		0.50	auditorium
5	Digital labour market and social innovation.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
6	Digital economy and regional development.			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
				Classes		1.50	auditorium
7	Ecosystems and the digital economy.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Essays. The essay is a free form description of the lecture’s subject in 3 – 4 pages. The essay should show a student's ability to stress key issues in the given for the essay literature source. As well as the ability to summarise debates presented in the text given for the essay and to focus on conclusions. To provide references is compulsory. Research paper. Research paper is intended to demonstrate a student’s academic knowledge of the course’s subject. The research paper includes: • ideas of a student’s research; • introduction to the topic of the research paper; • development of the aim and tasks; • discussion of the researcher's views on the subject of the research paper; • practical assessment of the situation related to the theme of the paper; • the paper should include conclusions; • a list of references should be provided. The volume of the paper is 8 pages.
Assessment Criteria:
Essays – 40%. Research paper – 20%. Class discussions – 20%. Examination – 20%. Examination is based on the presentation of the research paper. The presentation should be prepared in PP. The presentation should include main parts of the research paper and reflect on the author's ideas, aim and tasks, results and findings as well as to provide conclusions. The presentation will include questions to the author, answers given by the author followed by discussion.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		• awareness about digital economy, its social, economic, legal as well as regulatory aspects; • knowledge about facts and figures, concepts, ideas and theories that support the understanding of the course subject, dynamics that shape EU Digital Single Market as well as digital trends in international economic environment; • knowledge about insights of internal EU politics that affect regional digitalisation and social innovation.
Skills:		• communication skills in foreign language (English); • team working skills; • cooperation and sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; • reasoning, problem solving; • creative thinking as a result of independent work on essays and a research paper; • skills in self-management; • specific skills in using data sources relevant to the subject of the course: economic statistics, research debates and legal texts.
Competencies:		• key skills development that will positively effect student future employability; • ability to summarise research debates, assess economic statistics; • to critically debate issues of digitalisation and to write short briefings on current digitalisation trends and their impact on the economic and business development.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe. COM/2015/0192 final
2	Kerikmäe, T., Rull, A. (2016) Digital Legal (Outer) Space, pp.1-10 in The future of Law and e-Technologies. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland 2016.
3	Communication from the Comission to the European Parliament and the Council Guidance on the Regulation on a framework for the free flow of non personal data in the European Union COM/2019/250 final.
4	Industry 4.0: Managing The Digital Transformation, eds.: Ustundag, A., Cevikcan, E., Springer, 2018 -285p.
5	Valenduc, G., Vendramin, P. (2016) Work in the Digital Economy: Sorting the Old From the New. ETUI aisbl, Brussels. -51p.
6	Malecki, Ed., Moriset, B. (2018) The Digital Economy: Business organization, production processes and regional developments. Routledge.
Additional Reading
1	Bukht, R., Heeks, R., Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring the Digital Economy, Paper No. 68 , 2017, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK.
2	The World Bank Group. World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends.
3	IMF The Long and Short of The Digital Revolution. June 2018, Vol. 55, No. 2.
4	WTO. World Trade Report, 2018. The Future of World Trade: How Digital Technologies are Transforming Global Commerce.
5	EU and Digital Transformation.
6	The Juncker’s Commission - One year on, 30 October 2015 (EC, 2015).
7	Europe's Digital Progress Report 2017 (EC, 2017).
8	European Electronic Communications Code, Council of the European Union. Press, 9 June, 2017 Luxembourg ETUC.
9	European Fund for Strategic Investments. Official Journal of the European Union, L 169/1 Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 June 2015.
10	OECD DAF/COMP(2012)22. The Digital Economy.
11	EC Laws about Digital Privacy.
12	Degryse, Ch (2017) Shaping the world of work in the digital economy. ETUI, Brussels, 2017. - 12p.
13	Degryse, Ch. (2016) Digitalisation of the Economy and its Impact on Labour Markets. ETUI aisbl, Brussels.
14	European Union, Programme for Employment and Social Innovation ("EaSI") and amending. Official Journal of the European Union, L 347/238, Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 December 2013.
15	European Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS), Briefing, 2014.
16	Jenson, J. (2012) Redesigning Citizenship Regimes After Neoliberalism: Moving Towards Social Investment, in Morel, N., Palier, B., Palme, J. (eds) Towards a Social Investment State? Ideas, Policies and Challenges. Bristol: Policy Press: 61-87.
17	Valenduc, G., Vendramin, P. (2016) Work in the Digital Economy: Sorting the Old From the New. ETUI aisbl, Brussels. -51p.
18	Vogel, S. (2017) Addressing digital and technological change through social dialogue. EurWORK. European Observation of working Life.
19	Malecki, Ed., Moriset, B. The Digital Economy: Business organization, production processes and regional developments. Routledge, 2018.
20	Eurostat (2017) Digital Economy and Society Statistics- Households and Individuals.
21	Erkko Autio, E., Digitalisation, ecosystems, entrepreneurship and policy, Prime Minister’s Office. Finland.
22	Hogan, A. and Young, M., (2015), Rural and Regional Futures, Routledge.-363p.
23	IMD World Digital Competitiveness Yearbook 2017 Results. International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland.
24	OECD (2001) Understanding the Digital Divide