INSEAD Courses

Introduction to Blockchain for Financial Services

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn this first course of the specialization, we will discuss the limitations of the Internet for business and economic activity, and explain how blockchain technology represents the way forward. After completing this course, you will be able to explain what blockchain is, how it works, and why it is revolutionary. You will learn key concepts such as mining, hashing, proof-of-work, public key cryptography, and the double-spend problem. You’ll be able to describe seven design principles for blockchain technology, and the challenges facing the people developing it. You’ll also meet the players in the blockchain ecosystem, and consider your own role in stewarding the blockchain revolution.

Blockchain in Financial Services: Strategic Action Plan

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn this fourth and final course of the specialization, you will synthesize your learning into a Strategic Action Plan. The goals of this course are twofold: One, it’s for you to identify a specific need or problem within the financial services industry that can potentially be solved using blockchain technology. Two, it’s for you to investigate possible solutions to this problem, and to develop a strategic plan for how these solutions might be executed. You will accomplish different project milestones each week, and will be introduced to several tools to organize your findings. Throughout this process, you will hear from real-world practitioners who have hands-on experience in the blockchain ecosystem. Additionally, by participating in this course you will gain access to our Blockchain Case Commons—a crowdsourced collection of blockchain applications and use-cases spanning multiple industries. As an outcome of this course, you will walk away with a consolidated, peer-reviewed Strategic Action Plan, which you can use to pitch your idea to your organization and/or potential investors.

Blockchain Opportunity Analysis

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn this fourth and final course of the specialization, you will synthesize your learning into a project deliverable called a Blockchain Opportunity Analysis.The goals of this course are twofold: One, it’s for you to identify a specific need or problem in your chosen industry that can potentially be solved using blockchain technology. Two, it’s for you to investigate possible solutions to this problem, including how these solutions might be executed. You will accomplish different project milestones each week, and will be introduced to several tools that entrepreneurs use to organize their findings. Throughout this process, you will hear from real-world practitioners who have hands-on experience in the blockchain ecosystem.Additionally, by participating in this course you will gain access to our Blockchain Case Commons—a crowdsourced collection of blockchain applications and use-cases spanning multiple industries.As an outcome of this course, you’ll walk away with a consolidated, peer-reviewed Blockchain Opportunity Analysis, which you can use to pitch your idea to your organization or even to potential investors.

Blockchain e Negócios: Aplicativos e Implicações

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeA Blockchain trará mudanças profundas nos negócios e em sua própria natureza. Essa tecnologia revolucionará o modo como as empresas são financiadas e gerenciadas, como criam valor e até como desempenham funções básicas, como marketing e contabilidade. Neste curso, você aprenderá como a tecnologia blockchain penetrará nas estruturas das organizações. Você explorará como a blockchain transformará os papéis do C-Suite e como a blockchain pode ser usada para gerenciar e proteger a propriedade intelectual. Você será capaz de identificar as diferentes camadas da pilha da tecnologia blockchain e explicar como isso afeta a governança dos sistemas blockchain. Além disso, você será capaz de identificar sete qualidades que uma região do mundo precisa para atrair startups de tecnologia e construir um ecossistema vibrante de blockchain.

Transacting on the Blockchain

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeToday, large intermediaries establish trust in our economy and control the movement, storage, and allocation of money and assets. The status quo, however, is rife with inefficiencies. In this course, we’ll address the many challenges of the status quo and discuss how cryptoassets, smart contracts, new identity systems, and new financial business models can help overcome them. You’ll learn how blockchain technology empowers individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses with the tools they need to help level the playing field and to participate in the value they create. By the end of this course, you’ll learn how and why transacting on the blockchain can help us bring about a future that is faster, fairer, and more distributed than the world we inhabit today.

Transacionando na Blockchain

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeAtualmente, grandes intermediários estabelecem confiança em nossa economia e controlam a movimentação, armazenamento e alocação de dinheiro e ativos. O status quo, entretanto, é repleto de ineficiências. Neste curso, endereçaremos diversos desafios no status quo e discutiremos como critptoativos, smart contracts, novos sistemas de identidade e novos modelos de negócios financeiros podem ajudar a superá-los. Você aprenderá como a tecnologia blockchain empondera indivíduos, empreendedores e negócios com as ferramentas que precisam para nivelar sua capacidade e participar do valor que eles geram. No final deste curso, você aprenderá como e por que a transação na blockchain pode nos ajudar a criar um futuro mais rápido, mais justo e mais distribuído do que o mundo em que vivemos hoje.

Blockchain Transformations of Financial Services

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThe current global financial system is riddled with inefficiencies, uneven developments, and bizarre contradictions. Blockchain technology has the potential to bring about profound changes to financial services. In this course, you will learn how blockchain technology will disrupt the core functions of the financial services industry, offering individuals and organizations alike real choices in how they create and manage value.

Introduction to Blockchain Technologies

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn this first course of the specialization, we will discuss the limitations of the Internet for business and economic activity, and explain how blockchain technology represents the way forward. After completing this course, you will be able to explain what blockchain is, how it works, and why it is revolutionary. You will learn key concepts such as mining, hashing, proof-of-work, public key cryptography, and the double-spend problem. You’ll be able to describe seven design principles for blockchain technology, and the challenges facing the people developing it. You’ll also meet the players in the blockchain ecosystem, and consider your own role in stewarding the blockchain revolution.

Blockchain and Business: Applications and Implications

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeBlockchain will bring about profound changes to business, and even to the nature of business itself.This technology will disrupt how enterprises are funded and managed, how they create value, and even how they perform basic functions like marketing and accounting.In this course you will learn how blockchain technology will penetrate into the structures of organizations. You will explore how blockchain will transform the roles of the C-Suite, and how a blockchain can be used to manage and protect intellectual property.You will be able to identify the different layers of the blockchain technology stack, and explain how these affect the governance of blockchain systems.As well, you will be able to identify seven qualities that a region in the world needs in order to attract technology startups and to build a vibrant blockchain ecosystem.

Blockchain, Cryptoassets, and Decentralized Finance

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeToday, large intermediaries establish trust in our economy and control the movement, storage, and allocation of money and assets. The status quo, however, is rife with inefficiencies. In this course, we’ll address the many challenges of the status quo and discuss how cryptoassets, smart contracts, new identity systems, and new financial business models can help overcome them. You’ll learn how blockchain technology empowers individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses with the tools they need to help level the playing field and to participate in the value they create. By the end of this course, you’ll learn how and why transacting on the blockchain can help us bring about a future that is faster, fairer, and more distributed than the world we inhabit today.

Blockchain Revolution

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeBlockchain is poised to transform every industry and managerial function—redefining the ways we transact online, share ideas, and manage workflows. It’s a new technology that every business professional needs to understand.This four-course Specialization introduces you to the world of blockchain technology—explaining what blockchain is, how it works, and why it’s revolutionary. You will learn about various categories of cryptoassets, and the ways they can be transacted on a blockchain. You will learn how blockchain is disrupting business models and financial services, offering organizations new choices in how they create and manage value.The Specialization is taught by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott, globally-recognized authorities on innovation and technology and authors of the best-selling book Blockchain Revolution. It also includes various industry experts and developers from the Ethereum Foundation, Grid Singularity, Keyless Technologies, and ResonanceX who will share their experiences within the blockchain ecosystem.Additionally, you will gain access to ground-breaking research from the Blockchain Research Institute as well as the Blockchain Case Commons—a crowdsourced collection of blockchain applications and use-cases spanning multiple industries. Upon completion of this Specialization, you will produce a Blockchain Opportunity Analysis, in which you identify and evaluate a promising application of blockchain technology in your own industry.

Blockchain Para a Empresa

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeBlockchain se posiciona na transformação de toda a indústria e das funções administrativas - redefinindo a maneira como transacionamos online, compartilhamos ideias e gerenciamos fluxos de trabalhos. É a nova tecnologia que todos os profissionais de negócios precisam entender.Esta especialização te introduz ao mundo da tecnologia Blockchain - explicando o que é, como funciona e porque é revolucionária. Você aprenderá diversas categorias de criptoativos e as formas que podem ser transacionados. Aprenderá como a blockchain revoluciona os modelos de negócios e serviços financeiros, oferecendo novas escolhas em como as organizações podem criar e gerenciar valor.A especialização é ministrada por Don Tapscott e Alex Tapscott, autoridades reconhecidas internacionalmente na inovação e tecnologia e autores do Best-seller Blockchain Revolution. Também inclui vários especialistas do mercado e desenvolvedores da fundação Ethereum, Grid Singularity, Keyless Technologies, e ResonanceX que compartilham suas experiências com o ecossistema blockchain.Adicionalmente, você ganhará acesso as pesquisas inovadoras do Blockchain Research Institute assim como a Blockchain Case Commons— uma coleção colaborativa de aplicações e casos de uso da blockchain aplicada em diversos setores. Ao completar esta especialização, você terá produzido uma análise de oportunidade em Blockchain, tendo identificado e avaliado uma promissora aplicação da tecnologia blockchain em seu próprio setor.

Análise de oportunidade de Blockchain

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeNeste quarto e último curso da especialização, você sintetizará seu aprendizado em uma entrega do projeto chamada Análise de Oportunidade Blockchain. Os objetivos deste curso são duplos: primeiro, é para você identificar uma necessidade ou problema específico no setor escolhido que pode ser potencialmente resolvido usando a tecnologia blockchain. Segundo, cabe a você investigar possíveis soluções para esse problema, incluindo como essas soluções podem ser executadas. Você alcançará marcos de projeto diferentes a cada semana e será apresentado a várias ferramentas que os empreendedores usam para organizar suas descobertas. Durante todo esse processo, você ouvirá profissionais do mundo real que têm experiência prática no ecossistema blockchain. Além disso, ao participar deste curso, você terá acesso ao nosso Blockchain Case Commons - uma coleção de aplicativos e casos de uso de blockchain em vários setores. Como resultado deste curso, você terá uma Análise de Oportunidade Blockchain consolidada e revisada por pares, que poderá usar para apresentar sua ideia à sua organização ou mesmo a potenciais investidores.

Introdução às Tecnologias Blockchain

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeNesse primeiro curso de especialização, discutiremos as limitações da internet para os negócios e atividades econômicas, e explicaremos como a tecnologia blockchain representa o caminho ara evoluir. Depois de completar esse curso, você será capaz de explicar como a blockchain é, como funciona, e porque é revolucionária. Você irá aprender os conceitos chave tais como mineração, hashing, proof-of-work, chave criptográfica pública e o problema de duplo gasto. Você será capaz de descrever os 7 princípios para a tecnologia blockchain e os desafios enfrentados para que as pessoas desenvolvam essa tecnologia. Você também conhecerá os principais personagens no ecossistema blockchain, e considerará por si próprio a função que desempenhará na revolução blockchain.

Blockchain Revolution in Financial Services

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeAs the Internet was the first digital medium for information, blockchain is the first native digital medium for value. Blockchain is poised to transform the economy and society at large—redefining the ways we transact online, share ideas, and manage workflows. The financial services sector is a key lever in such transformations.This four-course specialization introduces learners to the world of blockchain technology for financial services—including what blockchain is, how it works, and why it is revolutionary. Students learn about various categories of cryptoassets and the ways they can be transacted on a blockchain. They learn how blockchain is transforming the economy and society at large—redefining workflows, global payments, and prosperity. As an outcome of this specialization, students produce a Strategic Action Plan wherein they identify and evaluate a promising application of blockchain technology within the financial services industry.The Specialization is taught by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott, globally-recognized authorities on innovation and technology and authors of the best-selling book, “Blockchain Revolution.” It also includes various industry experts and practitioners who will share their experiences within the blockchain ecosystem.