COURSE NUMBER: MBA296.2
This course is dual-listed with the Evening-Weekend MBA Program.

COURSE TITLE: Blockchain and the Future of Technology, Business, and Law

UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 units

INSTRUCTOR: Greg La Blanc

E-MAIL ADDRESS: lablanc@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: bCourses

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
Blockchain is one of the most significant technologies to impact law and business in many years. This course will provide an overview of the technology and code behind blockchain and explore current and potential real-world applications in technology, business, and law. The final project/deliverable will be small team presentation on a new application of blockchain (with a legal and business analysis). 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
At Haas, Greg teaches primarily in the areas of finance and strategy in the MBA and MFE programs and in Executive Education. Greg has also worked in competitive intelligence and litigation consulting and has advised consulting teams in finance, marketing, and strategy. His research interests lie at the intersection of law, finance, and psychology in the area of business strategy and risk management. Greg is the recipient of teaching awards including the Earl F. Cheit Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2009; and the Haas EWMBA Graduate Instructor of the year, 2004-2005.

Greg received a B.A. (History, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics) and a B.S. Economics (Business Administration) from the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued his education as a University Scholar and graduate fellow, studying in the schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Law. He later pursued a J.D. at the George Mason University and an L.L.M at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall. Greg has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in all areas of business. Prior to arriving at the Haas School in 2005, Greg taught at Wharton, Duke, and the University of Virginia.