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.