This course is designed for students who want a broad understanding of the opportunities and challenges presented by the modern digital revolution undergoing our time. The three key words that sum up the modern digital revolution are online/digital platforms, AI-driven machines, and crowds.Information and communication technologies (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI) enable and drive digital platforms, creating and nurturing networks and facilitating value-creating matches and interactions between market participants from the crowd. Students will learn about the fundamental principles at work behind the platform innovation and disruption of today and tomorrow by surveying a full of examples of digital platforms powered by technology and crowds.