The course focuses on the entrepreneurs, professional managers and companies that have defined the global digital economy to date. From Netscape to Microsoft, Amazon to Alibaba, and Adobe to Salesforce.com, this class uses case studies, outside readings, guest speakers and the instructor's own work experience to analyze the most important technology trends -- the formation of today's digital ecosystem, the role of the mobile Internet, the rise of cloud computing and the emergence of China as a technology power, among others.