NBAE 6135 - Business Strategy in a World of AI

Spring. 2 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

Enrollment limited to: students enrolled in the Cornell Executive MBA Metro New York Degree program.

C. Mazzei.

Recently there has been a wave of technical breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI), mostly in the area of Generative AI (large language models). AI is showing the ability to significantly improve productivity (cost, speed) and quality of many business and human decision-making processes. This has led to a heightened set of expectations on the impact AI will have on society and work. However, for companies to drive long-term value from AI they will need to rethink strategy and business model design. AI-driven transformation will not be easy for mature businesses as it requires ‘rearchitecting’ many aspects of the organization. This course is intended to explore this topic – to challenge students to think strategically about what is possible but also pragmatically about what it will take to implement AI at scale in corporations.