Course 2008-2009 a.y.

Course Objectives

This is an advanced course on the strategies based on the Open Innovation model. The course encourages the students to take a critical and analytical approach through the reading and discussion of papers at the frontier of this literature.

Course Content Summary

• The Open Innovation model
• Knowledge externalities
• User driven innovation
• Business models: versioning and IPRs
• Open innovation and Multimarket contact

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Attending students

Attending students have to present and discuss papers during the regular lectures and they are evaluated on the basis of their class presentations and their participation in the discussion of the other student presentations.

Non-attending students
The students not attending the course have to elaborate a written exam based on the references of the course.

Textbooks

• Papers made available to the students at the beginning of the course

Course Objectives

This is an advanced course on the strategies based on the Open Innovation model. The course encourages the students to take a critical and analytical approach through the reading and discussion of papers at the frontier of this literature.

Course Content Summary

• The Open Innovation model
• Knowledge externalities
• User driven innovation
• Business models: versioning and IPRs
• Open innovation and Multimarket contact

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Attending students 
have to present and discuss papers during the regular lectures and they are evaluated on the basis of their class presentations and their participation in the discussion of the other student presentations.
Non-attending students 
The students not attending the course have to elaborate a written exam based on the references of the course.

Textbooks

• Papers made available to the students at the beginning of the course