Course 2012-2013 a.y.

20349 - TECHNIQUES FOR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT


CLMG - M - IM - MM - AFC - CLAPI - CLEFIN-FINANCE - CLELI - ACME - DES-ESS - EMIT

Department of Management and Technology

Course taught in English

Go to class group/s: 31
CLMG (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - M (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - IM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - MM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - AFC (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLAPI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLEFIN-FINANCE (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLELI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - ACME (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - DES-ESS (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - EMIT (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08)
Course Director:
ALFONSO GAMBARDELLA

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: ALFONSO GAMBARDELLA


Course Objectives

This course provides the students with basic tools and methods to produce empirical evidence to support decision-making processes in firms. Since these methods are particularly common in the analysis of innovation and new product development, topics in this area represent the leading example of the course. However, the methods are broad enough to cover other areas of managerial decision, like demand analysis for the commercialization of products. As a result, the tools of the course can be useful in a large number of settings or situations.


Course Content Summary

  • Testing hypothesis using tables, figures or "stories"
  • Assessing causality relationships in firms, demand of new products or innovation analyses
  • The use of natural experiments to evaluate innovation or new product development projects
  • Other approaches to the evaluation of innovation or new product development projects
  • How to best select your sample for innovation studies and related decision-making
  • The anaysis of the survival of innovation projects

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Attending students

  • Jeffrey Wooldridge, Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 4 ed. Thomson
  • Andy Field, Graham Hole (2003) How to Design and Report Experiments. Sage
  • Course Handouts and Slides

Non - Attending students

  • Jeffrey Wooldridge, Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 4 ed. Thomson
  • Andy Field, Graham Hole (2003) How to Design and Report Experiments. Sage
  • Course Handouts and Slides

Textbooks

  • Papers made available to the students at the beginning of the course
Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)
Last change 06/06/2012 12:34