20455 - TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION STRATEGY - MODULE I (TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT)
EMIT
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 22
This course develops students' understanding of how firms use technology and innovation to position themselves strategically, from the perspective of a Director of Business Development. For this purpose, we rely also on real business cases, dealing with firms which have faced the challenges of managing innovation and technology strategy.
In part 1 we begin with an understanding innovating firms and of how technological systems evolve, with particular emphasis on platforms and ecosystems.
In part 2 we explore the different ways through which firms manage innovation and which organizational structures are best suited to foster or hamper innovation. In part 3 we conclude by covering some emergent hot topics in the strategic management of innovation and technology.
- Part 1. Fundamentals of Technology Strategy and Innovation Management
- Part 2. Building the Innovating Organization
- Part 3. Emerging Themes and Industries
Written exam based on the material for non-attending students.
For attending students:
A two-part written exam evaluates students' overall understanding of the topics. The final grade is computed as follows:
- Class participation (10%).
- Assignment (10%)
- Project (30%)
- Two partial written exams (50%).
- D.B. Yoffie, M.A. Cusumano, Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs, New York, Harper Business
- S. Shane, Technology Strategy for Managers and Entrepreneurs, Prentice Hall
For Attending students:
- P. Zanella, Cases and Readings on Technology and Innovation Strategy, Egea, 2016
- Handouts distributed throughout the course
- D.B. Yoffie, M.A. Cusumano, Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs, New York, Harper Business