Il corso “Management of Innovation” analizza i processi di innovazione nelle imprese, con particolare attenzione ad aspetti strategici, organizzativi e operativi. Attraverso lezioni, discussioni di casi e project work, gli studenti sviluppano competenze utili a competere nei mercati digitali. L’obiettivo è fornire strumenti pratici per gestire l’innovazione e le risorse chiave.
Il corso si articola in tre moduli principali: (1) Management of Innovation Processes (innovazione tecnologica, open innovation, spin-off), (2) Technology and the Market (ciclo di vita delle tecnologie, standard design battles, apprendimento dal mercato) e (3) Organizational Implication of Innovative Processes (gestione dei team per lo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti, piattaforme ed ecosistemi). Casi di studio reali e letture accademiche accompagnano ogni modulo per favorire l’applicazione pratica dei concetti teorici.
Module I: Management of Innovation Processes
Session 1: Management of Technological innovation and Open innovation
Required Readings
Chesbrough, H., (2003) The Era of Open Innovation, MIT Sloan Management Review, 44, 3, 35–41
Optional Readings
Tennenhouse D. (2004) ‘Intel's Open Collaborative Model of Industry-University Research’, Research-Technology Management, 47, 4, 19-26
Bogers, M., H. Chesbrough, and C. Moedas. "Open innovation: research, practices, and policies." California management review 60.2 (2018): 5-16.
Cases for Discussion:
Procter & Gamble
Session 2: Spin-offs as Innovation strategy
Required Readings
Neves, M., & Franco, M. (2018). Academic spin‐off creation: barriers and how to overcome them. R&D Management, 48(5), 505-518.
Optional Readings
Dorner, M., Fryges, H., & Schopen, K. (2017). Wages in high-tech start-ups–Do academic spin-offs pay a wage premium?. Research Policy, 46(1), 1-18.
Fini, R., Grimaldi, R., Santoni, S., & Sobrero, M. (2011). Complements or substitutes? The role of universities and local context in supporting the creation of academic spin-offs. Research Policy, 40(8), 1113-1127.
Module II: Technology and the Market
Session 3: Technological life cycles and standard design battles
Required Readings
Chapter 3 and 4 Schilling (2017) Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, McGraw Hill
Optional Readings
Dosi G. 1982. Technological paradigms and technological trajectories. Research Policy, 11: 147‐162.
Abernathy WJ, Utterback JM. 1978. Patterns of Industrial Innovation. Technology Review, June‐July: 40‐47.
Adner, Ron, and Rahul Kapoor. "Innovation ecosystems and the pace of substitution: Re‐examining technology S‐curves." Strategic management journal 37.4 (2016): 625-648.
Cases for Discussion:
BlueRay vs HD-DVD
Facebook vs SixDegrees
From PDA to Smartphones
Session 4: Learning from the Market
Required Readings:
Learning from the market, ch. 7, Leonard-Burton, D. (1998), Wellsprings of Knowledge, Harvard Business School Press.
Optional Readings
von Hippel, E. 1976. The dominant role of users in the scientific instrument innovation process. Research Policy, 5 (3): 212‐39.
Bower, J. and Christensen, C. (1995) ‘Disruptive Technology: Catching the Wave’, Harvard Business Review, 43-53
Cases for Discussion:
TataNano
ChotuKool
Honda
Module III: Organizational Implication of Innovative Processes
Session 5: Organizing Teams for NPD
Required Readings
Chapter 12 Schilling (2017) Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, McGraw Hill
Optional Readings
Williams, K. Y., & O'Reilly III, C. A. (1998). Demography and. Research in organizational behavior, 20, 77-140.
Alexander, L., & Van Knippenberg, D. (2014). Teams in pursuit of radical innovation: A goal orientation perspective. Academy of Management Review, 39(4), 423-438.
Cases for Discussion:
Frog
Skullcandy
Disney
Magna
Session 6: Platforms and Ecosystems
Required Readings
Chapter 2: Tiwana A (2013) Platform Ecosystems: Aligning Architecture, Governance, and Strategy. Newnes.
Optional Readings
Jacobides MG, Cennamo C and Gawer A (2018) Towards a theory of ecosystems. Strategic Management Journal 39(8). Wiley Online Library: 2255–2276.
Tiwana A, Konsynski B and Bush AA (2010) Platform Evolution: Coevolution of Platform Architecture, Governance, and Environmental Dynamics. Information Systems Research 21(4): 675–687.
Spagnoletti, Paolo, Federica Ceci, and Bendik Bygstad. "Online Black-Markets: An Investigation of a Digital Infrastructure in the Dark." Information Systems Frontiers (2021): 1-16.
Cases for Discussion:
Mobile Payments
Uber
Digital Music Revolution
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