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2019/2020  KAN-CSOLO1802U  Managing Innovation

English Title
Managing Innovation

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Spring, Third Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Valentina Tartari - Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Innovation
  • Organisation
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 21-06-2019

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Learning objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
  • Account for the main terms and definitions central in economics and management of innovation
  • Recognize how the economics and governance of different organizational types affect their behavior in innovation
  • Analyze the characteristics of inter-organizational collaboration on innovation and recognize the skills required to handle them
  • Integrate a number of factors, internal and external to the organization, in decision-related analysis
  • Describe and assess the potential for formal and informal external knowledge sourcing and how it may help the organization to pursue innovations
Examination
Managing Innovation:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Spring
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

This course builds analytical insight into relationships between knowledge, innovation and competitiveness and into their implications for the management of innovation. The course introduces theories, concepts, and methods for the analysis of innovations at the levels of projects, firms and industries. The course also introduces a set of tools related to innovation practices of firms, as one of the ways in which the course bridges and integrates academic analysis of innovations with the practical issues of their management.
Description of the teaching methods
Teaching includes lecture-style classes, in-class workshops with students presenting and actively participating in discussions around pre-assigned cases and/or exercises, and guest presentations by academics and practitioners. Preparation before class is of crucial importance.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback and clarification will be provided during office hours as well as in relation to class discussions and activities.
Student workload
Teaching 33 hours
Preparation/reading 133 hours
Exam 40 hours
Expected literature

Boudreau, K. & Lakhani, K. 2009. How to Manage Outside Innovation. MIT Sloan Management Review, pp. 69-76.                        

 

Chesbrough, H. W., & Appleyard, M. M. (2007). Open Innovation and Strategy.California Management Review, 50(1), 57-76.

 

Garud, R. (2011). Complexity Arrangements for Sustaining Innovation: Lessons from 3M Corporation, Organization Studies, 32(6): 737–767.

 

Felin, T., Lakhani, k. & Tushman, M. (2017). Firms, Crowds, and Innovation. Special Issue on Organizing Crowds and Innovation. Strategic Organization 15(2): 119–140.

 

Jones, C., Maoret, M., Massa, F., & Svejenova, S. (2012). Rebels with a Cause: Formation, Contestation, and Expansion of the De Novo Category “Modern Architecture,” 1870–1975. Organization Science, 23: 1523-1545.

 

Powell, W.W., Koput, K.W., & Smith-Doerr, L. (1996). Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology. Administrative Science Quarterly 41(1):116-45.

 

Von Hippel, E. (2005). Democratizing Innovation. MIT Press.

 

Wright, C., Sturdy, A. & Wylie, N. 2012. Management Innovation through Standardization: Consultants as Standardizers of Organizational Practice, Research Policy, 41(3), pp.652-662.
Last updated on 21-06-2019