MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION

Aim of the course The course “management of innovation” focuses on firms’ innovative processes and on the issues arising from them. The course analyses challenges and criticalities relevant the development and maintenance of an organizational structure that facilitate innovation and to the management of the key individuals in the firms innovative processes. More specifically, the course focuses on the strategic, organizational and operative dimensions of innovative processes, paying special attention to firms operating in a digital ecosystem and in the cyberspace.

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Learning how innovation id managed in new and established organisations

Module I: Management of Innovation Processes 1. Management of technological innovation and Open innovation 2. Technological life cycles and standard design battles Module II: Technology and the Market 3. Learning from the Market 4. Platforms and Ecosystems Module III: Organizational Implication of Innovative Processes 5. The Ambidextrous Organization 6. Organizing Teams for NPD Module 4: Platforms and Ecosystems Module 5: Organizing Innovation Module 6: Corporate innovation

Slides provided by the professors and readings

Theoretical lectures, case study discussion, guest speakers presentations.

Group project and final written exam

Empirical dissertations