Checking date: 26/04/2024


Course: 2024/2025

Advanced topics in Innovation Strategy
(17860)
Master in Management (Plan: 404 - Estudio: 262)
EPE


Coordinating teacher: PALOMERAS VILCHES, NEUS

Department assigned to the subject: Business Administration Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
Innovation Management
Objectives
Specific learning objectives: To know how to manage the role of technological innovation in building a company's competitive advantage. To understand the main challenges of investing in technological innovation in companies. To identify the key elements in the business strategy for the protection of intellectual property. To identify the relevant variables in organizational management that affect the productivity of R&D investment in a company. To understand the challenges of managing creativity in the R&D workforce. To understand the role of external knowledge in the R&D strategy and the challenges it entails To be able to understand the impact of technology in the workplace.
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
The contents included in this subject can be summarized in the following points: 1. Introduction: Key issues in the innovation strategy at firms 2. Appropriating benefits from innovation: legal and strategic mechanisms 3. R&D collaboration 4. The management of external knowledge 5. The internal organization of innovation activities: the management of creativity 6. Current trends: the impact of artificial intelligence
Learning activities and methodology
The class combines the exposition and discussion of theoretical concepts with the use of case studies that illustrate these concepts and their practical implications. Classes are designed so that students actively contribute to the development of the classes, participating actively in the discussions and the planned activities, both individually and in groups. Certain class activities requiere previous preparation.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Basic Bibliography
  • Tidd, J. & Bessant, J. . Managing innovation: Integrating Technological, market and organizational change. John Wiley & Sons . 2009 (4th edition)
Additional Bibliography
  • Narayanan, V. K.. Managing technology and innovation for competitive advantage. Prentice Hall. 2001
  • Schilling, Melissa A. . Strategic management of technological innovation. McGraw-Hill. 2017 (5th edition)

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.