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Postgraduate course 2021/2022

Research in Technology and Innovation Management

Type: Elective course
Area of studies: Economics
When: 1 year, 1 semester
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Anja Tekic
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 28

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Management of technology and innovation encompasses all the activities necessary for the introduction of new and improved products and services into the market, particularly on the basis of new knowledge and technological development. It is a cross-functional task, affecting all departments of a company: from R&D, over production, to marketing. Technology and innovation management also reaches out to the company’s external environment, to the network of different players – users, customers, suppliers or cooperation partners.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The objectives of the course Research in Technology and Innovation Management are to: (1) introduce students to key concepts and core research in the scholarly field of technology and innovation management, and (2) help them recognize promising research pathways in this field and at its intersection with other fields of research, such as strategic management, international business, marketing, HR and operations management.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Students will develop skills to discuss potential research directions, research limitations and methodology related concerns with their peers;
  • Students will have comprehensive set of knowledge and skills that will enable them to explain and critically discuss the key theoretical concepts related to technology and innovation management;
  • Students will improve their skills of clearly presenting and unambiguously communicating their research ideas in English, both orally and in writing;
  • Students will improve their skills of conducting literature review and framing their research proposals;
  • Students will learn to acquire knowledge and skills independently, creating the basis for the self-directed and autonomous life-long learning.
  • Students will learn to identify research gaps in the field of technology and innovation management, as well as at its intersection with other related fields of research;
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Defining innovation
  • Open innovation
  • Co-creation with individual external contributors
  • Intellectual property management
  • Entrepreneurship and technology-based new ventures
  • Country-level analysis of innovation
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Discussion engagement
  • non-blocking Team presentations
  • non-blocking Research proposal
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 1st semester
    0.5 * Research proposal + 0.2 * Team presentations + 0.3 * Discussion engagement
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Antons, D., Kleer, R., & Salge, T. O. (2016). Mapping the Topic Landscape of JPIM, 1984-2013: In Search of Hidden Structures and Development Trajectories. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33(6), 726–749. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12300
  • Brunswicker, S., & Chesbrough, H. (2018). The Adoption of Open Innovation in Large Firms. Research Technology Management, 61(1), 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2018.1399022
  • Cao, Z., & Shi, X. (2021). A systematic literature review of entrepreneurial ecosystems in advanced and emerging economies. Small Business Economics, 57(1), 75–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00326-y
  • Füller, J. (2010). Refining Virtual Co-Creation from a Consumer Perspective. California Management Review, 52(2), 98–122. https://doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2010.52.2.98
  • Ghezzi, A., Gabelloni, D., Martini, A., & Natalicchio, A. (2018). Crowdsourcing: A Review and Suggestions for Future Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12135
  • Ghio, N., Guerini, M., Lehmann, E., & Rossi, C. (2015). The emergence of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-014-9588-y
  • Laursen, K., & Salter, A. J. (2014). The paradox of openness: Appropriability, external search and collaboration. 867-878 ; 43 ; Research Policy ; 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.10.004
  • Pekka Stenholm, Zoltán J. Ács, & Robert Wuebker. (2015). Exploring country-level institutional arrangements on the rate and type of entrepreneurial activity. Chapters, 387.
  • Stam, E., & van de Ven, A. (2019). Entrepreneurial ecosystem elements. Small Business Economics ; ISSN 0921-898X 1573-0913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00270-6
  • Zedtwitz, M., Corsi, S., Søberg, P. V., & Frega, R. (2015). A Typology of Reverse Innovation. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32(1), 12–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12181
  • Zobel, A. (2017). Benefiting from Open Innovation: A Multidimensional Model of Absorptive Capacity. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 34(3), 269–288. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12361

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Carliss Baldwin, & Eric von Hippel. (2011). Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation. Organization Science, 6, 1399. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0618
  • Chesbrough, H. W. (2003). The Era of Open Innovation. MIT Sloan Management Review, 44(3), 35–41.
  • Foege, J. N., Lauritzen, G. D., Tietze, F., & Salge, T.-O. (2019). Reconceptualizing the paradox of openness : How solvers navigate sharing-protecting tensions in crowdsourcing. Research Policy 48(6), 1323-1339 (2019). Doi:10.1016/j.Respol.2019.01.013.
  • Lauritzen, G. D. (2017). The Role of Innovation Intermediaries in Firm-Innovation Community Collaboration: Navigating the Membership Paradox. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 34(3), 289–314. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12363
  • O’REILLY III, C. A., & TUSHMAN, M. L. (2013). Organizational Ambidexterity: Past, Present, and Future. Academy of Management Perspectives, 27(4), 324–338. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2013.0025
  • Ritala, P., & Stefan, I. (2021). A paradox within the paradox of openness: The knowledge leveraging conundrum in open innovation. Industrial Marketing Management ; Volume 93, Page 281-292 ; ISSN 0019-8501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2021.01.011