20456 - TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION STRATEGY - MODULE II (TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP)
EMIT
Department of Management and Technology
Course taught in English
EMIT (10 credits - II sem. - OB | 5 credits SECS-P/06 | 5 credits SECS-P/08)
Course Objectives
What is an entrepreneurial opportunity? How do you turn a new technology into an entrepreneurial opportunity? How to develop a successful new venture?
Rooted in the most recent theoretical developments in strategy and entrepreneurship, this course provides the students with the necessary knowledge and tools to answer these questions.
This course is based on traditional lectures, interactive sessions, cases, and exercises related to real business problems to allow the students to understand both the theoretical underpinnings as well as the practical implications of the concepts they are introduced to.
Intended Learning Outcomes
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Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course student will be able to do:
Understand the strategies of firms that bet on innovation for their growth, including technology licensing, integration in production and other forms of entrepreneurial growth. At the end of the course, the students will have acquired the managerial tools and strategies of a new or extant firm that uses innovation as the main engine of its growth.
Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course student will be able to do:
Apply the knowledge acquired in the course to manage a new firm that bets on innovation or to manage activities within an extant firm that uses innovation as its core capability.
Course Content Summary
Part I - Technologies, organizations, and the markets for technology
- New ideas, new technologies: how the West grew rich
- New technologies: Make or Buy?
- Patents: incentives, scope, value.
- Markets for technology
- Technology and business models
Part II Creating and capturing value from entrepreneurial opportunities
- The creation and development of entrepreneurial opportunities
- Strategic analysis of entrepreneurial opportunities
- Assembling the resources for new ventures
- The challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurial growth
- Harvesting the rewards
Teaching methods
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- Face-to-face lectures
- Guest speaker's talks (in-class or in distance)
- Theories and/or case studies discussions (in-class or in distance)
- Oral presentations of individual/group assignments
- Group assignments
Detailed Description of Assessment Methods
Written
Textbooks
A selection of research articles, readings, and business cases is made available to the students at the beginning of the course.
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