Innovation, organization and
entrepreneurship (Lectures)
Manual
Studygoals:
Students will be able to:
- explain the different types of innovations (e.g., product, process, incremental and
radical) and the
antecedents and consequence of each type of innovation;
- define the foundational theories used to understand organizational innovation
(Evolutionary Theory,
Knowledge Based View);
- explain the dynamics of intra- and inter-organizational knowledge creation through
personnel mobility;
- understand and explain open innovation and specifically the role of inter-
organizational and intra-
organizational collaboration on innovation;
- critically understand and analyze scientific papers with a special emphasis on research
design and causal
inference.
,Week 1 Lecture 1 & 2 The innovation environment (30-8-2022)
What explains firm survival rates? – The ability to innovate
Types of innovations:
- Product innovations (in goods and in services)
- Process innovations (technological and organizational)
,Improvement vs renewal
Innovation in an organization Is new, but it hasn´t to be new to the world
Change hasn´t to be new to an organization but can repeat
Abernathy and Utterback (1978)
, Fluid phase: manufacturing’s competing to have the dominant designs
entrepreneurship (Lectures)
Manual
Studygoals:
Students will be able to:
- explain the different types of innovations (e.g., product, process, incremental and
radical) and the
antecedents and consequence of each type of innovation;
- define the foundational theories used to understand organizational innovation
(Evolutionary Theory,
Knowledge Based View);
- explain the dynamics of intra- and inter-organizational knowledge creation through
personnel mobility;
- understand and explain open innovation and specifically the role of inter-
organizational and intra-
organizational collaboration on innovation;
- critically understand and analyze scientific papers with a special emphasis on research
design and causal
inference.
,Week 1 Lecture 1 & 2 The innovation environment (30-8-2022)
What explains firm survival rates? – The ability to innovate
Types of innovations:
- Product innovations (in goods and in services)
- Process innovations (technological and organizational)
,Improvement vs renewal
Innovation in an organization Is new, but it hasn´t to be new to the world
Change hasn´t to be new to an organization but can repeat
Abernathy and Utterback (1978)
, Fluid phase: manufacturing’s competing to have the dominant designs
