Course syllabus for Management of open innovation and network-based markets

Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameLedning av öppen innovation och nätverksbaserade marknader
  • CodeTEK306
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPBDP
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyIndustrial Engineering and Management
  • DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 07120
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsYes

Credit distribution

0113 Laboratory 7.5 c
Grading: TH
7.5 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

In order to be eligible for this course the students must have passed one of the foundational courses on intellectual property, either CIP058 or TEK350 and be generally eligible to attend elective courses at Chalmers in their fourth year (fourth grade).

Aim

The purpose of the course is to give the student the skills and tools necessary to create and manage strategies for open innovation and network-based markets from both a technology development and commercialization perspective.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

- Define and explain the basic characteristics of open knowledge platforms and how they can contribute to establish and develop knowledge exchange.
- Explain and critically discuss how to establish, develop and manage controlled openness in collaboration.
- Explain and critically discuss how open innovation processes in public-private collaboration can generate societal values.
- Identify and implement de facto and formal standards as part of marketing and business strategies.
- On legal basis construct and manage intellectual property as building blocks for standards and open knowledge- and innovation platforms.
- Design and manage structural control of collaborative- and market structures based on open innovation processes and standards.
- Evaluate how open innovation models and strategies forms a basis for the creation, development and management of knowledge-based business and utilization processes

Content

The purpose of the course is to give students a theoretical and practical understanding to be able to define, establish and design business and utilization strategies for open innovation. The course focuses on the identification, development and distribution of knowledge as a key resource for value creation, as well as identifying various business logics and value creation models where individual and collective knowledge generates value and strong positions in network-based collaboration and network structures.

Organisation

The teaching is conducted through lectures and seminars with a focus on theoretical knowledge in combination with practical understanding, for example, case studies and exchange of experience with guest lecturers from relevant areas. The case studies are based on different models of open innovation processes and utilization processes in which students work in interdisciplinary study groups.

Literature

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Examination including compulsory elements

The students are graded on their performance in seminars and the assignments individually and in groups, in the form of written hand-ins and oral presentations. Mandatory attendance and active participation is required at the seminars.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.