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Course
Management and Economics of Innovation

Faculty
Christoph Grimpe (CG), Professor (mso), cg.si@cbs.dk
Karin Hoisl (KH), Professor, kh.si@cbs.dk
Keld Laursen (KL), Professor, kl.si@cbs.dk
Marion Pötz (MP), Associate Professor, mp.si@cbs.dk
Thomas Rønde (TR), Professor, thr.si@cbs.dk
Markus Simeth (MS), Assistant Professor, ms.si@cbs.dk
Valentina Tartari (VT), Associate Professor, vt.ino@cbs.dk

Course Coordinator
Christoph Grimpe

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of theories related to economics, management, technology, innovation, and organizations. It is a requirement for receiving the course diploma that the students attend the entire course.

Aim
The course aims to provide a set of advanced insights into the field of Management and Economics of Innovation spanning from foundational themes to the most recent developments of the field.

Course content
Both the competitiveness of firms and welfare in general depend on the ability to introduce innovative products, processes and services. Interest in management of innovation has traditionally centered on firm-internal aspects of processes such as, for instance, how collaboration and interaction among specialized professionals take place in the creation of innovation; how to deal with unavoidable uncertainty involved; and the path dependency in skills and resources. In recent years, there has been a surge in interest among scholars and practitioners in methods that allow the firm systematically to source its inputs externally. Innovation that originates from sources external to the firm has emerged as an important phenomenon and has been associated with labels such as open innovation, user innovation, crowd sourcing, and open source. These trends have also given rise to novel and so far immature research agendas that promise to enhance our understanding of the processes and sources of innovation in the years to come. With respect to the economics of innovation the course will cover modern economic theories related to innovation and intellectual property rights. In that regard, the course will particularly cover licensing on markets for technology as well as networks and network effects.

Teaching style
Lectures, class discussion, exercises, student presentations

Lecture plan
Teaching takes place during the fall semester 2019, weeks 43-47, on Wednesdays and Fridays for three hours each day, exam on November 25, 2019.


Session 1: Introduction to the management of innovation (CG)
Literature
o Anderson, P., & Tushman, M. L. 1990. Technological discontinuities and dominant designs: A cyclical model of technological change. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35 (4): 604-633.
o Dosi, G. 1982. Technological Paradigms and Technological Trajectories: A Suggested Interpretation of the Determinants and Directions of Technical Change. Research Policy, 11: 147-162.
o Henderson, R., & Clark, K. B. 1990. Architectural innovation: The reconfiguration of existing product technologies and the failure of established firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35 (1): 9-30.
o Pavitt, K. L. R. 1984. Sectoral patterns of technical change: towards a taxonomy and a theory. Research Policy, 13 (6): 343-373.


Session 2: Introduction to the economics of innovation: Patents (THR)
Literature
o Scotchmer, S. (2004): Innovation and Incentives, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, chapters 2, 4 and 6.


Session 3: Organizational learning and open approaches to innovation (MP)
Literature
o March, J. G. 1991. Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning. Organization Science, 2(1): 71-87.
o Cohen, W. M., & Levinthal, D. A. 1990. Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35(1, Special Issue: Technology, Organizations, and Innovation): 128-152.
o Katila, R., and Ahuja, G. 2002. Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction. Academy of Management Journal, 45(8): 1183-1194.
o Laursen, K., & Salter, A. J. 2006. Open for Innovation: The role of openness in explaining innovative performance among UK manufacturing firms. Strategic Management Journal, 27(2): 131-150. 
o von Hippel, E. 1994. "Sticky information” and the Locus of Problem Solving: Implications for Innovation. Management Science, 40(4): 429-39.
o Bogers, M., Afuah, A. and Bastian, B. 2010. Users as Innovators: A Review, Critique, and Future Research Directions. Journal of Management, 36(4): 857-875.


Session 4: Networks, collaboration and alliances (KL)
Literature
o Teece, D.J. 1986. Profiting from technological innovation: Implications for integration, collaboration, licensing, and public policy. Research Policy 15: 285-305.
o Mowery, D., Oxley, J., Silverman, B. 1996. Strategic Alliances and Interfirm Knowledge Transfers. Strategic Management Journal, 17 (Winter 96 special issue): 77-91.
o Ahuja, G. 2000. Collaboration networks, structural holes and innovation: a longitudinal study, Administrative Science Quarterly, 45 (3): 425-455.


Session 5: Appropriability, markets for technology and innovation strategy (CG)
Literature
o Teece, D. 1986. Profiting from technological innovation: implications for integration, collaboration, licensing, and public policy. Research Policy, 15 (6): 285-305.
o Levin, R., Klevorick, A., Nelson, R. R., et al. 1987. Appropriating the Returns from Industrial Research and Development. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity,(3): 783-820.
o Arora, A., Fosfuri, A., Gambardella, A. 2001. Markets for Technology and their Implications for Corporate Strategy. Industrial and Corporate Change, 10 (2): 419-451.
o Grimpe, C., Hussinger, K. 2014. Resource complementarity and value capture in firm acquisitions: The role of intellectual property rights. Strategic Management Journal, 35(12), 1762-1780.


Session 6: Organizing for innovation (KL)
Literature
o Argyres, N. S., Silverman, B. S. 2004. R&D, organization structure, and the development of corporate technological knowledge, Strategic Management Journal, 25(8-9): 929 - 958.
o Laursen, K., Foss, N. 2003. New HRM Practices, complementarities, and the impact on innovation performance, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 27(2): 243-263.
o Foss, N. J., Laursen, K., and Pedersen, T. 2011. Linking Customer Interaction and Innovation: The Mediating Role of New Organizational Practices. Organization Science, 22(4): 980-999.


Session 7: Licensing contracts (THR)
Literature
o Choi, J. P. 2002. A Dynamic Analysis of Licensing: The ‘‘Boomerang'’ Effect and Grant-Back Clauses, International Economic Review, 43: 1468-2354.
o Gallini, N. T. and B. D. Wright. 1990. Technology Transfer under Asymmetric Information, The RAND Journal of Economics, 21: 147-160.
o Scotchmer, S. (2004): Innovation and Incentives, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, chapter 6.


Session 8: Employee mobility: theory and empirics (KH)
Literature
o Marx, M., Strumsky, D., Fleming, L. (2009). Mobility, skills, and the Michigan non-compete experiment. Management Science, 55(6), 875-889.
o Groysberg, B., Lee, L. E. (2009). Hiring stars and their colleagues: Exploration and exploitation in professional service firms. Organization Science, 20(4), 740-758.
o Mawdsley, J. K., Somaya, D. (2016). Employee mobility and organizational outcomes: An integrative conceptual framework and research agenda. Journal of Management, 42(1), 85-113.


Session 9: University-industry linkages (VT)
Background literature:
o Stephan, P. 1996. The Economics of Science, Journal of Economic Literature, 34(3): 1199-1235.
o Aghion, P., Dewatripont, M., Stein, J.C. 2008. Academic Freedom, Private-Sector Focus, and the Process of Innovation, The RAND Journal of Economics, 39(3): 617-635.
Literature
o Pavitt, K. 1991. What Makes Basic Research Economically Useful? Research Policy, 20: 109-119.
o Jaffe, A. 1989. Real Effects of Academic Research. American Economic Review, 79(5): 957-970.
o Agrawal, A., & Henderson, R. 2002. Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT. Management Science, 48(1), 44-60.
o Bercovitz, J., Feldman, M. 2008. Academic Entrepreneurs: Organizational Change at the Individual Level, Organization Science, 19(1): 69-89. 


Session 10: Financing of innovation (MS)
Literature
o Kerr W.R., Nanda R. (2014), Financing Innovation. NBER Working Paper
o Acharya V., & Xu Z. (2017): Financial dependence and innovation: The case of public versus private firms. Journal of Financial Economics 124, pp.223-243.
o Guo B., Pérez-Castrillo D., Toldrà-Simats A. (2019): Firms’ Innovation Strategy under the shadow of analyst coverage. Journal of Financial Economics 131(2), 456-483.

Learning objectives
o To acquire an understanding and overview of topics in the management and economics of innovation
o To be able to demonstrate knowledge of relevant theories by explaining their assumptions, causal dynamics and processes
o To be able to demonstrate knowledge of the conceptual foundations, frameworks and methods relevant to the study of innovation management and economics

Exam
4-hours written exam (all aids allowed) on November 25, 2019.

Other

No meals or materials included

Start date
23/10/2019

End date
22/11/2019

Level
PhD

ECTS
5

Language
English

Course Literature
Please see the lecture plan

Fee
DKK 6,500

Minimum number of participants
11

Maximum number of participants
15

Location
Copenhagen Business School
Kilevej 14A, 2000 Frederiksberg
Rooms K3.54 (23 October and 6 November) and K2.53

Wednesdays and Fridays from 9-12
10 sessessions with 3 hours each

Contact information
Content of the course:
Cristoph Grimpe - cg.si@cbs.dk 

Administration of the course:
Bente S. Ramovic - bsr.research@cbs.dk 


Registration deadline
01/10/2019

Please not that registration is binding after the registration deadline.
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