2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Innovation Management II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Shuzo Fujimura
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Sat (CIC913)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.B411
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The purpose of Innovation Management I and II is for students to learn to think on their own about the conditions for producing social gains through actions to bring change. Therefore we don't simply give explanations of examples, as you would find in business books and business magazines. For students to innovate on their own, they must first discover and analyze a problem based on their own circumstances, and learn to consider feasible innovations. They must then validate criteria that hold up to existing theories and analyses, and be able to judge whether they can be used for implementing one's own innovation.
In Innovation Management II, students gain an understanding of basic concepts such as "open innovation", "the innovator's dilemma", "platforms", and "product architecture", as well as the conditions for producing them, through lectures and group work. Students will also gain a logical understanding of the relationship between technology and markets, through axioms.
Course description and aims
Students will gain an understanding of how most market phenomena are a connection between the front-end (the limits to producing technology which can actually be used) of technology and utility function. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of product architecture.
Keywords
Front-end of technology, Utility function
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
On the day of group work, issues will be discussed by all attendants after the presentations.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Lecture; market and technology 1 The relationship between the market and technology will be described based on conceptual structure of the product, utility function, consumption technology. | Giving the issue for GW of "The Box". |
| Class 2 | Group Work: Open Innovation | Giving the issue for GW of "Innovator's dilemma". |
| Class 3 | Group Work: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger | nothing |
| Class 4 | Group Work: The Innovator's Dilemma | Giving the issue for GW of "Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation". |
| Class 5 | Lectur: market and technology 2 Based on the contents of the market and technology 1 to explain the several phenomenon observed in the market. | nothing |
| Class 6 | Group Work: Alan MacCormack and Marco Iansiti, "Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: | Giving the report assignment |
| Class 7 | Watching the video-case for report assignment. | nothing |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
nothing
Reference books, course materials, etc.
"Open Innovation" by Henry Chesbrough
”The Innovator’s Dilemma” by Clayton M. Christensen
"The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" by Marc Levinson
Alan MacCormack and Marco Iansiti, "Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation", J PROD INNOV MANAG 2009;26:248–263
Evaluation methods and criteria
Reports: 80%
Contribution to the lecture: 20%
Related courses
- ESD.C402 ： Innovation Management ⅠⅡ
Prerequisites
The prerequisite to take this course is that you have acquired the credits of "Innovation Management I".
Without having acquired the credits of the above course, the credits of this course will not be counted as the necessary number of credits for graduation.