Innovation Management II

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management

Instructor(s)

Masaharu Tsujimoto / Shintaro Sengoku / Eiichiro Kimura

Class Format

Lecture (Livestream)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

11-12 Mon

Class

-

Course Code

TIM.B411

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This lecture aims to systematically understand the arguments of existing research on innovation models, and to gain the knowledge and ability to construct own logic and apply it in practice. For this purpose, students will make a presentation of the existing research, present their own arguments and logic, and hold discussions. Through the discussion, we expect that the students will be able to gain new perspectives on phenomena, construct their own logic, and devise practical solutions for their own issues.

Course description and aims

Students will be able to systematically understand the arguments of existing research on innovation models.
Students will be able to present their own logic and arguments and develop their ideas through discussion.
Students will be able to see the challenges they face as opportunities for innovation, analyze the challenges, and begin to think about solutions.

Keywords

Innovation, Innovation models

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Presentation of existing research, presentation of issues, and discussion

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Read the assigned paper, prepare a presentation if you are in charge of group work.
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Henderson, R. M., & 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. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393549
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Govindarajan, V. and Ramamurti, R. (2011), Reverse innovation, emerging markets, and global strategy. Global Strategy Journal, 1: 191-205. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.23
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Amit, R., and Zott, C. (2015) Crafting Business Architecture: the Antecedents of Business Model Design. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 9: 331–350. doi: 10.1002/sej.1200.
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von Hippel, Eric, Horizontal Innovation Networks by and for Users (April 2007). Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 293-315, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1149215 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtm005
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Giovany Cajaiba-Santana,
Social innovation: Moving the field forward. A conceptual framework,
Technological Forecasting and Social Change,
Volume 82,
2014,
Pages 42-51,
ISSN 0040-1625,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.05.008.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162513001236)

Textbook(s)

nothing

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Existing research paper to be assigned at each lecture

Evaluation methods and criteria

Presentation: 70%
Contribution to the lecture: 30%

Related courses

• ESD.C402 ： Innovation Management　ⅠⅡ

Prerequisites

nothing