Innovation Management

FaculteitFaculty of Geosciences

NiveauMaster

Studiejaar2026-2027

Beschrijving

Course goals

Please note: the information in the course manual is binding.

The main objective of this course is to make students aware of the opportunities and threats of innovating in a corporate context.
At the end of the course, the students will have:
(1) advanced knowledge and understanding of how firms use technology to position themselves strategically;
(2) the ability to apply knowledge, research methods and problem-solving abilities within Innovation Sciences creatively and independently;
(3) insights into the complex interactions between science, innovative technology and entrepreneurship in firms, industries and society, and be able to reflect critically upon the role of technology in firms, industries and society at large;
(4) professional and academic skills to address the dynamics and challenges in Innovation Sciences;
(5) the ability to effectively communicate to an audience of specialists and non-specialists.

Content

Innovation management comprises activities of organizational entities (within established firms or start-ups), which are focused on developing and launching new, better and/or cheaper products, services or processes based on new technological insights into and knowledge of emerging and disruptive technologies from different areas. Innovating companies will, however, face many problems arising in practice, which they have to deal with: lacking resources and complementary assets; the prevailing appropriation regime; the emergence of a dominant design and standardization; assessment of user needs and customer value; lacking dynamic capabilities; and competition. In this course, these problems are studied in further details with respect to their causes, possible solutions and management. Additionally, cases from various fields will be analyzed in order to train students to apply theoretical knowledge to practical real-life situations.

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