There is no set text for this course. Sample articles / chapters include:
Chesbrough, H.W. (2003). Open Innovation: The new imperative for creating and profiting from technology. Boston: Harvard Business School Press ( chapter 1-3)
Christensen C, Bower JL. 1996. Customer Power, Strategic Investment, and the Failure of the Leading Firms. Strategic Management Journal, 17: 197‐218.
Cohen WM, Levinthal DA. 1990. Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35: 128‐152.
Gatignon H, Tushman M, Anderson P, Smith W. 2002. A Structural Approach to Assessing Innovation: Construct Development of Innovation Locus, Type, and Characteristics. Management Science 48 (9): 1103‐1122.
Henderson R, Clark KB. 1990. Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Capabilities and the Failure of Established Firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35: 9‐30.
Huston, L. and Sakkab, N. 2006. Connect and develop. Inside Procter and Gamble’s new model for innovation. Harvard business review
Leonard Barton D. 1990. Core capabilities and core rigidities: A Paradox in managing new product development. Strategic Management Journal
Meton C. (2013), Innovation risk, Harvard Business Review
Nagji B., Tuff G. (2012), Managing your innovation portfolio, Harvard Business Review
O'Reilly C., Tushman M., 2008. Ambidexterity as a Dynamic Capability: Resolving the Innovator’s Dilemma. Research in Organizational Behaviour,28: 185‐206.
Students will be given electronic access to the full list of cases/texts/articles prior to the beginning of the course
*A more detailed reading list will be supplied prior to the start of the programme
**Course content, faculty and dates may be subject to change without prior notice