Strategy and Technology 7.5 credits

This course provides students an understanding of Strategic Management of Technological Innovation. The course approaches the subject of innovation management as a strategic process, and is organized to mirror the strategic management process by assessing the competitive dynamics of a situation, strategy formulation and strategy implementation. Frameworks, models and concepts in strategic management, production and innovation are introduced. A more general overview is followed by analysis of a firm’s internal and external environment, the strategic choices, implementation and production & innovation management. **Connection to Research and Practice** The course is focused on Strategic Management of Technological Innovation and connects to research in this area by doing the following: Connecting students with internal and external faculty who are research focused on the area of strategic management and technological innovation through lectures and seminars where the researchers own research in strategic management and technological innovation is used as teaching material. The practical connections brought into the course are lectures from company executives on their challenges with the strategic management of technological innovation and live problem-solving cases on these topics.