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ADMN 415: Strategy and Technology Innovation Report a Broken Link

Lesson 1: The Importance of Technological Innovation

Vargas, R. V., & Conforto, E. (2019, Winter). The innovator's mindset: Radical can-do. Rotman Management, 58–63. 
Maslach, D. (2018, January 25). Innovation definition: What is a technological innovation and what are some innovation examples? [Video]. YouTube. 
Supplementary readings
Skillicorn, N. (2016, March 18). What is innovation? 26 experts share their innovation definition  [Web log post]. Idea to value.

Lesson 2: Sources of Innovation

Islam, E., & Zein, J. (2019, September 16). Research companies led by inventors produce better innovations. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles. 
Lovric, D., & Scheneider, G. (2019, November 11). What kind of chief innovation officer does your company need? Harvard Business Review Digital Articles.
Supplementary readings
Maxwell, C., & Christensen, K. (2019, Fall). Thought leader interview: Clayton Christensen. Rotman Management, 12–15.
O'Connor, G. (2019, December 19). Real innovation requires more than an R&D Budget. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles.
99U. (2014, February 6). Tina Seelig: The 6 characteristics of truly creative people [Video]. YouTube.

Lesson 3: Types and Patterns of Innovation

McKinsey & Company. (2015, May 1). Nathan Marston on innovation and creativity [Video]. YouTube. 
Book Video Club. (2015, March 13). “The innovator's dilemma” by Clayton Christensen: Video book summary [Video]. YouTube.
Morkunas, V. J., Paschen, J., & Boon, E. (2019). How blockchain technologies impacts your business model. Business Horizons 62(3), 295–306. 

Lesson 4: Standards Battles and Design Dominance

Suarez, F. F. (2004). Battles for technological dominance: An integrative framework. Research Policy, 33(2), 271–286.
Chopra, A. (2016, September 20). How dominant design affects the innovator. Ankush Chopra. 
Park, J. (2018, July 6). Using dominant designs to develop innovative products and services [Video]. YouTube.

Lesson 5: Timing of Entry

Adner, R., & Kapoor, R. (2016). Right tech, wrong time: How to make sure your ecosystem is ready for the newest technologies. Harvard Business Review 94(11), 60–67.
Expara. (2019, July 23). I2B first and last mover advantage [Video]. YouTube.
Supplementary readings
Lema, C. (2021, March 13). 3 second-mover advantages: Benefits of late market entry. Chris Lema.

Lesson 6: Defining the Organization's Strategic Direction

Malnight, T. W., Buche, I., & Dhanaraj, C. (2019). Put purpose at the core of your strategy. Harvard Business Review, 97(5), 70–79.
Wald, D., de Laubier, R., & Charanya, T. (2019, May 29). The five rules of digital strategy. BCG.
Supplementary readings
Taylor, N. F. (2016, April 1). SWOT analysis: What it is and when to use it. Business News Daily.
Jackson, T. (2016, June 8). What is a balanced scorecard? (A definition). Clear Point Strategy.
Hamel, G., & Prahalad, C. K. (2005). Strategic intent. Harvard Business Review, 83(7/8), 148-161.
Prahalad, C. K., & Hamel, G. (1990). The core competence of the corporation. Harvard Business Review, 68 (3), 79–91.

Lesson 7: Choosing Innovation Projects

Supplementary readings
Choosing innovation projects [Concept map]. (n.d.) Coggle.
Wessel, M. (2014, November 20). What net present value can't tell you. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2-5.
Gallant, G. (2020, March 14). Disadvantages of net present value (NPV) for investments. Investopedia. 
Pivcevic, A. (2018, September 2). How to build the best-fit conjoint analysis in 7 simple steps. Economalytics.

Lesson 8: Collaboration Strategies

Jacobides, M. G. (2019). In the ecosystem economy, what's your strategy? Harvard Business Review, 97(5), 128–137. 
Birkinshaw. J. (2019, August 8). Ecosystem businesses are changing the rules of strategy. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles. 
Di Fiore, A., Vetter, J., & Capur, D. R. (2017, Winter). Collaborative innovation: How to avoid the four traps. Rotman Management, 40–45.

Lesson 9: Protecting Innovation

Government of Canada. (2016). Protect your invention, Third stage: Define your protection strategy.
Raffoul. N. (2019, August 8). How patents really work in the innovation economy. The Globe and Mail.
Supplementary readings
Ward, S. (2019, March 15). How to patent your invention in Canada. The Balance.
Krajec, R. (2016, June 1). Patent myths: Getting a patent is the beginning, not the end. IP education.
Gurry, F. (2019, October). Intellectual property in a data-driven world [Interview]. WIPO Magazine. 

Lesson 10: Organizing for Innovation

Supplementary readings
Dedahanov, A. T., Rhee, C., & Yoon, C. (2017). Organizational structure and innovation performance: Is employee innovative behavior a missing link? Career Development International, 22(4), 334–350.
Perkin, N. (2019, February 12). The ambidextrous organisation. Agile Business.
Smithson, N. (2019, February 13). Google’s organizational structure & organizational culture (an analysis). Panmore Institute.
Toma, D. (2019, January 14) Three ways to structure innovation. The Corporate Startup.
Spruijt, J. (2019). The ambidextrous organization: 4 paths to a sophisticated innovation strategy. Open Innovation. 

Lesson 11: Managing the New Product Development Process

Yoffie, D. B., Gawer, A., & Cusumano, M. A. (2019, May 29). A study of more than 250 platforms reveals why most fail. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles.
Cooper, R. G. (2019). The drivers of success in new product development. Industrial Marketing Management, 76, 36–47. 
Supplementary readings
Mehta, K. (2019, March 26). Why your innovation initiative will fail. Forbes.  
Morgan, B. (2019, September 9). 10 recent product design failures and what we can learn from them. Forbes.
Lin, R. (2016, August 31). Top 10 main causes of project failure. Project Management.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2019, February 13). An overview of the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) [Video]. YouTube. 

Lesson 12: Managing New Product Development Teams

Christensen, C. M., & Overdorf, M. (2000). Meeting the challenge of disruptive change. Harvard Business Review, 78(2), 66–77. 
Dworkin, D. & Spiegel, M. (2016, August 25). Leadership may not be the problem with your innovation team. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2-7.
Coding Tech. (2018, October 11). Secrets of successful teamwork: Insights from Google [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/hHIikHJV9fI  
Google Partners. (2016, June 22). Google's five keys to a successful team [Video]. YouTube.
Rozovsky, J. (2015, November 17). The five keys to a successful Google team. re:Work.
Supplementary readings
Banholzer, M., Metzeler, F., & Roth, E. (2019, January). Fielding high-performing innovation teams. Mckinsey Insights.

Lesson 13: Crafting a Deployment Strategy

There are no additional readings for this lesson.

Assignment 1

Beard, A. (2019). Life’s work: An interview with Vera Wang. Harvard Business Review, 97(4), 164.
Schilling, M. (2019, March 12). Platform ecosystems [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFSRq-NYTY&feature=youtu.be