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363-0389-00L 3 Credits BSC , DR , MSC D-CHAB , D-MTEC , D-ARCH , D-MAVT , D-ITET
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Technology and Innovation Management

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Stefano Brusoni, Dr. Axel Zeijen
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:49:08

Abstract

This course focuses on the analysis of innovation as a pervasive process that cut across organizational and functional boundaries. It looks at the sources of innovation, at the tools and techniques that organizations deploy to routinely innovate, and the strategic implications of technical change.

Objective

This course intends to enable all students to: - understand the core concepts necessary to analyze how innovation happens - master the most common methods and tools organizations deploy to innovate - develop the ability to critically evaluate the innovation process, and act upon the main obstacles to innovation

Content

This course looks at technology and innovation management as a process. Continuously, organizations are faced with a fundamental decision: they have to allocate resources between well-known tasks that reliably generate positive results; or explore new ways of doing things, new technologies, products and services. The latter is a high risk choice. Its rewards can be high, but the chances of success are small. How do firms organize to take these decisions? What kind of management skills are necessary to take them? What kind of tools and methods are deployed to sustain managerial decision-making in highly volatile environments? These are the central questions on which this course focuses, relying on a combination of lectures, case-based discussion, guest speakers, simulations and group work.

Resources

Lecture Notes

Slides will be available on the Moodle page

Literature

Readings will be available on the Moodle page

Learning Materials (Links)

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC , DR , MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
end-of-semester examination
Mode
written 60 minutes
Aids
Open book
Digital
The exam takes place on devices provided by ETH Zurich.
There will be an optional interim examination during the lecture in the middle of the semester. The goal is to assess the students’ understanding of the concepts and readings covered during the first half of the course. It contributes 30% to the final grade, but only if it helps improve the final grade.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Technology and Innovation Management
The lecture takes place in classroom, online via zoom and recorded.
  • Mon 14:15-16:00 (NO C 60)
  • 27.09 Date 14:15-16:00 (HG D 1.2)
2 h weekly

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