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TEK306 TEK306 Management of open innovation and network-based markets lp4 VT21 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Technology Management and Economics

Formal Information

Course code & Title	TEK306 Management of Open Innovation and Network-Based Markets
Main field of studies	Entrepreneurship and Business Design
Examiner	Mats Lundqvist
Course Manager	Bowman Heiden (bo.heiden@chalmers.se)
Course Admin	Jenny Taghvai (jenny.taghvai@chalmers.se)

Course purpose

The purpose of the course is to give the student the skills and tools necessary to create and manage strategies for open innovation and network-based markets from both a technology development and commercialization perspective.

 

Schedule

TimeEdit

Date	Time	Topic	Room	Lecturer	Preparation*
22/03	10-12	Introduction to Open Innovation and Network-Based Markets	Zoom	BH	1, 11(1)
24/03	10-17	Seminar 1: Designing Openness	Zoom	BH	9
29/03	08-10	Open Innovation Contracts	Zoom	UP	4(1-3), 5
	10-12	IP, Licensing, and Competition Law	Zoom	CH	4(5)
31/03	10-17	Seminar 2: Open Source Strategy	Zoom	JA/BH	12, 13
	17:00	Assignment 1: Hand-out	Canvas
12/04	08-10	IP Transactions as the Basis for Industry Collaboration	Zoom	OB	3
	10-12	Standards and Standardization Strategies	Zoom	BH	7
14/04	10-17	Seminar 3: Open Standardization	Zoom	BH	8
16/04	12:00	Assignment 1: Hand-in	Canvas
19/04	10-12	Assignment 1: Open Source Presentations/Feedback	Zoom	JA/BH
21/04	10-17	Seminar 4: Digital Platforms and Network-Based Markets	Zoom	KSR/BH	11 (2-11)
	17:00	Assignment 2: Hand-out	Canvas
26/04	10-12	Digital Platforms/GDPR: Privacy & Ethics	Zoom	JE	17
28/04	13-17	Seminar 5: R&D Collaborations in Pharma	Zoom	GJ	2
03/05	10:30-12	Big Tech and the Digital Economy	Zoom	NP	14 (Intro, 1)
05/05	13-17	Seminar 5: Blockchain-Based Business Models	Zoom	JL/AT	6
10/05	11-12	AI-driven Invention	Zoom	JN
12/05	10-12	Blockchain: From Innovation to Institution	Zoom	TS	15,16
	13-15	Seminar 7: IoT - Strategy Transformation in Digital Markets	Zoom	EJ/ et al.	18
17/05	08-12	Reading/Groupwork
19/05	13-16	Artificial Intelligence	Zoom	BH	tbd
21/05	12:00	Assignment 2: Hand-in	Canvas
24/05	08-12	Assignment 2: Presentation/Feedback Session	Zoom	KSR/BH
24/05	12:00	Assignment 3: Hand-out	Canvas
04/06	12:00	Assignment 3: Hand-in	Canvas

Course literature

1. Chesbrough, H. (2007), “Why Companies Should Have Open Business Models”, MITSloan Management Review
2. Hedner, Thomas and Thornblad, Tobias (2012) ”Open Bioscience – Intellectual Property as a tool to enable different degrees of ‘openness’ on collaborative platforms in Life Science”
3. Heiden, B. and Peters, R. (2020). IP and Open Innovation – Managing Technology Push and Pull. Les Nouvelles, June vol., LESI.
4. WIPO (2015), Successful Technology Licensing.
5. Petrusson U., Tornblad T., and Rosén H, (2010), Open Intellectual Property Platforms, Review of Market Integration, August/December 2010 2: 333-392 
6. Catalini, C., & Gans, J. S. (2016). Some simple economics of the blockchain (No. w22952). National Bureau of Economic Research.
7. Shapiro, Carl and Varian, Hal (1999), ”The Art of Standard Wars”, California Management Review, Winter99, Vol. 41 Issue 2, pp. 8-32
8. Shapiro, Carl (2000) “Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools and Standard-Settings”, in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 1 eds. Jaffe, Adam; Lerner, Josh; and Stern, Scott, Ch. 4, pp. 119–150, MIT Press
9. Särefjord, Daniel (2006), ”Open Platform Design”, CIP
10. Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) - https://www.imi.europa.eu. 
11. Parker, Geoffrey et al. (2016), Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--And How to Make Them Work for You, W. W. Norton & Company.
12. Mozilla (2018), “Open Source Archetypes: A Framework for Purposeful Open Source”
13. Lerner, J., & Tirole, J. (2002). Some simple economics of open source. The journal of industrial economics,50(2), 197-234.
14. Petit, N. (2020). Big Tech and the Digital Economy: The Moligopoly Scenario. Oxford Press. (included with free sample on Kindle books)
15. Kevin Werbach ((MIT, 2018), The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust, Chapter 5 — Unpacking Blockchain Trust - https://bit.ly/39dlkeF. 
16. Thibault Schrepel & Vitalik Buterin (2020), Blockchain Code as Antitrust, Berkeley Technology Law Journal - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3597399.
17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation
18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things 

Course design

The course highlights practical open innovation strategies in various industries and perspectives, including public value creation and private commercial development. The students are required to understand and balance the interests of multiple stakeholders in collaborative development and knowledge exchange. The course will focus on network-based markets and industries, including ICT and biotechnology as well as industry-university collaboration. The course will include lectures, seminars and group assignments linked to real open innovation challenges developed in collaboration with industry partners, and a final individual assignment broadly covering the course content.

 

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

1.  Identify and demonstrate knowledge in the key components of open platforms for collaborative knowledge development (e.g. open source, patent pools, standards organizations, R&D consortia, university innovation systems)
2. Identify and demonstrate knowledge in the parameters of openness of collaborative technology development
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the role of patents and other IPRs in open innovation in order to facilitate sustainable development
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the construction of digital platforms and network-based markets (e.g. firms such as Uber, Airbnb, Spotify, etc.)
5. Demonstrate skills in assessing the level of openness in structured collaborative development
6. Demonstrate skills in creating commercial value through open business models (e.g. licensing, open source, etc.)
7. Demonstrate skills to design intellectual asset contributions and outcomes of collaborative development (background/foreground knowledge)
8. Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve regulatory challenges in relation to open innovation, including basic antitrust issues
9. Utilize open innovation strategies such as open source, collaborative R&D, standardization, etc. in designing knowledge-based business

 

Examination form

There is no formal written exam in this course, but instead a final individual assignment covering the course material in essay form. The students are graded on their performance in seminars and assignments individually and in groups, in the form of written hand-ins and oral presentations.

 

Examination Activity	Grade	Group/Individual
Seminar 1: Designing Openness	P/F	Individual
Seminar 2: Open Source Strategy	P/F	Individual
Seminar 3: Open Standardization	P/F	Individual
Seminar 4: Digital Platforms	P/F	Individual
Seminar 5: R&D collaborations in Pharma	P/F	Individual
Seminar 6: Blockchain-based Business Models	P/F	Individual
Seminar 7: IoT - Strategy Transformation in Digital Markets	P/F	Individual
Assignment 1: Open Source	1-20	Group
Assignment 2: Digital Platforms	1-20	Group
Assignment 3: Take Home Assignment	1-60	Individual

Participation in seminars is mandatory.

The students are examined by individual and group assignments in written and oral form through presentations and written reports.

A student has the right to request a change of examiner if failed twice on the same exam, if this is practically possible. Such a request should be put forward in writing and addressed to the department.

Seminars
The seminars are given by individuals from Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg, and guest lecturers with theoretical knowledge and practical experience within open innovation, network markets, and digital platforms. 

Attendance at the seminars is mandatory, as most of the seminars will cover material that is not found in the course literature and will be needed to accomplish the assignments. Active participation by the students is critical to the learning experience.
 
Group Assignments
The group assignments will be done in interdisciplinary teams and in collaboration with industry partners as follows:

1. Open source assignment in collaboration with Ericsson. Hand-in and presentation in PPT format (10 slides max).
2. Digital platform assignment. Hand-in and presentation in PPT format (10 slides max).
    
   Individual Assignment
   The individual assignment will consist of several essay questions based on the literature and the seminars. The students will have approximately one week to complete the assignment.
    
   Grades 
   The grading scale for the course is as follows:
   0-39%% = U/F 
   40-59%% = 3 
   60-79%=4 
   80%> = 5 

To receive a grade, the student must pass all the examination parts of the course.

 

Course evaluation

The course will be evaluated upon completion. The results of the evaluation will be communicated to the students and will function as a guide for the development of the course.

The student representatives for the course are below - please convey your comments to them to be included in the formal course evaluation meetings:

• Lukas Holster (lukas@holsterkrantz.se)
• Ching-Kuan Lin (jeanandsunny228@gmail.com)  
• Jennie Ljunggren (jenlju@student.chalmers.se)
• Erik Malmberg (gusmalerd@student.gu.se)
• Frida Sundqvist (fridaemsundqvist@gmail.com)

 

Contact

Please post all the course-related questions on the course’s page on Canvas or contact Bowman Heiden at (bo.heiden@chalmers.se).