Global  Innovation Management and Strategies
                                                             Takabumi  HAYASHI

Class Room: 8304,  Monday(13:10 - 14:40)

■Course Purpose

The objective of this course is to understand innovation management and strategies, which produce the main source of the global competitive advantage.

　

■Course Contents

     
        This class focuses on the impact that the increasing importance of  knowledge work and technological innovation of Information Communication Technology(=ICT) affects the formulation and implementation of corporate strategies. Companies have not only internationalized business processes, but also enhanced research and development (=R&D) capabilities to produce competitive products (and services), in order to cope with turbulent competitive environments on a global scale. In these processes that make life cycles of products and business model shortened, innovative companies have steadily employed cross-disciplinary and cross functional new product development systems.
   New knowledge in these innovation processes seem to be created at the boundaries between disciplines and functions through cross-cultural communication among diverse project members. 

In this process, Cross-trans cultural management leadership at the boundaries appears to be essential so as to inspire culturally diverse members to create knowledge, synthesize their ideas, and transform them into new concepts
   In network oriented industries, in particular, it has become critically more important than ever whether newly developed technological knowledge can successfully obtain a globally standardized position. For this purpose, organizational capabilities to get the most out of "Human Resources" beyond nationalities and cultures are becoming critical.  As a result, cross-border/cross-cultural boundary knowledge management capabilities become all the more critical.

    In the knowledge economy, therefore, the dynamic boundary management capability to create new knowledge and conceptual framework, by leveraging global R&D networks, is becoming a “main source of sustained competitive advantages”. Cross border/cross-cultural boundary knowledge management would emerge as one of 'Critical issues of business management research in the 21st century’.
 

    This class examines innovation management and strategies of  companies. Only companies that enhance innovative capabilities can successfully cope with turbulent competitive environments on a world scale. The Knowledge Management Capability have become the fundamental factor that companies can secure not only technological capabilities, but also  new product and business model concepts.

Key words: Knowledge Creation, Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer, Globalization of R&D, Boundary Management, Cross and Trans-cultural Management.

　

■Course Syllabus

  • Major Topics:

    (1) Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Capitalism
    (2) Technology Transfer and the Geographical Dispersion of  R&D Capabilities
    (3) The Importance of Intellectual Property Rights
    (4) Special lecture by guest speakers
    (5) Globalization and Networking of R&D activities
    (6) Innovation, Knowledge Management and Multicultural Management

　

■Grading System

 Class attendance(20%)
 Reaction papers, Reports(20%)
 Midterm Exam(20%)
 Final exam(40%)

　

■Textbook

Handout material

　

■Readings

J.Tid, J.Bessant, and K.Pavitt(1997), Managing Innovation, NY, Wiley.
R.G.Cooper(2001), Winning at New Products, NY, Basic Books
E.Wenger, R. Mcdermott, and W.M.Snyder(2002), Cultivating Communities of Practice, Boston, HBR.
T.Hayashi(2000), "Technology Transfer in Asia in Transition", in M.Nakamura(ed.), The Japanese Business and Economic System, London, Palgrave, 115-136.
K.G.Rivette & D.Kleine(2000), Discovering New Value in Intellectual Property, HBR.
M.Serapio and T.Hayashi(2004), Internationalization of Research and Development, and the Emergence of  Global R&D Networks, NY, Palgrave.
T.Hayashi and M,.Serapio, Cross Border Linkages in Research and Development, Asian Business and Management, 2006,5(271-298).
Nonaka,I, Toyama,R. and Konno,N., (2002), SECI, Ba and Leadership: a Unified Model of Dynamic Knowledge Creation,
               in Little,S, Quintas,P. and Ray,T.(eds), Managing Knowledge, The Open University, London.41-67.
Pauleen,D.J, Wu Ling-Ling, and Dexter,S(2007), Exploring the Relationship between National and Organizational Culture,
               and Knowledge Management, in Pauleen,D.J(ed), Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Knowledge Management, Libraries United, London, 3-19.

　

”Global Innovation Management and Strategies”
               - Course schedule and topics -

  September

　

  October

  November

　

             Report Submission: Select one of the topics described below. A4, 2 pages, single space.
                        Use: Annual Reports, Economic Journals and News Papers etc. and handed out   
                      Readings, and PPT slide materials.

                                                    Submission date: January 18, 2010. In Class.

                       Attention: Those who did not take the midterm exam need to submit two reports. 
Report 1: Write a case study of a company whose main source of competitive advantages is "innovation".

Report 2:  "Global competitive advantages and the R&D Strategy of Qualcomm Inc".
               Refer to a special lecture given by Mr. Yamada and annual reports of Qualcomm Inc.
                Discuss global competitive advantages and the R&D strategy of Qualcomm Inc.

Report 3: How can we combine and synthesize diverse domain specific knowledge and culture specific knowledge, 
            sharing different contexts, in order to create new knowledge　?", Referring  to some cases such as IDEO or  
              Qualcomm.  "The Deep Dive by ABC News",  which can be seen in  " You Tube". Put ABC Nightline IDEO  
             Shopping Cart.

December :


 Final Exam (Essay Exam.)   
The date: January 18, 2010
(Room: 8201)
The topics described above will be on the test. 
Preparation for the exam: read the handed out materials (Readings & PPT slides)
Examinees are not allowed to bring handed out materials. 
Not an open-book exam.

Send your Questions and Comments, if any. :  to   takabumi@rikkyo.ac.jp