OFIN 33A55 - Innovation Management
OFIN 33A55 · Spring semester 2025-2026
- Language of tuition
- English
- Course type
- Cours séminaire
- Number of hours
- 12
- Credits
- 2
Information
Description
From ideation to commercialization, how do brands invent, create and market new and
successful products and services?
Inventing and launching new products is one of the most challenging parts of innovation.
When only 3% of new product launches are true successes, is there a golden road to success?
This course will look at the innovation management processes, techniques and best practices
in both the corporate and start-up worlds - covering many successes and failures as examples,
trying to draw insightful conclusions with contributions from experts.
You will discover and be inspired by new technologies or successful business models based
on innovative initiatives and learn how to process innovation in a fruitful way.
Prerequisites
Fluency in English - in persons sessions - active participation
Teaching format
This Innovation Management masterclass consists of 6 two-hour in-person sessions,
structured around a clear thematic progression.
Each session systematically combines theoretical input, practical implementation through real world cases and educational games, analysis of current innovations, and interventions from
professionals (founders, investors, corporate executives).
Students primarily work in groups and actively participate in discussions.
Additional resources (articles, reference books) are provided to deepen understanding of each
theme.
An optional visit to a company's laboratory or innovation showroom is organized outside of
class hours
Assessment
30% duo grade for a written work
40% group grade for the business case
30% individual grade for class participation
Workload
6 sessions, 12 hours, 2 ECTS
Readings
Main readings 3
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A Technique for Producing Ideas, by James Webb Young
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Competing against luck, the story of innovation and customer choice by Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon and David S. Duncan
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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
Further readings 5
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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to create uncontensted marketspace and make competition irrelevant by Kim, Mauborgne
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On Innovation, HBR’s 10 must-reads
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Trend-Driven innovation, by Mason, Mattin, Luthy and Dumitrescu
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Winning at new products, by Cooper
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel
Teaching units
| Unit no. | Unit type | Teaching units | Teachers | Number of hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59003 | Cours séminaire | Innovation Management | Philippe GOLDMAN | 12 | 2 |
Teachers
- Philippe GOLDMAN
In the curricula
- 2025-2026 | Master Finance and Strategy (English Track) - Semester 2ÉCOLE DU MANAGEMENT ET DE L'IMPACT (EMI)
- 2025-2026 | Master Finance et Stratégie (French Track) - Semestre 2ÉCOLE DU MANAGEMENT ET DE L'IMPACT (EMI)
Contacts and resources
- Contact
- CHABANE Lilia