Managing innovation in organizations
Module tutor: Jarle Moss Hildrum
The aim of this module is to introduce the students to different ways in which private and
public organizations manage or otherwise tackle the practice of innovation. During the
lectures the students will be introduced to theoretical topics such as organizational learning,
innovation process management and the coordination of inter-firm innovation collaborations.
We will explore how organizations can use concepts from advertising and design to facilitate
internal innovation processes. We will also investigate how innovation can be understood and
measured in public sector organizations. In addition, we will examine how resources outside
the boundaries of organizations – such as open source communities and public R&D – can
affect innovation processes inside organizations.
The module has a strong practical orientation: We will visit three of the largest innovationactive firms in Norway - Telenor, Statkraft and DNV - and discuss how the practice of
innovation is handled there. The students will be asked to relate what they have learnt at the
TIK course so far directly to some of the innovation challenges that the companies are
currently experiencing. Finally, the module incorporates two methodological lectures aimed at
giving the students a flying start in planning and carrying out empirical research for their
master theses. These methodological lectures will serve as a preparation for the TIK 4040
methodology course in 2012.
Week 44
Monday
31.October
Tuesday 1.
November
09151100
Introduction to the
module.
Student presentation
techniques
Jarle
Hildrum,TIK
Heidi Berg,
Norfund
13151500
Knowledge management
and strategy.
09151100
Organizational learning in Tian Sørhaug,
theory and practice
TIK
Tidd et al. (2005)
chapter 11, Hansen
et al. (1999), Haas
and Hansen (2007),
Von Hippel (2006)
chapter 7.
March (1991),
Nonaka (1991)
13151400
Innovation and value
creation in a large
Telecom operator:
Preparations for the
Telenor visit
Fjeldstad et al.
(2004)
OECD (2010)
Information about
Telenor (Fronter)
Wednesday 2.
November
Thursday 3.
November
Friday 4.
November
09151100
Management of open
innovation
Martin Wallin,
ETH Zurich
13151500
Open innovation
workshop
Martin Wallin
ETH, Zurich
Chesbrough 2003,
Tidd et al. (2005,
Chapter 6),
Dahlander and
Wallin 2006),
Dahlander and Gann
(2010)
Reading day
12451600
Company visit: Telenor,
Fornebu
Jarle Moss
Hildrum, TIK
Monday 07.
November
09151100
Innovation processes Jarle Moss Hildrum,
and innovation
TIK
strategy
Tuesday 08.
November
09151100
Methods:
Quantitative
methods in ESST &
TIK master theses
Telenor EXPO,
Telenorsenteret,
Snarøyveien 30.
1331 Fornebu.
Information about
transportation
available on Fronter.
Week 45
Wednesday 09.
November
Thursday 10.
0915November
1000
Friday 11.
November
Tidd et al. (2005)
chapter 2 and 3,
Hansen and
Birkinshaw (2007)
Jarle Moss Hildrum,
TIK
Reading day
Innovation strategy
in a large power
utility company.
Preparations for
Statkraft visit
0945- Company visit:
1300 Statkraft Innovasjon,
Lilleaker
Jarle Moss Hildrum,
TIK
Jarle Moss Hildrum,
TIK
Tidd et al. (2005)
ch 2, pp. 65-85
(again)
Zahra and George
(2002)
Information about
Statkraft. (available
on Fronter).
Lilleakerveien 6
0283 Oslo
Transport details
available on Fronter
Week 46
Monday
14.
November
09151100
Tuesday
15.
November
09151100
13151500
Wednesday 091516.
1100
November
Thursday
17.
November
09151130
Innovation in global
service
organizations.
Preparation for DNV
visit
Using concepts from
advertising to
promote innovation
Jarle Moss Hildrum,
TIK
Information about
DNV available on
Fronter
Morten Kristiansen
Senior advisor
Dinamo Design
Tidd et al. (2005)
Chapter 7, Ensor et
al. (2001)
Workshop on
Morten Kristiansen
branding and
innovation
Methods: How to
Jarle Moss Hildrum,
find a research
TIK
question, build a
model and get a
flying start with your
thesis work
Innovation in public
organizations –
theories and
measurement
Markus Bugge,
NIFU
Riche Vestby, KS
Innovasjon og
Utvikling
Lave and March
(1993), ch 1, pp. 249)
Copies available in
the ESST reading
room
Rolfstam et al. 2011
St.meld. nr. 7 (20082009) Ch.8: pp. 123140
Windrum (2000)
copies available in
the ESST reading
room
Friday 18.
November
Literature
0845 1500
Company visit – Det
Norske Veritas,
Høvikodden
Jarle Moss Hildrum,
TIK
Veritas-senteret
(Hovedkontor),
Veritasveien 1 1322
Høvik. Transport
details available on
Fronter
Books to be purchased by the students
Tidd, J., Bessant, J and K. Pavitt (2005) Managing innovation. Integrating technological,
market and organizational change. John Wiley, Chichester England.
Free electronic books
Von Hippel, E. (2006) Democratizing Innovation. The MIT Press, Cambridge MA.
This book can be printed out for free at http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm
Journal articles available in the compendium
Chesbrough, H.W. (2003) The Era of Open Innovation, MIT Sloan management Review,
Spring 2003
Dahlander, L. and M. W. Wallin (2006) A man on the inside: Unlocking communities as
complementary assets. Research Policy 35: 1243–1259
Hansen, M. T., Nohria, N. and T. Tierney (1999) What’s your strategy for managing
knowledge. Harvard Business Review, March-April (1999).
Jeppesen, L. B. & Molin, M. (2003). Consumers as Co-developers: Learning and Innovation
Outside the Firm. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 15(3), 363 – 383.
Lam, A. (2005) Organizational Innovation. In J. Fagerberg, R. R. Nelson and D. C. Mowery
The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 119-141.
March, J. G. (1991) Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. Organization
Science 2(1): 71-87.
Swan, J., S. Newell, H. Scarbrough and D. Hislop (1999) Knowledge management and
innovation: networks and networking. Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 3 .
Number 4 . 1999 . pp. 262-275.
Teece, D. J., Pisano, G., & Shuen, A. (1997). Dynamic capabilities and strategic management.
Strategic Management Journal, 18(7), 509-533.
Journal articles and reports available as PDFs in Fronter
Nonaka, I. (1991) The Knowledge-creating Company. Harvard Business Review, NovemberDecember, pp. 96-104.
Hansen M. T. and J. Birkinshaw (2007) ’The Innovation Value Chain.’ Harvard Business
Review, April 2007 (reprint R0706)
Haas, M. and M. T. Hansen (2007) Different knowledge, different benefits: toward a
productivity perspective on knowledge sharing in organizations. Strategic Management
Journal 28(11), pp. 1133-1153.
Dahlander, L. and D. M. Gann ( 2010) How open is innovation? Research Policy 39: 699-709.
Ensor, J., Cottam, A. and C. Band (2001) Fostering knowledge management through the
creative work environment: a portable model from the advertising industry. Journal of
Information Science 27(3): 147-155.
Fjeldstad, Ø. (2004) Strategic action in network industries. Scandinavian Journal of
Management 20 (1-2): 173-196.
Zahra, S. and G. George (2002) Absorptive Capacity: A Review, Reconceptualization, and
Extension. Academy of Management Journal 27(2): 185-203
OECD (2010) The economic and social role of digital intermediaries. Report, OECD Paris.
Book chapter copies available in ESST / TIK reading room
March, J. G. and C. A. Lave (1993) An introduction to models in the social sciences.
University Press of America. Lanham, Maryland, US.