This course prepares you to:
LG1. Turn ideas into innovative products, services or processes;
LG2. Manage the life cycle of innovations and predict innovation diffusion;
LG3. Draft innovation strategies that spur innovation across business processes;
LG4. Design and create innovative products, services or processes.

S1. Introduction and drivers of innovation
S2. The adoption of innovations
S3. The Fuzzy Front-End - Creativity
S4. The Fuzzy Front-End - Idea management
S5. Idea Development
S6. Strategy - Innovation strategy
S7. Execution - Implementing innovation
S8. Technology - Driver of innovation
S9. The technology of the future - use cases for Robotics, AI, IoT, blockchains, and more

Option 1: Assessment throughout the semester
1. Attendance (80% min)
2. Group Project (50%): min 8.5 points.
3. Individual Evaluation (part of the project) (20%): min 8.5 points.
4. Test (30%): min 10 points.

Option 2: Final Exam (For students who have not passed an assessment during the semester):
Students may complete or submit components 2. 3. or 4.
Comp. 2 may be individual at the student's option.
Weighted average must be above 9.5 points

LO1. Identifying and interpreting the source and dynamics of technological innovation with special focus on the Open Innovation Paradigm.
LO2. Analyzing and appraising Open Innovation practices and their impact on technology innovation
LO3. Identifying the market for innovation and its competitive dynamics.
LO4. Analyzing and appraising the competitive mechanism of the technology innovation market
LO5. Defining and discussing methodologies for capturing the value of the innovation through a business model.
LO6. Characterizing and designing business model patterns

S1. What is innovation
S2. The Closed Innovation Paradigm
S3. The Open Innovation Paradigm
S4. Types of Open Innovation Practices
S5. Crowdsourcing
S6. Cases of Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing
S7. The market for Innovation
S8. Standard battles and dominant technologies
S9. Timing and entry
S10. First mover advantage and disadvantages
S11. The market of innovation - Cases
S12. Introduction to innovative business models
S13. Innovative business models
S14. Disruptive innovation business models

1) Assessment throughout the semester
This is done through a final written test and the resolution of case studies, covering the following components:
-Attendance>=80%
-Group work (4 to 6 students) (Min. 8.5 points): 35%
-Individual assessment through a written test (Min. 8.5 points): 65%

2) Final individual written exam for students who failed 1)
Pass: 9.5 points

In the end of this course, the student should:
- Be able to describe the process of preparing a Business Plan from identifying the initial idea to obtaining investment results
- Understand the interrelationships between financing decisions and other aspects of new venture strategy;
- Identify the financing sources available to a new venture and their basic attributes, including venture capital;
- Be able to evaluate an innovative investment project from a business perspective.

1. Financial appraisal of innovative projects
1.1. Business Plan of innovative projects. Structure and main elements.
1.2. Financial evaluation of new venture projects. Evaluation criteria.
1.3. Analysis of uncertainty and risk of investment projects. Sensitivity analysis.
1.4. New venture financing. Financing circuit. Funding sources for innovative projects. Venture capital.

Option 1: Evaluation throughout the semester
1. Groupwork: 40%
2. Individual end-of term test: 60%
Average passing grade is 9.5 points, with at least 8 points (out of 20) for components 1 and 2.
Option 2: Final Exam
Individual end-of-term exam: 100%
A positive evaluation means a grade of 9.5 or above (out of 20).

LO1: Control the materials resources needed by the processes
LO2: Plan the utilization of resources needed by the processes to satisfy customers' needs
LO3: Support the planning and control of operations using as a basis different tools and methods.

S1: Aggregate Planning
S2: Theory of Constraints
S3: Resource Planning: Master Production Schedule e Materials Requirement Planning
S4: Scheduling
S5: Queueing theory

OPTION 1: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
1. Participation in class (Attendance >= 80%): 10%
2. Groupwork and discussion: 40%
3. Individual end-of term test: 50%
Average passing grade is 9.5 points, with at least 7.5 points (out of 20) in each component.

OPTION 2: FINAL EXAM Individual end-of-term exam: 100% A positive evaluation means a grade of 9.5 or above (out of 20).

At the end of the module, it is intended that students should be able to:

LO1: Model the problems under study;

LO2: Integrate other skills;

LO3: Apply the simulation analysis to trace out the implications and consequences of a proposed system or course of action;

LO4: Propose solutions based on the results.

1. Overview
1.1. What is Simulation?
1.2. Why use Simulation?
1.3. Simulation Process
1.4. Concepts in Simulation
1.5. An Example
2. The Role of Statistics in Simulation
2.1. Some Probability Distribution Laws
2.2. Statistical Inference
2.3. Applications of the Central Limit Theorem
3. Introduction to SIMUL8
3.1. Overview
3.2. Basic Concepts
3.3. An Example based on a Generic Simulation Model
3.4. Improving the Graphical Appearance
3.5 Controlling the Simulation Experiment
3.6. Using Excel to Analyse Results
3.7. Variation in Simulation Experiments
4. Further Modelling Techniques
4.1. Priorities
4.2. Interruptions
4.3. Resources and Shifts
4.4. Routing
4.5. Labels
4.6. Visual Logic Programming Language

The evaluation system includes:

- Individual work on Probability and Statistics: 25%

- Up to four students Team Project: 25% Project Report; 50% individual written assessment.

This grading system requires a rate of attendance to classes of at least 80%. Students failing this requirement do not get approval in the unit.

IN THIS UNIT THERE IS NO EXAM.

At the end of the curricular unit, each student should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes (LOs):

LO1. To develop concepts underlying the strategic management process and understand the ways different theoretical perspectives approach this process.
LO2. To understand and apply the concept of dynamic capabilities and its approach to strategy
LO3. To introduce concepts underlying the development of competitive and corporate strategies
LO4. To understand the importance of implementation and control in the process of strategic management
LO5. To develop critical thinking
LO6. To have autonomy to plan their own learning processes in order to deep their knowledge in this area of study.

The programmatic contents (PC) are adapted for students with business administration backgrounds and are as follows:

PC1. Fundamentals of strategy
PC2. The strategic management process: New trends
PC3. Internal analysis of the organization
PC4. External environment analysis
PC5. Business strategies
PC6. Corporate strategies
PC7. Strategy implementation
PC8. Strategic control

Option 1 (Evaluation throughout the semester)

i. Individual written test 50%
ii. Group assignment 40%
iii. Seminar report 10%

To successfully complete the curricular unit, students must obtain a weighted average of 10 points or more, with at least 8 in each assessment component.

Option 2 (Evaluation by exam)
To pass: 10 or more points

By the end of the unit, students should be able to:
LO1: Develop awareness of the characteristics of service and also skills of service thinking;
LO2: Learn about opportunities offered by technology to improve productivity and value creation in service organizations;
LO3: Understand service growth and expansion both domestically and internationally, and to appreciate the entrepreneurial opportunities in service;
LO4: Measure and control service and plan how it should be continuously improved.

S1: Introduction to what is Service and what we mean by service
S2: Back stage vs front stage, the theater metaphor
S3: Design, mapping and analysis
S4: Breaking the trade-off efficiency-service. The Service concept
S5: Service quality, capabilities and capacity management S6: Different logics in Service and smart services
S7: How to measure the scaling and grow of the service process (a continuous process)

OPTION 1: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
1. Class participation, attendance (>=90%) and 4 individual assignments: 20%
2. Short cases and/or articles (2 per group): 25%
3. Final case project (Groupwork): 25%
4. Individual end-of term test: 30% Average passing grade is 9.5 points, with at least 9.5 points (out of 20) for each component.

OPTION 2: FINAL EXAM Individual end-of-term exam: 100% A positive evaluation means a grade of 9.5 or above (out of 20).

Students should be able to:
LO1: Understand the fundamentals of both Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) and understand the main challenges of actual supply chains.
LO2: Review situations, apply relevant logistics models and methods, and compare solutions concerning: a. independent demand inventory management systems b. selective and repetitive cycles and value creation c. procurement and outsourcing strategies d. transportation, warehousing and information systems applied in Supply Chains
LO3: Apply theory to lab situations.

S1: Logistics & Supply Chain Management
S2: Selective and Repetitive Cycles; Value
S3: Supply Chain Strategies
S4: Bullwhip Effect
S5: Speed Challenge
S6: Supply Chain Simulator

OPTION 1: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
1. Attendance >= 80%
2. Groupwork and discussion: 50% (10% Speed Challenge; 10% Participation; 30% final case)
3. Individual end-of term test: 50%
Average passing grade is 9.5 points, with at least 7 points (out of 20) in each component.

OPTION 2: FINAL EXAM Individual end-of-term exam: 100% A positive evaluation means a grade of 9.5 or above (out of 20).

LG1. Define a research problem and research problem and research objectives and select appropriate research methods
LG2. Formulate research hypothesis and select and relevant research variables aimed at hypothesis testing
LG3. Conduct literature searches in order to maximize relevance and reliability
LG4. Write a research project using a scientific style

PC1. Introduction: diferences between scientific and common sense knowledge
PC2. Major research processes
Research phases
Literature review
Problem formulation
Defining research objectives
Conceptualizing variables and their relations
PC3. Data gathering
Data gathering techniques
Secondary information analysis
Doing research in organizational settings
PC4. Report organization and writing

- Class Participation: 20%
- Project: 80%

The minimum passing grade is 10.

1. Define a scientific problem and its relevance.
2. Define research goals and possible hypotheses;
3. Produce a literature review supporting the dissertation main problem
4. Apply the methodologies more suitable to data collection and analysis;
5. Critical reflexion sustained on theoretical frameworks and empirical results.

1. Writing the introduction and abstract
2. Definition of a research problem
3. Definition of research goals
4. Literature review
5. Defining hypothesis
6. Data collection methods
7. Data analysis methods
8. Writing conclusions and defining new research paths

- Written report
- Oral presentation with the synthesis of the thesis followed by a public defence with a jury.

1. Diagnose a organizational environment and internal problem that needs a management intervention.
2. Produce a literature review supporting an applied project;
3. Define the project phases
4. Define the ways of supporting the implementation of the project and its evaluation.

1. Brief organisational diagnosis
2. Diagnosis of organizational environment and of a specific organizational problem
3. Applied literature review
4. Project cost / benefit analysis to organisations
5. Definition of a intervention project or synthesis of a case and possible solutions
6. Evaluation of impacts and possibilities of control of results

- Written report
- Oral presentation with the synthesis of the project followed by a public defence with a jury.