COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 290I-1*, this course is cross-listed

NOTE: THIS IS THE COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM THE LAST TIME PROF. TEECE TAUGHT THIS CLASS (FALL 05). WE WILL UPDATE THIS AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE A NEW ONE FROM THE INSTRUCTOR.

COURSE TITLE: Managing Innovation and Change

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 Units

INSTRUCTOR: David J. Teece

E-MAIL ADDRESS: teece@haas.berkeley.edu

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MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

PREREQUISITE(S): None

CLASS FORMAT: This course will be a employ a variety of instructional techniques including lectures and case discussions.

REQUIRED READINGS: No textbook. Readings are in the Course Reader

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Midterm and final paper

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
The development, protection, utilization, and transfer of knowledge assets lie at the core of wealth creation in toady's global economy. Many Haas School MBAs choose careers as managers in high-tech companies or as consultants/analysts to growth-oriented companies. This course is designed to help Haas MBAs acquire and practice concepts and skills that are relevant to management in a technologically dynamic environment.

This course draws on a variety of disciplines and attempts to integrate them in the fashion that will generate key insights into how technology can be developed and managed. The course ought to be of assistance to those interested in working for either large of small firms in technologically progressive industries, as well as those wishing to understand how mature industries can create and respond to innovation.

This course will underscore the importance of intangible assets to competitive advantage and understand how firms:

  • Generate technological innovation
  • Access external technological innovation
  • Transfer existing knowledge to other parts of the firm
  • Utilize the tools of intellectual property
  • Develop strategies for commercializing technology
  • Measure the value of knowledge assets

    BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
    David J. Teece is the Mitsubishi Bank Professor at the Haas School of Business and Director of the Institute of Management, Innovation and Organization at U.C. Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and taught in the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, from 1975-182.

    His interests lie in industrial organization, antitrust, and the economics of technological change. Professor Teece has co-authored over 150 publications including "Profiting from Technological Innovation," Research Policy 15:6 (1986), pp, 285-305; Managing Intellectual Capital (Oxford University Press, 2000), and Essays in Technology Management and Policy (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2003). Professor Teece is also Chairman of LECG Corporation, a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ with the ticker symbol XPRT.