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The programme in Organizational Behaviour / Strategic Management will include seminars on the following topics :

• CSR and Politics
• Corporate Governance
• Entrepreneurship Research
• Organizational Design
• Social Network Analysis
• Economics and Management of Innovation
• Strategic Management
• Advanced Strategic Management

Innovation has become a top priority for companies at the CEO level. Connecting the innovation process with company strategy is crucial as the sustainability of the firm’s competitive advantage increasingly depend on its innovation capabilities.
As a consequence, many scholars in economics and management, and even more many PhD students, are focusing their investigation on the issues that innovation poses to researchers, from the understanding of the impact of innovation on competition and competitive advantage, to the investigation of practices to manage innovation. This requires linking economics of innovation and innovation management. These fields, once developed rather independently, are now converging by focusing on similar problems, sharing models, perspectives and methods.

Hence, this course proposes to help doctoral students make the connection between the two fields. More specifically, it aims at providing to PhD students (at first or second year) an overview of the issues, approaches and methods currently practiced by scholars in the field of economics and management of innovation.

Prof. Roberto Verganti, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Massimo Colombo, Politecnico di Milano

Prof. Massimo G. Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Marco Iansiti, Harvard Business School
Prof. Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School
Prof. Roberto Verganti, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Dirk Czarnitzky, University of Leuven
Prof. Christopher Lettl, Aarhus School of Business
Prof. Reinhilde Veugelers, University of Leuven)

Day 1 – Monday, 16th March 2009
Reinhilde Veugelers, University of Leuven 
Market structure, appropriability regimes and incentives to innovation

Day 2 – Tuesday, 17th March 2009
Dirk Czarnitzky, University of Leuven
Determinants of Innovation and Effects on Firm Performances

Massimo G. Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Alliances, Acquisitions and Open Innovation

Day 3 – Wednesday, 18th March 2009
Massimo G. Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
Alliances, Acquisitions and Open Innovation

Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School 
R&D and Innovation Strategy

Day 4 – Thursday, 19th March 2009
Roberto Verganti, Politecnico di Milano 
Managing Product Innovation
Design driven innovation

Day 5 – Friday, 20th March 2009
Christopher Lettl, Aarhus School of Business 
User centered innovation




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TIME AND LOCATION
The seminar will be held at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
The programme will start on March 16, 2009 and is scheduled to end March 20, 2009

PARTICIPATION FEE
The participation fee is 1500 €. This fee includes participation to the seminar, the documents, lodging and full board.
Doctoral students will be assigned rooms for two.

Should you wish a single room, an extra fee of 50 € per night will be charged to you.

Cancellations made before February 26, 2009 will be reimbursed with 10% deduction of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after this date.

EIASM SCHOLARSHIPS
The Institute offers a limited number of scholarships of 700 € each. Scholarships are strictly limited to students coming from an EIASM Institutional Member (the Academic Council). Allocation of the scholarships is entirely at the discretion of the European Institute.

APPLICATIONS
Interested doctoral students should register online (and add the required documents) no later than January 16, 2009. Besides doctoral students, other researchers may participate. The number of participants will be limited to create a stimulating environment. The selection among the applicants will be conducted by the Institute’s Faculty. They will review the following documents which should necessarily complement each application form:

• the applicant’s curriculum vitae demonstrating his/her capabilities of doing research ;
• a letter of recommendation of his/her local faculty supporting the application ;
• a two-page description of his/her doctoral research, indicating the general objectives.