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New Technologies New Firms New Challenges

New Technologies New Firms New Challenges. SBEM, SS 200 8 Jan Wyrwiński jwyrwinski@gmail.com www.wyrwinski.pl +48 501 122 470. Organizational issues. Instructor: Jan Wyrwiński jwyrwinski@gmail.com +48 501 122 470 www.wyrwinski.pl. Time and place: Friday s, 7 : 30 – 9 : 00

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New Technologies New Firms New Challenges

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  1. New Technologies New Firms New Challenges SBEM, SS 2008 Jan Wyrwiński jwyrwinski@gmail.com www.wyrwinski.pl +48 501 122 470

  2. Organizational issues Instructor: Jan Wyrwiński jwyrwinski@gmail.com +48 501 122 470 www.wyrwinski.pl Time and place: Fridays, 7:30 – 9:00 classroom 204 WZIE Office hours: 30 minutes before class - classroom 204 WZIE (please make prior arrangements)

  3. Organizational issues 2 Course readings: will be assigned on a week to week basis Lecture notes (PowerPoint): will be available within a week from each class Assignments and grading: PowerPoint presentations in groups of 2 or 3.One presentation each week starting from week 4 or 5. The presentation will last 15 minutes and will be graded jointly by the instructor and the rest of class. Topics will be discussed next week. Final exam (week 14-15) will consist of 2-3 questions. You will answer these questions in writing (mini-essay) in class, ca. 150-250 words each. Your knowledge, critical thinking and logic of argument is going to be assessed.

  4. Syllabus 1. Introduction / organizational issues Part I – from University to Industry 2. Knowledge-based Economy / presentation topics 3. Academic Entrepreneurship – different forms of activity. Entrepreneurial University. 4. University Inventions, Technology Transfer, Applied research, Patenting – what is it good for? 5. Licensing vs. University Spin-offs – different perspectives of technology transfer. 6. Financing innovation and spin-offs - Seed capital, Venture capital, Business angels

  5. Syllabus Part II – from Industry to University 7. New Technology-Based Firms (NTBF’s) – Introduction and Strategy 8. NTBF’s – innovating from the inside and with the outside 9. Human Resources issues in NTBF’s 10. Product development, cooperation with universities and financing issues 11. Clusters and Networking of technology-based firms Part III – from global perspective to local perspective 12. Global issues for NTBF’s (i.e. spin-offs) and how it affects universities and students 13. Central European perspective – comparison of innovativeness to the EU-15 and the US 14. Northern Pomerania – support structures, examples of NTBF’s and university-industry links, prospects 15. Final exam

  6. Bibliography • Acs Z., FitzRoy F., Smith I., High Technology Employment and Knowledge Spillovers [in:] Acs A., de Groot H., Nijkamp P., eds. The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy, Berlin 2002. • Degroof J., Roberts E., Overcoming Weak Entrepreneurial Infrastructures for Academic Spin-Off Ventures [in:] Journal of Technology Transfer, 2004, Vol. 29. • During W., Oakley R., Kauser S., eds. New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millenium – Volume III. Elsevier, 2004. • Laukkanen M., Exploring academic entrepreneurship: drivers and tensions of university-based business [in:] Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2003. • Lockett A., Wright M., Franklin S., Technology transfer and universities' spin-out strategies [in:] Small Business Economics, Dordrecht, 03/2003, Vol. 20, Iss. 2. • Pirnay F., Surlemont B., Nlemvo F., Toward a Typology of University Spin-offs [in:] Small Business Economics, 2003, Vol. 2. • Roberts E., Entrepreneurs in High Technology – Lessons from MIT and Beyond. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. • Roberts E., ed. Innovation – Driving Product, Process and Market Change. Joessey-Bass, 2002. • Shane S., Academic Entrepreneurship - University Spinoffs and Wealth Creation. E. Elgar, 2004.

  7. Bibliography • MIT, Stanford and Wharton case studies • Regionalna Strategia Innowacji dla Województwa Pomorskiego (RIS-P) - http://www.woj-pomorskie.pl/Pages/Lang/pl/Article/wazne,strategia_zal.html • http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/ • http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/ • http://www.strategializbonska.pl/ • http://ocw.mit.edu • http://www.madeinpomorskie.pl • …

  8. Introduction Forms of lecture: presentations, discussions, case studies, guest speakers. Let’s get to know each other – what are your thoughts and expectations? What is this course going to be about?

  9. Breakthrough innovation 2007 Harry Potter marketing Old algorythms Continuous partial attention Act globally, think locally And so on…

  10. Breakthrough innovation 2008 P2P Economy A Doctor’s Rx for CEO Decision Makers The Board Meeting of the Future Making Alternate Reality the New Business Reality The Gamer Disposition My BlackBerry Ate My Accountability Islamic Finance: The New Global Player

  11. Conclusion That is all for today. Questions? See you next week!

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