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Innovation: Generating new business ideas QAA 1 Clearwater case

Objective:

  • Understand the role of innovation and the processes for generating innovative business ideas.
  • Identify and understand models used to map innovation
  • Understand the how businesses manage innovation and the key roles of individuals involved in innovation.

Overview:

  • What Is Innovation?
    • The successful exploitation of new ideas to realize opportunities
    • Schumpeter’s (1934) Five Types of Innovation
    • New products or services
    • New methods of production
    • Developing new markets
    • Identifying new sources of supply

Activity:

1. The session starts with slides which instruct the learner on the learning outcomes of the session and the core knowledge required a

  • Slides 2 - Learning Objectives
  • Slides 3 - What Is Innovation?

2. Class/group Discussion on the importance of innovation

  • Slide 4 - Discussion Questions

3. 4ps of Innovation SpaceSlide 6-7

4. Introduction to case study: Clearview

  • Slide 8-10

5. Play the case study video

  • Slide 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5VxGb6x94

6. Class/group Discussion on the Video

  • Slide 12

7. References

  • Slide 13

Session Material:

Play Video

References:

  • Francis, D. & Bessant, J. (2005) Targeting Innovation and implications for capability development, Technovation, 25 (3), 171-183.
  • Schumpeter, J.A., 1934. The theory of economic development. Cambridge. MA: Harvard.
  • Hagedoorn, J., 1996. Innovation and entrepreneurship: Schumpeter revisited. Industrial and Corporate Change, 5(3), pp.883-896.

Author / Attribution

This guide was produced by Dr David Bozward (University of Worcester (Entrepreneurship: Senior Lecturer)).