INNOVATION APPROACHES AND TOOLS

Post an annotated bibliography of at least SIX additional resources related to the research topic.

• Incorporation and analysis of the Learning Resources from this 2-week unit, including identification of any apparent gaps in the literature
• An original research topic related to the week’s literature (the proposed research topic can be related to the general topic for the week or to gaps in the literature for the week, or it can be related to a specific reading for the week)
• Background information on the research topic, including identification of principal schools of thought, tendencies in the academic literature, or commonalities that define the academic scholarship regarding your topic
• Evaluation of the main concepts with a focus on their application to business/management practice and their impact on positive social change

  LEARNING RESOURCES

  Recommended ReadingsImportant Note: Some of the readings found in this course are more than 5 years old. Although we strive to use current references whenever possible, many of the seminal articles/resources found in this course are from the theorists who created the original theory/theories.Note: To access this week's required Harvard Business Review resources, select the article link below or go back to the Harvard Business Articles Module from the Modules page.
  • Agnihotri, A. (2016). Extending boundaries of Blue Ocean StrategyLinks to an external site.. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 24(6), 519–528. doi:10.1080/0965254X.2015.1069882
  • Bettencourt, L. A., & Ulwick, A. W. (2008). The customer-centered innovation map. Harvard Business Review, 86(5), 109–114.
  • Chien, C., Kerh, R., Lin, K., & Yu, A. P. (2016). Data-driven innovation to capture user- experience product design: An empirical study for notebook visual aesthetics design.Links to an external site. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 99, 162–173. doi:10.1016/j.cie.2016.07.006
  • Christensen, C. M., Hall, T., Dillon, K., & Duncan, D. S. (2016). Know your customers' "jobs to be done". Harvard Business Review, 94(9), 54–62.
  • Dahlander, L., & Piezunka, H. (2017, February 21). Why some crowdsourcing efforts work and others don't. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–4.
  • Di Fiore, A., Vetter, J., & Capur, D. R. (2017, Winter). Collaborative innovation: How to avoid the four traps. Rotman Management, 40–45.
  • Fixson, S., & Marion, T. (2016, December 15). A case study of crowdsourcing gone wrong. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–5.
  • Greco, M., Grimaldi, M., & Cricelli, L. (2016).An analysis of the open innovation effect on firm performanceLinks to an external site.. European Management Journal, 34(5), 501–516. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2016.02.008
  • Kirsner, S. (2016, August 16). The barriers big companies face when they try to act like lean startups. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–6.
  • Lages, L. F. (2016). VCW—Value Creation Wheel: Innovation, technology, business, and societyLinks to an external site.. Journal of Business Research, 69(11), 4849–4855. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.042
  • Meyer, M. H., Crane, F. G., & Lee, C. (2016). Connecting ethnography to the business of innovationLinks to an external site.. Business Horizons, 59(6), 699–711. doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2016.07.001
  • Palacios, M., Martinez-Corral, A., Nisar, A., & Grijalvo, M. (2016). Crowdsourcing and organizational forms: Emerging trends and research implications. Links to an external site.Journal of Business Research, 69(5), 1834–1839. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.065
  • Rock, D., & Davis, J. (2016, October 12). 4 steps to having more "Aha" moments. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–5.
  • Rosenbaum, M. S., Otalora, M. L., & Ramirez, G. C. (2017). How to create a realistic customer journey mapLinks to an external site.. Business Horizons, 60(1), 143–150. doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2016.09.010

• Optional Resources

  • Gamble, J. R., Brennan, M., & McAdam, R. (2016). A contemporary and systematic literature review of user-centric innovation: a consumer perspective. International Journal of Innovation Management, 20(01), 1–45. doi:10.1142/S1363919616500110
  • Szymańska, K. (2016). Organisational culture as a part in the development of open innovation - the perspective of small and medium-sized enterprises. Management, 20(1), 142–154. doi:10.1515/manment-2015-0030