Theory of innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy (Solvay Chair of Innovation)

• What makes innovation & entrepreneurship different?

• How to organize innovation effectively ?

• The entrepreunarial logic

• Design thinking

• Lean startup

• Business modeling

At the end of the course, students will be able to :

• Understand why innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable development matter for our society

• Behave like real entrepreneurs

• Formulate fact-based actionable recommendations since the establishment of an offer to the presentation of concrete recommendations

Cours pré-requis

Lectures rely on scientific papers and best practices

Case studies, quantitative analyses, workshop and coaching sessions

More than half the material comes from recent research output (publications).

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

The course contributes to the development of the following skills (Business Engineering)

• Adopt a professional and pragmatic stance to work effectively under pressure.

• Critically analyse situations based on a scientific managerial approach and field research to develop innovative ideas.

• Implement projects by transforming strategic visions into real-life models.

Contacts

bruno.vanpottelsberghe@ulb.be

olivier.witmeur@ulb.be

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Autre

Autre

Written exam and group work (content and presentation)

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

Final exam : 50%

Group work (content and presentation) : 50%

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais