Course detail

Welcome to Management of Technology and Innovation (2026)

Description: Global, radical, open, hi-tech and business models are just a few of the buzzwords used in discussions on innovation for future growth. However, what is innovation? What is technology? How can we organize for and manage innovation successfully? And how can we get beyond “traditional” approaches towards technology and innovation management? These and related questions are at the core of this course.

The course will offer conceptual insights into the discipline of innovation management, practical insights on how to do innovation management, and opportunities to reflect on how this applies to your practice.

The topics are:

• Introduction to technology and innovation management
  • Definitions, history, ‘schools’, areas
  • Types of innovation
  • The organization and management of innovation processes
  • Innovation roles
  • Team and organizational structures

• Multigenerational product development models
  • Process models over time and purposes
  • Insights from practice  

• Formation, Development, and Growth of Technology-based New Enterprises
  • IPR, Patents and/or Venture Creation
  • From concepts to practice  
    
    
• Open innovation
  • What is open innovation?
  • Why opening up the innovation process?
  • Benefits/risks of open innovation
  • Organizing for open innovation
    
    
• Business model innovation
  • What is a business model and what does it mean to innovate the business model?
  • Business model innovation process typology
  • Business model innovation in practice
  • The Kodak case - Workshop

Organizer: Associate Professor Astrid Heidemann Lassen (ahl@mp.aau.dk)

Lecturers: Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Yariv Taran

ECTS: 3.0

Dates: 19., 20. & 21. October 2026

Zip code: 9220

Number of seats: 30

Open for enrolment: 19. June 2026

Deadline for enrolment: 28. September 2026

Important information concerning PhD courses: There is a no-show fee of DKK 3,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start of the course.

For external PhD students: This course is a general course and is prioritized for PhD Students enrolled at Aalborg University. If there are available seats, PhD students from other universities will be accepted. You will be notified shortly after the deadline if you have been accepted.

To attend courses at the Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology you must be enrolled as a PhD student.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

You may find more information in our FAQ: https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/local/page/faq 

For inquiries not described in the FAQ, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk. When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.