Technology Strategy and Innovation

Harvard Business School Publishing Back Bay Battery simulation. In this component

The materials for this course are all available digitally through Canvas, the University of Alberta libraries (WEB) or through the Harvard Business School Press (HBSP). Every effort has been made to provide current links to the electronic sources in a way that is consistent with the University of Alberta’s copyright

Intellectual Property and University Innovation o (2015) A Question of Utility: Intellectual Property, The Economist. WEB o Briggs, A.R. and Jennings, J. (2013) Uplifting the Whole People: The Impact of University of Alberta Alumni through Innovation and Entrepreneurship eClass

Hodgson, L. (2018) A Day in the Life of a VC Investor. Pitchbook, November. WEB

Levy, S. (2021) How Y Combinator Changed the World. Wired, December. WEB

Feld, B. (2013) Venture Deals. Hoboken, NJ. Chapter 1, p. 5-29. eClass

o Kerr, W.R., Nanda, R. and McQuade, J. (2014) Entrepreneurship Reading: Financing. CASE: Siegel, R. and Kissick, R. Pear VC (2017). HBSP

Teece, D.J. (1986) Profiting from Technological Innovation: Implications for Integration,

Collaboration, Licensing and Public Policy. Research Policy. 15(6): 285-305. eClass

Roberts, E.B., and Berry, C.A. (1985). Entering New Businesses: Selecting Strategies for Success. Sloan Management Review, 26 (3): 3-17. WEB

Grindley, P.C. and Teece, D.J. (1997) Managing Intellectual Capital: Licensing and Cross- Licensing in Semiconductors and Electronics. California Management Review. 39(2):8-41. WEB o Dyer, J.H., Prashant, K. and Singh, H. (2004) When to Ally & When to Acquire. Harvard Business Review. 82(7/8): 108-115. eClass CASE: Shih, W., Pisano, G.P. and King, A. (2008) Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics Joint Development Alliances. HBSP

Diamond (1997) The Curse of QWERTY. Discover Magazine. WEB

Ransdell, E. (1999) Network Effects. Fast Company, August. WEB

Thiel, P. (2014) Zero to One: Notes on Startups and How to Build the Future. New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group. Chapter 14, p. 173-189. eClass

Vance, A. (2015) Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. New York, NY: HarperCollins. Chapter 11, p. 317-359. eClass

Carreyrou, J. (2018) Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Chapter 11, p. 3-17. eClass CASE: Bartlett, C. A., Khanna, T., and Choudhury, P. (2010) Genzyme’s CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND. HBSP

Back Bay Battery is a simulation offered by Harvard Business School Press. It is based on a classic management dilemma: do managers focus on investing in existing technologies and risk being displaced by new technologies, or do they focus on investing in new technologies and risk their existing markets? The Back Bay Battery simulation mimics this management dilemma very well

Each team will evaluate ALL businesses using the simple scale developed in Maxwell et al. (2009) “Business angle early stage decision making.” This scale (a template will be provided) was developed from the literature for evaluation of the “Dragon’s Den’ TV show data and may or may not capture all that is needed for the plans. Each team must compile full “Report Card” for all the plans