This course is part of the Value Creation Through Innovation Specialization

Martin Vendel

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Value Creation Through Innovation SpecializationEIT Digital

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This capstone course is the final course of the Value Creation Through Innovation Specialization. The specialization covers technology bases innovation and transformation and how to spot and to capitalize on emerging opportunities. UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and KTH Royal Institute of Technology are the academic partners in the Value Creation Through Innovation Specialization. 
In this capstone project you will utilized the methods introduced in the courses The Impact of Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Marketing Strategy for Entrepreneurs, and show that you master them. You should be able to show knowledge and judgment regarding when and how to utilize what method and approach. You will throughout the capstone project work on one project that you select yourself. Each week you will be given one major assignment to complete, and later to review.

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Value Creation Through Innovation Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 68 hours to complete

English

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Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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Course 5 of 5 in the

Value Creation Through Innovation Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 68 hours to complete

English

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Instructor

Martin Vendel

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Industrial Economics and Management

35,405 Learners

4 Courses

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EIT Digital

EIT Digital is a European education and innovation organisation with a mission to foster digital technology innovation and entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and quality of life. By linking education, research, and business, EIT Digital empowers digital top talent for the future.

EIT Digital provides online and face-to-face Innovation and Entrepreneurship education to raise quality, increase diversity and availability of the top-level content provided by 20 leading technical universities around Europe. The universities deliver a unique blend of the best of technical excellence and entrepreneurial skills and mindset to digital engineers and entrepreneurs at all stages of their careers. The academic partners support Coursera’s bold vision to enable anyone, anywhere, to transform their lives by accessing the world’s best learning experience. This means that EIT Digital gradually shares parts of its entrepreneurial and academic education programmes to demonstrate its excellence and make it accessible to a much wider audience. EIT Digital’s online education portfolio can be used as part of blended education settings, in both Master's and Doctorate programmes, and for professionals as a way to update their knowledge.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

8 hours to complete

Framing your capstone

The capstone project Value Creation Through Innovation builds upon the courses The Impact of Technology, Innovation Entrepreneurship, and Marketing Strategy for Entrepreneurs. Now you will demonstrate how you master and synthesize previously gained learnings. Firstly, you should pick a system to study. It should consist of (1) a market or industry together with (2) an emerging technology that you think will have a major impact on this system. Secondly, you will perform a backcasting.

8 hours to complete

1 video (Total 5 min)

Week2

Week 2

8 hours to complete

Your future business landscape

8 hours to complete

1 video (Total 3 min)

Week3

Week 3

8 hours to complete

Designing your product and business model

After your backcasting and value network estimation, you should have an extensive view of how the future business landscape may evolve. In addition, you have generated material regarding potential issues, needs, and opportunities. Now, will use this as the basis for a more detailed analysis and the description of a targeted opportunity. The assignment of this week is to apply the four step design thinking methodology on your case, ending up with one idea for a product or service.

8 hours to complete

1 video (Total 3 min)

Week4

Week 4

8 hours to complete

How to reach your desired end state

8 hours to complete

1 video (Total 4 min)

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