Co-innovating in Practice Between Startups and Corporates (3cr)

Intro

Future-oriented corporations are eagerly seeking collaboration with agile, creative startups to disrupt industries and spearhead digital transformation. However, only a few companies utilise fully this collaboration potential. Our cutting-edge virtual MOOC-course on Co-Innovation is designed to equip you with the skills necessary to foster these vital partnerships.
This course is truly international because it has been developed by a team of experts from Ulysseus European University and it is offered for learners globally.
Learn how to navigate the complexities of co-innovation, unlocking new opportunities and driving business transformation. Welcome to this six-week virtual course!

Learning objectives

• understand the concepts of corporate entrepreneurship,?intrapreneurship and open innovation
• recognize the benefits and challenges of startup-corporate collaboration
• understand the urgency of innovation in the corporate world
• examine partners in co-innovation processes
• distinguish and explore existing formats of collaboration
• understand characteristics of startups, corporates and other?stakeholders in co-innovation?
• learn to use tools and techniques to support co-innovation such as the Co-Innovation Builder
• apply the Co-Innovation Builder in a real-life startup-corporate collaboration case

Contents

1. Concepts of corporate entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and open innovation
2. Benefits and challenges of startup-corporate collaboration and the urgency of innovation
3. Formats of collaboration
4. Characteristics of partners and how to facilitate co-innovation
5. Tools and techniques to support co-innovation between startups and corporates

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

When the implementation type of the course is CONTACT, ONLINE or BLENDED it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

The final course grade is pass/fail