Technology Strategy for System Design and Management | Sloan School of Management | MIT OpenCourseWare

Course Info

Instructor

Michael A. M. Davies

Departments

Sloan School of Management

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Graduate

Topics

Business

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Lecture Notes

A recap on technological innovation, and its co-evolution with the demand opportunity

Danger, Inc.

Decision Making

Documentum

Introduction to the course

Iridium and Technologies

Lexar Media

Life cycles and transitions

Modularity, open interfaces, open standards and open source

Polaroid

Projects – teams, domains and businesses

Case #1: E Ink

Case #2: A123 Systems

Case # 3: Iridium

Case #5: Lexar Media: The Digital Photography Company

Case #6: Documentum

Class 8: Kodak and the Digital Revolution

Class 9: Polaroid: Entering Digital Imaging

Class 11: Danger

Class 12: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Class 13: Ember Corporation

Class 15: Red Hat

Class 17: Apple Computer (2008)

Class 21: Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius

Course Info

Instructor

Michael A. M. Davies

Departments

Sloan School of Management

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Graduate

Topics

Business

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Notes

Presentation Assignments

Written Assignments

Download Course

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