Assignment guideline:Students are required to identify a technological innovation. Using [respectable] popular media, students will write a brief report on their chosen innovation. The report is likely to include a description of the technology (i.e. what it is and what it does), but should also record where the technology came from, who led in commercialising it and who were/are likely to be the early adopters. The report may also reflect on the key challenges faced or enablers in the commercialisation of the technology. These reports should be no more than 4 pages in length, single spaced, Times Roman size 12.
Recommended Research Topics for Technological Innovation analysis:
1. Technological Innovation and Business Strategies in Arab and Mena Countries: Strategies, Findings and Recommendations (here students can select one or several technologies).
2. New technological trends (e.g. Artificial intelligence, New Health, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, New Space, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, etc.) and their impact on society and businesses.
3. Business strategies in a digital economy
4. Open innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities: SME – Large Group Partnerships
5. Technological Innovation support mechanisms: performance and recommendations (Example of mechanisms: Business Incubators, Accelerators, Science and Technology Parks, Technology Transfer Offices, etc.)
6. Assessment of collaborative approaches to develop innovative projects (students should apply the collaborative approach in a specific technological context: e.g. Health, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, New Space, Internet of Things, etc.)
7. Effectiveness of mechanisms for protecting technological innovation
8. Roles of business partners (customers, suppliers, research centers, …) in the innovation process
9. Mobilization of artificial intelligence as new ways for strategic growth: perspectives and challenges?
10. Virtual team management in the context of an innovative project process.