To increase accessibility, we have decided to release the teaching materials for the UZH course "Digital Innovation" online. The course is primarily offered to master's students in informatics and business. Please feel free to reach out to us with any feedback or questions you may have.
Syllabus

Course Materials
| Lecture (Downloadable PDF) | |
|---|---|
| Organization | 0 - Introduction to the Lecture |
| 0 - Lecture Overview | |
| Introduction to Innovation | 1 - Introduction to Innovation |
| 2 - Business Models | |
| 3 - Open (digital) Innovation | |
| Cornerstones of Digital Innovation | 4 - GDPR and Data Ethics in Digital Innovation |
| 5 - Intellectual Property Rights, Computer Implemented Invention | |
| 6 - (digital) Innovation Ecosystems | |
| Organizing Digital Innovation | 7 - Organizing Innovation |
| 8 - Agile Forms, Intra & Entrepreneurship | |
| 9 - From Science to Market | |
| Distributed Innovation & Platforms | 10 - Platforms |
| 11 - Investing 101 | |
| Combinatory Innovation, Focusing on Technologies | 12 - Combinatory Innovation |
| 13 - The lean start-up: Applied computer linguistics | |
| 14 - AI and open data: The SAIROP case |
Teaching Staff
The course was taught by Dr. Gabriele Schwarz under the lead of the Information Management Research Group at the Department of Informatics at the University of Zürich.
Feel free to contact her if you have any questions either at gabriele.schwarz@uzh.ch or at gschwarz@innovista.ch
License
We are more than happy if some course materials are used elsewhere but to prevent abuse please adhere to the following terms:
- Attribution: When using the Slides, please ensure proper acknowledgment.
- Non-commercial Use: The Slides may not be used for any commercial purposes without obtaining prior written permission from the course instructors.