M.Sc. MAIN – Innovation Management

The Innovation Management programme is jointly organized by the University of Trento and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa. The program is particularly designed for students interested in entrepreneurship and innovation and aiming at management careers in innovative organizations.

This two-year program has been developed in consultation with market leaders in research, industry and government and it is particularly designed for students interested in entrepreneurship and innovation aiming at management careers in innovative organizations.

Nowadays innovation skills are the only real tool able to enhance the position of a firm or a collective organization. ICT applications together with market globalization have radically changed business models, organizations and the competitive environment. The dematerialization of products and resources asks for new approaches in strategies and management.

However, the capacity to generate innovation is not sufficient to ensure market success. That’s why innovation is mainly a management issue rather than a technical one. Specifically, innovation today is an innovation in “service” and therefore requires an interdisciplinary approach that blends and integrates technology, management, computer science, and strategy in order to transform a smart idea into a true market success.

So innovation without innovative management skills is of little use.

MAIN students will learn how to think strategically in order to reduce or take advantage of uncertainty in the markets. Furthermore, students gain theoretical knowledge and practical know-how to select the best innovative strategies for private and public institutions.