The module aims to illustrate the main dynamics that characterize the economics of innovation. In particular, it will focus on the aspects related to the costs to be incurred to develop the innovative action, how these costs are incurred and financed within the more complex innovation ecosystem thanks to the stakeholders of the same, and the main strategies to economically and financially enhance the results obtained.

The module will enable startuppers, players in the open innovation ecosystem and, more generally, managers of companies to acquire the necessary skills to analyze innovative projects from an economic-financial point of view, determining the optimal opportunity-cost level and to equip themselves with a functional set of KPIs to best pursue business objectives.

The lectures will combine a rich methodological framework with the analysis of case studies and real situations. Through the use of examples of contracting schemes and real cases, participants will be confronted with the decisions that those involved in innovation must make every day.