Teaching
SYLLABI AND TEACHING MODULES
Competitive
and
Corporate
Strategy
Business
Strategies
for Sustainability
Teaching
Open
Innovation Management (with K. Lakhani)
GAMES AND SIMULATIONS
Web-based games
"Fishbanks."
This is a common property game. It was originally inspired
by Dennis Meadow’s "Fishbanks" game, but it has been heavily
modified. It allows experience with the dynamics of
renewable resources, competitive interaction in an open
access resource, self-regulation, and government regulation
of different types. (with John Sterman, Keith Eubanks, and
Denis. Meadows
Excel-based games
These games require that all players can access a shared drive.
"The Symbol Game." This game simulates the adoption of new technologies when there are significant network externalities. It provides experience with game theory, excess inertia (lock in), and strategic pricing.
"Market Simulator." This is a simulation of market dynamics under different types of asymmetric information. It can be used to teach concepts addressing the market for lemons and potential solutions including: regulation, reputation, third-party auditing, and signaling/screening.
"Game Theory." This is a simulation of a two-person
game. It can be used to show dominant strategies, nash
equilibrium, repeated games, tit-for-tat, and mixed strategy
equilibrium.
"Shrimp Aquaculture." This is a simulation of an n-person
social dilemma. It can be run as a single-shot or
multiple-period game. It can be used to explore equilibrium
under different conditions.
"Open Source." The game can be used to explore how open-source performance may be maintained through signaling and social pressure. Students participate in teams and decide how much effort to apply to the product. On the basis of results in early rounds, students can change team members. They can also "flame" each other by sending internal text messages.
RECENT CASES AND TEACHING NOTES
Owens, MW. and King, A. Mascoma Corporation (Tuck Case, April 2011)
King, A. Di Stefano, G, & G. Verona, Innovation at Play: The Case Of
High-End Cuisine (Bocconi Case No. xxx/10, June 2010)
Teaching Note
Shih, W and King A. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (HBS# 5-609-096)
Shih, W, Pisano G. and King A. Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics Joint Development Alliances. (5-608-121)
Shih, W and King, A. Teaching Note. Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics Joint Development Alliances. (5-608-122)
Shih, W and King, A. Advanced Micro Devices: Competing in the Shadow of a Giant A & B (5-609-002).
Shih, W and King, A. Teaching Note. Advanced Micro Devices: Competing in the Shadow of a Giant (A & B).
King, A. Di Stefano, G, & G. Verona, Protecting Innovation in Low-IPR Regimes: The Case of Fine Fashion A, B, TN. (Bocconi Case No. xxx/10, June 2009)
