Masterclass in Innovation Management: how firms can combine innovation and positive impact

Innovation is the relentless engine that drives progress. Organisations have come to understand that innovation is no longer just a source for added value, but the very basis for survival in complex and accelerated business landscapes. More recently, there is an increasing demand from organisations to tackle global challenges, such as poverty and climate change, and invent solutions that foster economic growth, social equity and environmental safety. Innovations are key to address these demands.

How can organisations design, develop and implement new ideas to meet societal and environmental needs and achieve competitive advantage at the same time? This masterclass will bring together business experience and academic research to provide an answer to this question.

In particular, Harald Tepper (Director Circular Economy/Group Sustainability, Philips) will share his vision and step-by-step business lessons on how Philips produces innovations that drive business growth and leave a positive impact on society. Selected students of Rotterdam School of Management will present their innovations tackling United Nations sustainability challenges. And finally, professor Rob van Tulder will present the state-of-science.

Prior to the masterclass you're invited to join us for a dinner in Maria's Cantina.

Programme

18.00 Buffet dinner at Maria's Cantina

19.00 Masterclass with prof. Rob van Tulder, professor of International Business, RSM and Harald Tepper, Director Circular Economy/Group Sustainability, Philips

21.30 Reception

Registration

Kindly use the online registration form to secure your participation. The invitation may be extended to colleague and/or your guests too. Registration is 35 euro per person, which includes a dinner prior to the masterclass and reception afterwards.

Speakers
Harald Tepper is Senior Director Sustainability and leader of the Circular Economy Program at Philips. Philips is a global leader in Health Technology, aiming to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Via its “Healthy People, Sustainable Planet” programme, Philips is driving a broad agenda of societal and ecological development goals, with a strong focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG3 (increasing the world’s health and well-being) and SDG12 (responsible consumption and production). In moving towards a Circular Economy, Philips aim is, by 2020, to reach 15% of its total revenue from circular propositions and to take back and repurpose all the large medical systems that its customers are prepared to return to it. Harald’s work on the Circular Economy programme is focused on realising the corporate ambitions, unlocking business value and innovation potential, with active involvement and engagement of Philips’ employees. Prior to Philips, Harald worked as department head at the Dutch Forensic Institute, where he was responsible for the DNA investigations for Dutch police and public prosecution, and human identifications, as well as research and innovation for future forensic technologies. From 2007 till 2013, Harald worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. There, he specialised in large-scale transformations, such as Lean transformations, culture transformations, and leadership development. With these, he mainly served financial and services industries as well as public sector organisations. Harald is also co-founder of the Nationale DenkTank. Since 2006, this foundation annually selects a group of ca. 20 top-talented students to co-create innovative solutions for societal problems.

Rob van Tulder is a professor of International Business at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Professor van Tulder has published extensively on the topics of European business, multinationals, high-tech industries, corporate social responsibility, issues management, skills, network strategies, smaller industrial countries (welfare states) and European Community/Union policies. He has received numerous accolades for his intellectual and societal contributions.

His latest books include Corporate Responsibilities in Turbulent Times (also in Chinese), Tipping point sustainability (in Dutch: Duurzaam ondernemen waarmaken), International Business-Society Management: Linking Corporate Responsibilities, and Globalization and Skill Sheets: An Integrated Approach to Research, Study and Management.

Professor van Tulder is co-founder of RSM's Department of Business-Society Management, a world-leading department on the issues surrounding sustainability. The department offers a highly successful master's specialising in sustainability.

He is at the moment academic director of The Partnerships Resource Centre, and expert centre bringing together leading NGOs, firms and governments in the study and management of cross-sector partnerships for the social good. He is also the founder of Scope, an expert centre at Erasmus University in International Business and Sustainable Development. Together with UNCTAD, Scope compiles the widely-published lists of the largest Transnational Corporations worldwide from developed and developing countries, published annually in the World Investment Report. In addition, he is the chairman of the Jury of the scholarship for the Natural Capital Forum.

Professor van Tulder consults for international organisations, ministries and companies. He teaches executive courses for managers and academics on international strategic management and has been a visiting professor at several international universities.

Terms of Registration

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) reserves the right to cancel or to reschedule the event, sessions, locations or times, or to arrange substitute speakers if this is absolutely necessary due to unforeseen reasons which are out of control of RSM. In these cases, RSM is not required to compensate travel or accommodation costs, loss of working time, or other damages. If, after registration, you are unable to attend, you may send a replacement participant. RSM cannot refund your registration.

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