2013/2014 KAN-MIB_MI20 Innovation and Knowledge
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Innovation and Knowledge |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 15 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Course period | Autumn |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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Last updated on 06-08-2013 |
Learning objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||
To manage a company effectively
through an innovation, you need structured and informed analysis.
Each innovation has different aspects, some referring to its value
proposition, some to its future users, some to probable responses
from its competition, and so forth. An innovation becomes
successful not by taking a one-sided focus on one of these aspects.
Rather, they are a suite of conditions and opportunities to which
the innovation must offer a coherent response.
The aim of this course is to enable students to unpack these different aspects of innovations, to analyse them as constituent parts and to combine them into a coherent innovation. Learning objectives An understanding of the theories and concepts of the course curriculum. Ability to apply analytical tools and to assess their usefulness Familiarity with key findings of the empirical literature Skilfulness in carrying out a small empirical project on a specific innovation Aptitude in drawing on course reading for the preparation and execution of this project Ability to use general insights from the curriculum to build an analytical understanding of the case, and to reflect on possible discrepancies between theory and case findings. |
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Course content and structure | |||||||||||||||||||||
This aim is addressed through multiple approaches: Recent
theories of innovation, knowledge and firms are introduced. Tools
to analyse related problems and performance in firms and industries
are emphasised. Direct experience with applying theories and tools
in the analysis of specific firms is part of the course.
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||
The course combines lectures with case-method teaching and with student presentations. As a part of the course students complete a short project which is carried out in groups. It involves fieldwork in a company, focusing on its actual problems in innovation and knowledge management. In order to equip students with methodological skills required for conducting the project, they will have to attend 2 workshops on empirical methods. The project is the basis for the course exam. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||
Schilling, Melissa (2006). Strategic Management of Technological
Innovation. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
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