2016/2017
KAN-CMIBO1035U Innovation and Knowledge
English Title |
Innovation and
Knowledge |
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Language |
English |
Course ECTS |
15 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory |
Level |
Full Degree Master |
Duration |
One Semester |
Start time of the course |
Autumn |
Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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Course
coordinator |
- Marion Poetz - Department of Innovation and Organizational
Economics (INO)
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Main academic
disciplines |
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Last updated on
06-07-2016
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Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors:
- 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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Examination |
Innovation and
Knowledge:
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Exam
ECTS |
15 |
Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
Size of written product |
Max. 15 pages |
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From all exam questions introduced to students
during the semester a final set of 10 exam questions will be
selected for the I&K exam. From those 10 questions students
need to select and answer 8 questions. For answering these 8
questions students can use a maximum of 1,5 CBS standard pages per
exam question. Preceding their exam answers, students need to
provide a description of their case, using a maximum of 3 CBS
standard pages. Students have to report the number of characters
used per exam answer (max. 1,5 CBS standard pages). |
Assignment type |
Written assignment |
Duration |
48 hours to prepare |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
Exam period |
Winter |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary
exam
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Course content and
structure |
Objective: This course builds analytical
insight into relationships between knowledge, innovation and
competitiveness and into their implications for the management of
innovation.
Content: The course introduces theories, concepts,
and methods for the analysis of innovations at the levels of
projects, firms and industries. The course also introduces a set of
tools related to innovation practices of firms, as one of the ways
in which the course bridges and integrates academic analysis of
innovations with the practical issues of their management.
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Teaching methods |
Student groups analyze a recent
innovation in a specific company based on interviews and desk
research, reflecting questions that teachers of the different
modules of the course pose throughout the course. Through this work
students can prepare themselves for the final individual home
assignment. |
Student workload |
Lectures |
55 hours |
Class preparation |
120 hours |
Case work |
120 hours |
Exam |
121 hours |
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Expected literature |
The course textbook is Melissa Schilling, Strategic
Management of Technological Innovation. 2013. McGraw-Hill
Higher Education, 4thedition
Additional readings will be introduced for each course module as
part of the course syllabus.
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Last updated on
06-07-2016