2018/2019
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 |
- Christoph Grimpe - Department of Strategy and Innovation
(SI)
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disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
22-06-2018
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| 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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| Examination |
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Innovation and
Knowledge:
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| Exam
ECTS |
15 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Group exam
Please note the rules in the Programme Regulations about
identification of individual contributions. |
| Number of people in the group |
4-5 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 15 pages |
| Assignment type |
Case based assignment |
| Duration |
24 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
* a new set of questions will be
chosen for the retake exam
* if a student in the group fails the ordinary exam he/she has to
hand in a revised product for the re-take
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Description of the exam
procedure
Students have to form groups of 4 or 5 and choose a case company
and case innovation to analyze according to a pre-defined structure
(max. 5 CBS standard pages). During the semester, the students will
be introduced to exam questions of which 6 will be chosen for the
final exam. Each group has to answer 5 out of the 6 questions (max.
2 CBS standard pages per question). Students have to indicate their
respective contribution to the exam. The grade is individual and
based on each student’s contribution to the
exam.
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| Course content and structure |
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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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| Description of the 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 home assignment. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Written feedback will be given to groups
participating in the voluntary home assignment. Moreover, there
will be in-class oral feedback to students based on case analyses
and exercises. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
55 hours |
| Class preparation |
120 hours |
| Case work |
120 hours |
| Exam |
121 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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The course textbook is Melissa Schilling, Strategic
Management of Technological Innovation. 2016. McGraw-Hill
Higher Education, 5thedition.
Additional readings will be introduced for each course module as
part of the course syllabus.
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Last updated on
22-06-2018
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