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2020/2021  KAN-CMIBO1035U  Innovation and Knowledge

English Title
Innovation and Knowledge

Course information
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
Course coordinator
  • Christoph Grimpe - Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Innovation
  • Strategy
Teaching methods
  • Blended learning
Last updated on 26-06-2020

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Learning objectives
  • Understanding 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
  • Developing skills in carrying out a small empirical project on a specific innovation
  • Aptitude in drawing on course readings 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
Examination
Innovation and Knowledge:
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. 50 pages
Assignment type Case based assignment
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If a student in the group or the group as a whole fail the ordinary exam, they have to hand in a revised written product for the re-take.
Description of the exam procedure

Students have to form groups of four or five and choose a case company and case innovation for analysis. At the beginning of the semester, the students will be introduced to five broad exam topics out of which two have to be chosen for the final exam. The exam topics are based on the I&K course curriculum and need to be addressed using the empirical case material collected by the students. The length of the exam must not exceed 50 CBS standard pages. Preceding the discussion of the two chosen topics, students need to provide a description of the case (max. 3 CBS standard pages). Students have to indicate their respective contribution to the exam. The grade is individual and based on each student’s contribution to the exam.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

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.

 
Description of the teaching methods
This course applies blended learning principles, i.e. the combination of pre-recorded and live online teaching with face-to-face teaching. The course features lectures and case discussions for which students will be organized in two groups. Moreover, students form groups of four or five to analyze a recent innovation in a specific company based on interviews and desk research, reflecting the exam topics to which the students are introduced at the beginning of the course. Through this work, students can prepare themselves for the final home assignment.
Feedback during the teaching period
Written home assignment: Students form groups of four or five to submit a written assignment. The assignment covers one topic from the entire course curriculum and is structured similar to the final exam. The assignments are submitted by a specific deadline. Written feedback will be provided.

Multiple-choice quizzes: Students have the opportunity to take self-paced multiple-choice quizzes. Online feedback will be provided.

There is continuous feedback to students based on case analyses and exercises in class.
Student workload
Lectures 66 hours
Class preparation 126 hours
Case work 120 hours
Exam 100 hours
Expected literature

The course textbook is Melissa Schilling (2019), Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 6th edition.

 

Additional readings will be introduced for each course module as part of the course syllabus.
Last updated on 26-06-2020