| Learning objectives |
At the end of the course, students should be able
to:
- Account for the main terms and definitions central in economics
and management of innovation
- Recognize how the economics and governance of different
organizational types affect their behavior in innovation
- Analyze the characteristics of inter-organizational
collaboration on innovation and recognize the skills required to
handle them
- Integrate a number of factors, internal and external to the
organization, in decision-related analysis
- Describe and assess the potential for formal and informal
external knowledge sourcing and how it may help the organization to
pursue innovations
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| Examination |
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Managing
Innovation:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
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Students have 4 hours to complete the
assignment. |
| Assignment type |
Written 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 |
Spring |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered
candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants
that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the
programme office will inform the students that the make-up
examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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This course builds analytical insight into relationships between
knowledge, innovation and competitiveness and into their
implications for the management of innovation. 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 |
| Teaching includes lecture-style classes, in-class
workshops with students presenting and actively participating in
discussions around pre-assigned cases and/or exercises, and guest
presentations by academics and practitioners. Preparation before
class is of crucial importance. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback will be offered in a number of ways.
Most sessions will feature an introductory Kahoot quiz based on the
readings assigned at home so that students can assess their
understanding of the material. There will be case discussion and
exercise in class, with both individual and group presentations.
Additionally, one session is devoted to a mock exam followed by
peer grading, where students can prepare for the exam format and at
the same time assess the work of their classmates. Finally,
individual feedback is offered during office hours. |
| Student workload |
| Teaching |
33 hours |
| Preparation/reading |
133 hours |
| Exam |
40 hours |
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| Expected literature |
- Chesbrough, H. 2003. The era of open innovation. MIT Sloan
Management Review, Spring, 35-41
- Huston & Sakkab, 2006, Connect and Develop: Inside
P&G’s New Model for Innovation, Harvard Business Review
- Teece D, 1986. Profiting from technological innovation:
implications for collaboration, licensing, and public policy.
Research Policy 15, 285-305
- Shapiro, C., H. R. Varian. 1999. The Art of Standards Wars.
California Management Review 41 (2), 8-32.
- Perkmann, M., V. Tartari, M. McKelvey, E. Autio, A. Broström,
P. D’Este, R. Fini, A. Geuna, R. Grimaldi, A. Hughes, S. Krabel, M.
Kitson, P. Llerena, F. Lissoni, A. Salter, M. Sobrero (2013).
Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the
literature on university–industry relations. Research Policy 42(2)
423-442.
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