2024/2025 KAN-CPOLO1902U Global Innovation Strategies
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Global Innovation Strategies |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Spring |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
MSc
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Last updated on 25-06-2024 |
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The course aims to provide students with an understanding of today's global innovation strategies. It builds on different theoretical perspectives and extensively discusses company cases. The course consists of three parts. The first part revolves around the knowledge-based view of the firm as a theoretical lens to understand knowledge-related strategies across the globe. The second part outlines the role of institutions in influencing how firms strategize their knowledge-related assets around the world. The last part examines the phenomenon of global knowledge sourcing, the motives, patterns, and geography of the phenomenon.
In relation to Nordic Nine The Global Innovation Strategy course addresses NN4, NN5 and NN9. It provides students an understanding of how companies can enhance their competitiveness by strategizing on their innovation and knowledge-related assets while helping solve societal issues (NN4). It explores the ethical dilemmas that corporate decision-makers face when developing new knowledge across institutional contexts with different ethical standards (NN5). By embracing a global perspective, the course also implements NN9 by shedding light on how globally dispersed corporations can create values by tapping into local expertise and connecting them across borders.
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Students will get feedback during in-class case discussions, quizzes, and a workshop on a past years' exam. Attendance and active participation in the class will also secure continuous feedback. Faculty staff members teaching the course are available during office hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The literature is based on academic articles. The following texts represent examples of the reading list. Alcacer, J., & Chung, W. (2007) Location strategies and knowledge spillovers. Management Science, 53 (5), 760-776. Chung, W., & Yeaple, S. (2008) International knowledge sourcing: Evidence from US firms expanding abroad. Strategic Management Journal, 29 (11), 1207-1224. D'Agostino, LM, Laursen, K., & Santangelo, GD (2013) The impact of R&D offshoring on the home knowledge production of OECD investing regions. Journal ofEconomic Geography, 13 (1): 145-175. Grant, RM (1996) Toward a knowledge-based theory of the firm. Strategic Management Journal, 17 (S2), 109-122. Luo, Y. (2022). Illusions of techno-nationalism. Journal of International Business Studies, 1-18. Zhao, M. (2006) Conducting R&D in countries with weak intellectual property rights protection. Management Science, 52 (8), 1185-1199.
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