Course Details

1. Understanding processes that lead to the creation of innovations, with particular focus on firms and networks.
2. Providing an account of the wider systematic setting influencing innovation and the role of institutions and organizations in this context.
3. Focusing on the consequences of innovation with respect to economic growth, international competitiveness, and employment.

Innovation in the making:

·        Types of innovation

·        Sources of innovation

·        Theories of innovation

·        Networks of innovators

·        Organizational innovation

·        Measuring innovation

·        Innovation and intellectual propertyrights

The Systemic nature of innovation:

·        Systems of innovation

·        Innovation clusters

·        National systems of innovation

·        Regional systems of innovation

How innovation differs:

·        Sectoral systems of innovation: whyinnovations differ across sectors?

·        Innovation in “Low Tech” industries

·        Innovation in services

·        Innovation diffusion

• Exploring Innovation by David Smith, Mc Graw Hill, 2nd edition, 2011
• The Economics of Innovation: An Introduction by Peter Swann, Edward Elgar Publishing, paperback edition 2009

• The Oxford Handbook of Innovation by Jan Fagerberg, David Mowery and Richard Nelson (Eds.), Oxford University Press, latest edition