Master
2023/2024
Economics of Innovation. Advanced
Type:
Compulsory course (Science, Technology and Innovation Management and Policy)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Educational Programmes
When:
1 year, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The interplay between innovations, economic transformation, and economic growth is studied with an emphasis on the relationship between the STI discourse and the general agenda of development studies, considering the link between innovation and productivity, technological upgrading, and catch-up. The course is delivered to master students of The National Research University – Higher School of Economics/HSE. The course length is 114 academic hours in total of which 32 hours are class room hours and 82 hours are devoted to self-study. Academic control forms are in-class quizzes and presentations, a written project (structured literature review), and a written exam.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the agenda of Economics of Innovation, as well as contemporary views on the interrelations between technological change and economic development
- Using quality academic texts to develop and support argumentation
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge of the contemporary multiactor perspective on innovation; Knowledge of the core macroeconomic dimensions of innovation and its link with economic development; Knowledge of the key insights of the microeconomics of innovation
- understanding the key insights of the microeconomics of innovation
Course Contents
- Innovation and economic growth advanced
- Sustainable development and transformative change
- Digitalization and innovation
- Innovation and economic shocks
Assessment Elements
- ProjectPresentations are graded 10 if they were delivered at the appropriate lecture and met the basic requirements of storytelling and content visualization. Otherwise, they are graded 0.
- Final examThe exam has the form of a test, all of the tasks sum up towards 0-100. This result is mathematically rounded to match the 0-10 grade.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Soete, L., Muldur, U., & Delanghe, H. (2009). European Science and Technology Policy : Towards Integration or Fragmentation? Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=305367
- The Oxford handbook of innovation, Fagerberg J., 2006
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Fred Gault. (2013). The Oslo Manual. Chapters, 41. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.h.elg.eechap.14427.2
- Gault, F. (2013). Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=602821
- The economics of industrial innovation, Freeman, C., 1997