Master
2024/2025
Economics of Innovation. Basic
Type:
Compulsory course (Science, Technology and Innovation Management and Policy)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Educational Programmes
When:
1 year, 3 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 course introduces the basic theories and concepts underlying the state-of-the-art economics of science, technology, and innovation (STI). The course will discuss different perspectives on the STI, including the core concept formation and genesis, microeconomic, or firm-level aspects of innovation, macroeconomic perspectives, and rationales for policymaking. The lectures cover multi-actor context, discussing the roles of firms, institutions of higher education, research institutes, households, and individuals, as well as inter-actor linkages and institutional mechanics. Particular attention is given to a systemic perspective, known as the National innovation systems framework. 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
- Obtaining up to date knowledge on Science, Technology and Innovation Studies academic discourse
- 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
Course Contents
- Introduction: Science, technology and innovation in the economic analysis
- 2. Innovation, firm and market characteristics
- 3. Open innovation process
- 4. Industrial revolutions. Sectoral patterns of innovation and heterogeneity of economic activities.
- 5. National Innovation Systems
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Fagerberg, J. The Oxford Handbook of Innovation [Электронный ресурс] / J.Fagerberg, D.C.Mowery, eds.; БД oxfordhandbooks. - Oxford University Press, 2006. – Режим доступа: http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286805.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199286805). – Загл. с экрана.
- Greenhalgh, C., & Rogers, M. (2010). Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Economic Growth. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=329719
- Rosenberg, N., & Hall, B. H. (2010). Handbook of the Economics of Innovation (Vol. 1st ed). Amsterdam: North Holland. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=336015
- 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
- Форсайт : информационно-аналитический журнал. Т.14, N.1, , 2020
- Форсайт : информационно-аналитический журнал. Т.15, N.1, , 2021
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Handbook of innovation policy impact / edited by Jakob Edler (Professor, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK), Paul Cunningham (Senior Research Fellow, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK), Abdullah Gök (Lecturer, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK), Philip Shapira (Professor, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, and Georgia Institute of Technology, USA). (2016). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.47630671X
- Nelson, R. R. (1995). Recent Evolutionary Theorizing About Economic Change. Austria, Europe: RR-96-005. Reprinted from Journal of Economic Literature, XXXIII:48-90 [March 1995]. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.FBE502D1
- Wesley M Cohen, Richard R Nelson, & John P Walsh. (2003). Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (Or Not). Levine’s Working Paper Archive. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.cla.levarc.618897000000000624