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MSc in Economics and Business Administration in Management of Innovation and Business Development

In­nov­a­tion and Know­ledge

About the course

Subjects
Strategy Innovation

Course content

Objective: This course builds analytical insight into relationships between knowledge, innovation and competitiveness and into their implications for the management of innovation.
Content: 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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What you will learn

  • Understanding the theories and concepts of the course curriculum
  • Ability to apply analytical tools and to assess their usefulness
  • Familiarity with key findings of the empirical literature
  • Developing skills in carrying out a small empirical project on a specific innovation
  • Aptitude in drawing on course readings for the preparation and execution of this project
  • Ability to use general insights from the curriculum to build an analytical understanding of the case, and to reflect on possible discrepancies between theory and case findings

Facts

Level
Master
Type
Mandatory course
ECTS
15
Code
CMIAO1001U
Teaching periods
Autumn – semester
Academic year
2025/2026
Status
Available places
Teaching language
English
Teaching Format
Hybrid
Exams
  • Written assignment and oral exam on campus
    Group exam, winter
Assessment type
  • 7 point grading scale