GRA 3151 Innovation Strategy and Corporate Entrepreneurship
GRA 3151 Innovation Strategy and Corporate Entrepreneurship
This course will give an introduction to the understanding of the concept of innovation at the micro, meso and macro level by introducing theories conceptualizing and problematizing the term.
This course introduces students to frameworks of understanding concepts and principles in innovation theory and research. The course aims at providing an understanding of the different aspects of innovation and its relationship with economic growth and welfare. The course will introduce the student to themes addressed more in depth in other courses of the programme and as such, have an introductory and synthesizing role for the programme as a whole.
The students should during the course have acquired knowledge on why and how innovations happen. They should understand aspects of the process through which innovation occurs through a number of theoretical perspectives. These perspectives should give insight to what influences innovation and how this varies across industries, sectors and through time.
After the course the students should have acquired skills so that they can be able to reflect upon concepts and principles in innovation theory and research, and should have developed a constructive and critical attitude towards different approaches.
During the course, the student is expected to develop an ability to reflect critically on the role of innovation in the economy, as well as on political strategies to support innovation and entrepreneurship in society.
- Processes of innovation at the firm level;
- Absorptive capacity
- Types of innovation
- Exploration and Exploitation
- Innovation Networks and process perspectives on innovation
- Platform strategy and Innovation
- Invention and creativity
- Value Creation and Value Capture
- Open and User Innovation
- Management of Innovation
- Innovation Models and Processes
- Innovation Culture
- Financing for Innovation
- Capabilities for Innovation
- Systems of innovation; national, regional and sectoral innovation systems
- Role of innovation at the macrolevel
The course will be carried out through lectures and working seminars and excursions.
Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on It's learning or text book.
This is a course with one final exam.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have spesific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Invigilation Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 3 Hour(s) Comment: 3-hour written examination under supervision Exam code: GRA31511 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.