Course Overview

Mastering the key concepts on innovation and knowledge economics
(lectures). Implementing an innovation strategy/project under
technological and market constraints (case studies). Appropriation of
competitive intelligence tools and interdisciplinary work.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

The course does not require any particular background in economics (a
list of four basic references will be provided in advance). 

The course(English-speaking) is intended for and can be taken by
students with a Master 1 degree in biology, maths, physics,
engineering or health sciences or by interns in medicine. The course
is designed to cover the fundamentals of innovation and knowledge
economics. A list of 4 references (fundamental books or articles) will
be attached to the course so that students can fully grasp the
concepts covered. Candidates are advised to be comfortable with data
processing, graphing and interpretation (descriptive and
multidimensional statistics) and their main software tools (such as
excel). Computer and internet are required for online course.

Grading Philosophy

- Written exam based on a case study (2h)
- Group report on real cases of innovation

Course schedule

- Main concepts: definitions and strategies of innovation, public
goods, externalities and research incentives, increasing returns and
networks effects. 
- Competitive intelligence and tools: databases for competitive
intelligence, scope and limits of technological indicators.
- Collective work on real innovation cases: applied work based on
professional patent databases.

Course type

Lectures,case studies seminars, collective project - 24 contact hours: 7 for lectures (basic concepts), 7 for tutorials (tools and data bases), 8 for group work (real cases studies), 2 for the examination. - 40 hours self-study (20 private reading, 5 exam preparation, 15 group work study).

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

Duration: Three days of teaching - Two days practicing

Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: In-class or distance-based learning for concepts and methods - Face-to-face for implementable tools

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