Module Catalog Archive

Course: Innovation Economics: Theory and Empirics (5209-411)

Note: Last updated September 2019. Current module catalog in HohCampus.
Persons:
Type of Course:
lecture
In-Class Hours Per Week:
2
Contents:

Innovation Economics: Theory and
Empirics
There is a growing interest in
knowledge and learning as the
decisive ingredient for the
competitiveness of firms, regions and
national economies. However, the
concepts knowledge and learning are
not easy to be dealt with and the
mechanisms through which they
affect economic performance are
complex. This course aims at a better
understanding of how different forms
of knowledge and learning evolve
and affect performance at the level of
the firm, the region and the country.
Additionally, the course provides
students with insights into theories
and methods to the study of
innovation.
This course introduces to innovation
related phenomena on the micro-,
industrial and macroeconomic level.
Besides the role of innovation
competition, innovation-driven
industrial dynamics, also the
organisation of industrial research
and development in cooperative
learning networks are topics which
are dealt with to cover broad aspects
of the knowledge-based economy.

Literature:

Tidd, J., Bessant, J. Pavitt, K. (2005), Managing Innovation - Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change, 3rd. edition, Wiley

Freeman, C., Soete, L. (1997), The Economics of Industrial Innovation, 3rd edition, Pinter Publisher.

Supplementary recommended readings
Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D.C. and Nelson, R.R. (eds.) (2005), The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press.

Location:
Hohenheim
Module:
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