Course: Knowledge and Innovation Management (4301-411)

Persons:

• Dr. Maria Gerster-Bentaya (verantwortlich)
• Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

lecture with seminar

In-Class Hours Per Week:

4

Contents:

types of knowledge (explicit, implicit, tacit) and generation of knowledge; role of science and farmers in knowledge production; knowledge cycle; types / classification of inovations, theories related to adoption and diffusion of innovation, (agricultural) knowledge and information / innovation systems, information systems vs knowledge systems and data banks, "pyramid of knowledge" and expertise; protection of knowledge / intellectual property rights, (political) frame conditions for knowledge / innovation production, diffusion and adoption.

Literature:

Module reader
available at the ASTA or at the ILIAS platform.

Location:

Hohenheim

Remarks:

Lecture with exercises, homework assignments, open to external participants.

Module:

• 4301-410 Knowledge and Innovation Management (compulsory)

eLearning:

Course in ILIAS