ORG600 Geography of Innovation

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Ph.d.-program ved Handelshøyskolen
• Spesialisering i offentlig administrasjon

Forkunnskapskrav

Students following the course must be admitted to the PING program at the Norwegian Research School in Innovation.

Innhold

The course takes as its starting point the innovation system approach that was developed in the beginning of the 1980s in the context of an OECD project on `Science, Technology and Competitiveness¿. The ambition was to develop a more dynamic perspective on innovation and learning in the promotion of economic growth with an active role of government. This view represented a non-price competitiveness national policy or a high-road strategy of innovation based competition, which was later also proposed by Porter and his cluster theory. This theme focuses on how firms interact with each other, with the knowledge infrastructure and the role of government in knowledge production and diffusion, and innovation activity. This theme will be presented through the course giving an overview of different forms of innovation systems (national, regional and sectoral), clusters as well as of different policy implications and typical policy instruments.

Læringsutbytte

On successful completion of the course, the student:

• knows the basic concepts and theories, and the recent developments of these, in the international research on innovation systems, clusters and innovation policy,

• can discuss and assess different theoretical and methodological approaches within this field of research,

• can formulate research questions, design research projects and carry out research on clusters, innovation systems and innovation policy,

• is able to challenge established knowledge and research practice in the field, and

• can contribute to the development of new knowledge within the field.

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

Students must participate actively during the course and present an outline of their PhD dissertation.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

The course consists of 12 lectures (2 x 45 minutes), some by the most well respected researchers and founders of this field of research internationally. In addition each student presents their PhD-outline during the course, commented by the course leaders.

Eksamen

The students will be evaluated based on a term paper, approx. 3.500 - 5.000 words, based on the course literature. The term paper will be graded as pass or fail, where pass is equivalent to a grade B or better.