| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| A4 | Prepare sector reports and design innovation strategies which facilitate the insertion and/or improvement of the positioning (upgrading) of the company in global value chains. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| CT3 | Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts. | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Learning outcomes |
| Type A | Code | Learning outcomes |
| A4 |
Understanding the role of technological innovation in a global economy and analysing public policies supporting the innovation and the instruments used. Being able to develop innovative strategies to improve the positioning of the company in global chains and markets. | |
| Type B | Code | Learning outcomes |
| CT3 |
Students identify the situation as a problem in a multidisciplinary, research or professional environment and actively deal with it. Students adopt a systematic method with an overall focus to divide complex problems into parts and identify the causes by using their scientific and professional knowledge. Students design new solutions using the resources that are necessary and available to cope with problems. Students draw up realistic models with all the details of the solutions proposed. Students can evaluate the models proposed by contrasting them with the real context of application, find limitations and propose improvements. | |
| Type C | Code | Learning outcomes |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Lecture 1. R&D and innovation in a global environment |
1. Innovation as a process. The manuals belonging to the Frascatti family. 2. The different typologies of innovations 3. Sources of innovations 4. Protection of Intellectual Property. Patents and other protection tools 5. Models of development of innovations. |
| Lecture 2. Mergers and Acquisitions as a strategy to adopt new knowledge |
1. The process of M&A of firms as a strategy to acquire knowledge 2. The case of the Software industry |
| Lecture 3. Innovation and technological progress |
1. Open innovation and Innovative ecosystems. 2. Measures and rankings of innovation. 3. Innovation, technological progress and economic growth 4. The technology balance of payments |
| Lecture 4. Gobal innovation trends |
1. Main international trends of innovation. 2. Industry 4.0, IoT, and Cloud computing. 3. Analysis of case studies |
| Lecture 5. International case studies | 1. Presentation of the different case studies. 2. Analysis of international case studies |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | ||||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours |
Hours outside the classroom |
(**) Total hours | |||||||
| Introductory activities |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Lecture |
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10 | 12 | 22 | ||||||
| Assignments |
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4 | 23 | 27 | ||||||
| Debates |
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10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Personal attention |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Short-answer objective tests |
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2 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | ||||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Importance of innovation in our societies. The innovation as a tool of firm competitiveness. The international trade of technology |
| Lecture | Lectures of contents of the subject |
| Assignments | Writing an essay during the course |
| Debates | Participating collectively in the debates of the classroom |
| Personal attention | The students have to write an essay during the term and, consequently, they will have a direct and regular personal tuition with the professor |
| Personalized attention |
| Description |
| Follow up of essays Personalized attention to the students |
| Assessment |
| Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | ||||
| Assignments |
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Writing of an essay/study case. Analysis of an international case study. The students will present and analyse a company and the innovation developed. It includes presentation. | 55% | ||||
| Debates |
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Active participation in the debsates in the classroom | 5% | ||||
| Short-answer objective tests |
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Written exam with objective short-answers which incloude the theoretical material and also some study cases. | 40% | ||||
| Others |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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During the second call, the student will obtain the maximum mark between: a) the mark of the second call b) the mark of the second call (40%) and the assignments and debates during the course (60%) --- IMPORTANT: It is forbidden any kind of IT device to communicate or transmit information during any kind of avaluation. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
OCDE (1990), Manual de la Balanza de pagos Tecnológicos, París, ,
OCDE (1994), Manual de OSLO, , París
OCDE (1994), Manual de patentes, , París
Segarra, A. (dir) (2013), El món de les patents a Tarragona,, Publicacions URV, Tarragona
Hans Verhulst (2015, International Trade in Technology – Licensing of Know-How and Trade Secrets,, WIPO,
Teruel Carrizosa, Mercedes; Jové Llopis, Elisenda i Coll Martinez, Eva., Start-ups: explorant innovacions disruptives a Catalunya, Publicacions URV, Tarragona
Smith, David, Exploring Innovation, McGraw Hill, London
Tidd, J. and Bessant, J., Managing Innovation: Integrating technological, market and organizatinal change, John Wiley & Sons, USA
Zoltan Acs, Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change, Routledge, New York |
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Other references suggested by the professor for each lesson. Coad, A. , Segarra, Agustí and Teruel, Mercedes (2020): "A bit of basic, a bit of applied? R&D strategies and firm performance", The Journal of Technology Transfer, doi.org/10.1007/s10961-020-09826-1, Crépon, B., Duguet, E., & Mairessec, J. (1998). Research, Innovation And Productivi [Ty: An Econometric Analysis At The Firm Level. Economics of Innovation and new Technology, 7(2), 115-158. Phillips, G. M., & Zhdanov, A. (2013). R&D and the incentives from merger and acquisition activity. The Review of Financial Studies, 26(1), 34-78. Méndez-Ortega, C. and Teruel, Mercedes (2020): “To Acquire or not to Acquire: The Effects of Acquisitions in the Software Industry", Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 30, 793–814 Rothwell, R. (1994). Towards the fifth?generation innovation process. International marketing review, 11, 7-31. Teruel, Mercedes , Coad, A. , Domnick, C. , Flachenecker, F. , Harasztosi, P. , Janiri, M.L. and Pal, R. (2021): “The birth of new HGEs: internationalization through new digital technologies”, The Journal of Technology Transfer, doi.org /10.1007/s10961-021-09861-6. |
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