2018_19
Educational guide 
Faculty of Business and Economics
A A 
english 
International Markets (2016)
 Subjects
  INNOVATION IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
   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