Estudia

1. BASIC CONCEPTS, THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK - From science to technology - R&D and innovation - Innovation and competitiveness - The scope of innovation and technology management activities - Technological innovation and globalisation

2. BASIC CONCEPTS, THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK (II) - Types of innovation - The Oslo Manual (OCDE) and organizational innovations - Innovation indicators - Auditing innovation

3. INNOVATION IN SERVICES - Theoretical framework - Types of innovations - Case studies - Research agenda

4. ORGANISING INNOVATION AND R&D - External and internal sources of innovation - Innovation and human resources - Networks of innovators - Innovation processes

5. ORGANISING INNOVATION AND R&D (II) - Organizational structures - Management project approaches - The UNE 166000 approach

6. SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF INNOVATION - Key issue for new products success - SMEs and innovation - Analyses of SMEs experiences

7. TOOLS FOR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT - Creativity - Forecasting - QFD - Triz

8. FOSTERING INNOVATION - Innovation and R&D policies - National and regional systems of innovation - Rationale for government intervention - Innovation clusters and competitiveness - Technological spin-offs and innovation

9. RESEARCH ISSUES ON INNOVATION AND R&D MANAGEMENT - Research topics and research agenda - Main journals and Reviews - Websites and research support strategies - European research groups on economics and innovation management. An overview

• Escorsa, Pere; Valls, Jaume (2003). Tecnología e innovación en la empresa (2a ed. ampliada). Barcelona: Edicions UPC.
• Smith, David (2006). Exploring Innovation. MvGraw-Hill.
• Fagerberg, J,; Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (2005). The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Tidd, J., Bessant J. and Pavitt, K (2005). Managing Innovation (3a). Wiley.
• Howells, John (2005). The management of innovation and technology. London: Sage.
• Australian Institute of Management (2004). Innovation and imagination at work (2nd edition). Sidney: McGraw-Hill..

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The final mark will be assigned as follows:
Final Mark = 0,10 x Debates + 0,15 x Presentations + 0,30xCourse readings and delivered assignments + 0,45 x Final exam

INVITED SPEAKERS

XAVIER PLANTA is deputy director at ASCAMM Technology Centre. ASCAMM was founded in 1987 by the Catalan Association of Dies and Mould Makers and turned into a nonprofit foundation in 1996. ASCAMM has become one of the leading technology centres in Spain - specially for SME's.

ISIDRE MARCH is a university lecturer at the University of Valencia where he has specialized on economics of technology and innovation management. His recent works focus on the organization of biotechnology companies and related research networks.

RAMON MASPONS is head of unit at Strategy Unit of the Health Department of the University of Girona. He is involved in the planning of the so-called “Catalan Bioregion”

JORDI TORRAS, works at Caixa de Manresa. He acts as a consultant through his Teamworkcenter company.