Theory of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(GEST-D-307)
Professor: Bruno van Pottelsberghe
Outline: The course is organized in different sessions followed by a group work and an exam:
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- Session 1: Innovation and society
- S.1.1. From invention to market: Learning from case studies (40’)
- S.1.2. Course objectives, structure and grading scheme (15’)
- S.1.3. Social ‘resistance’ to change and institutions (40’)
- Session 2: Knowledge creation and growth
- S.2.1. The role of S&T (and other) policies (30’)
- S.2.2. R&D and growth, a quantitative analysis (1h20)
- Session 3: Intellectual property policies
- S.3.1. Introduction Intellectual property rights (50’)
- S.3.2. Historical insight on patent systems (30’)
- S.3.3. Economic justification of patent systems (20’)
- Session 4: Design of Patent systems - A
- S.4.1. Subject matter, inventive step, scope, duration (50’)
- S.4.2. The cost factor and the role of fees (50’)
- Session 5: Patent value + Introduction to the Group Work
- S.5.1. Puzzle of value indicators (50’)
- S.5.2. Group work : information session (50’)
- Session 6: Design of patent systems - B
- S.6.1. The Bayh-Dole Act and academic patenting (30’)
- S.6.2. Use of patents and filing strategies (30’)
- S.6.3. The importance of quality (40’)
- Session 7 Drivers of business R&D
- S.7.1. Determinants of business R&D, a quantitative analysis (60’)
- S.7.2. The R&D component of the Lisbon agenda (40’)
- Session 8 Qualitative insights into S&T policies
- S.8.1. Case study: Fiscal incentives for R&D in Belgium (60’)
- S.8.2. Entrepreneurship: Legal and regulatory environment (50’)
- Session 9 Technology cycles and appropriability
- S.9.1. The S-curve and disruptive technologies (50’)
- S.9.2. Appropriability and strategy (50’)
- Session 10 The globalization of technology
- S.10.1. Patent-based measure & quantitative analysis (50’)
- S.10.2. Survey-based measure of drivers (20’)
- S.10.3. Managerial implications (20’)
- Session 11 Financing innovation
- S.11.1. Financing technology-based start-ups (50’)
- S.11.2. The determinants of venture capital (50’)
- Session 12 Innovation strategy
- S.12.1. Innovation competencies (50’)
- S.12.2. Strategic innovation and patenting performances (50’)
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