Innovation and
Technology Transfer
M.
V. Heitor,
J.
Elias de Freitas,
Ramani
Narayan
Lecture 1:
January
15
Program:
1. Course Overview,
MH
2. Engineering and
Technology for Innovation in Portugal: an Overview, MH -
DISCUSSION, ALL
3. The Innovation
Process: An Overview , RN - DISCUSSION, ALL
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NOTE: Saturday,
January 22, there is no class, to allow participation of
the students in the Intl. Seminar in the National
Association of Engineers, which will be discussed in
lecture 2, January 29.
Lecture 2: January
29
Program:
1. Innovation and
Technology Foresight
- Presentation by
groups of Students
- Discussion,
ALL
2. Entrepreneurship and
value creation: from concept to commercialization, RN
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Assignments:
1. Summary with the
main outcomes and conclusions of the Seminar to be held
in the "Ordem dos Engenheiros", 21-22 January, 2000 ;
Individual reports, 2 pages
2. Proposal for
Innovation; Individual reports, 2 pages
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Lecture 3: February
5
Program:
1. Creativity,
Technology and Innovation: Basic concepts,
- Presentation by
groups of Students about own experiences
- Discussion,
ALL
2. Intelectual Property
Strategies for Innovation Management, RN
Assignment:
1. Report on
specific Innovation Context: Group Presentations
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Lecture 4: February
12
Program:
1. Intelectual
Property Strategies for Innovation Management
(cont.)
- Patent Reviews and
analysis of IP strategies by groups of Students
- Discussion,
ALL
- Presentation by
students (1 group): Pavitt(1997)
2. Intelectual Property
Strategies for business growth, RN
Assignment:
1. Summary and
discussion of the papers by Pavitt (1997) and
Conceição et aaal (1998) ; Individual
reports, 2 pages
2. Patents (Intellectual
Property), presentation on selected innovation
concept
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Lecture 5: February
19
Program:
1. The Interactive
characteristics of Innovation
- Presentation by
students (3 groups)
- Discussion,
ALL
2. Product Innovation and
strategies for Product development, RN
Assignment:
1. Summary and
discussion of one the papers specified for the lecture;
Individual reports, 2 pages
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Lecture 6: February
26
Program:
1. Product
Innovation and strategies for Product development
- Presentation by
students (2 groups)
- Discussion,
ALL
2. Market Analysis,
RN
3. Financial Planing and
entrepreneurial Ventures, RN
Assignment:
1. To be defined by
the end of lecture 5
Lecture 7: March
4
Program:
1.Innovation,
Financial Planing and entrepreneurial Ventures
- CASE STUDIES:
Presentation by students (2 groups)
- Discussion,
ALL
2. Innovation and
corporate strategies for merges and acquisitions,
RN
Assignment:
1. To be defined by
the end of lecture 6
Lecture 8: March
11
Program:
1. Innovation,
Technological Change and industrial structure
- OECD`s taxonomy -
Presentation by students (1 group)
- Determinants and
Patterns of investment in innovation: Pavitt's
taxonomy and intrasectoral and inter-firm differences
in innovativeness - Presentation by students (1
group)
2. Social Capital and
Innovation, MH
3. Innovation, Networking
and clustering
- Internet Clustering:
evidence and impact - Presentation by students (1
group)
- "Regional
experimentalism" in Europe - Presentation by students
(1 group)
Assignment:
1. Summary and
discussion of one the papers specified for the lecture;
Individual reports, 2 pages
Lecture 9: March
18
Program:
1. The measurement
of Innovation
2. New challenges and
opportunities for innovation indicators, MH
3. Review of Class
outcomes - Presentation by students (3 groups)
Assignment:
1. Summary and
discussion of one the papers specified for the lecture;
Individual reports, 2 pages
Industrial Ecology:
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