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TRIMESTER
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COURSE
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SYLLABUS
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1st
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Decisionmaking
Support Systems
L. V.
Tavares
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The modelling
process. Information and decisionmaking. Bayes'
theorem and the value of information. The utility
function and the analysis of risk and uncertainty.
Decision trees and multicriteria analysis.
Conflicts and negotiation. Decision support systems
for the management of technology.
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Innovation and
Technology Transfer
M. V. Heitor, J.
Elias, M. Bommer
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Innovation models,
concepts and strategies. Innovation management:
technological innovation. Theory and practice of
processes of technology transfer and acquisition:
products and processes; agents. Analysis and
forecasts of technological impact. Transfer,
development and commercialization of science and
technology. Protection of Intellectual Property.
Application to SMEs. Innovation Networks.
Technology International Fluxes. International
investment and diffusion SMEs. Innovation Networks.
Technology International Fluxes. International
investment and diffusion technology. Globalization,
internationalization and the determinants of the
location of R&D. Application to the Portuguese
and European context.
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Environment, Energy
and Development Policies for Economic
Growth
J. J. Delgado
Domingos, P. Ferrão, J.
Ehrenfeld
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Energy and
Environmental Policy; concepts, principles,
developmental trends, main regulatory documents.
Analysis methods and instruments, and environmental
management instruments; impact analysis;
eco-audits, life-cycle assessment, ISO 14 000.
Geographical information systems, telematics.
Sustainable development economy. Economic, social
and environmental sustainability. Urban
sustainability. Industrial ecology
concepts.
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2nd
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Corporate
Analysis
Rui
Baptista
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Presents the
strategies necessary to manage technology
enterprise, and to manage the technmology-based
cycle. Develops an understanding of the forces
driving competition in industrial markets with
emphasis on cycles effecting technology products.
Venture capital, the stock market, portfolio
analysis. Entrepreneurial efficiency.
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Organizational
Psycho-Sociology
António
Caetano, ISCTE
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Organization
theory: from classical to ecological and resource
dependances approaches. Structural processes in
organizations: organization configurations,
structural axes, strategies of organizational
design. Nature of work and motivation in
organizations: theory of contents and processes.
Organizative sociological processes: organizational
sociology, culture and leadership. Organizational
dynamics and development.
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Project Management
and Evaluation
L. V. Tavares,
A. Ferreira
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Management by
objectives, matrix models. The concept of a
project. The modelling of projects: establishing
milestones, costs, benefits and risks. Analysis of
resources, PERT/CPM. Scheduling. Simulation.
Multicriteria analysis and evaluation.
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Information
systems
Paulo
Verissímo, FC
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clients and network
computers Java. Systems Distributed Services.
Programming in SDS, shared memory, parallelism,
WWW, publisher-subscriber or info-push, mobile
code, mobile agents. Systems reliability: tolerance
to failures or disaster avoidance; replication.
Programming of reliable systems: diffusion in
groups: atomic transactions. Transactional systems
of distributed databases: storing, retrieval,
concurrence control, coherence. Safety:
cryptography: safe servers and firewalls in
Internet: digital money and electronical
transactions; access control and information
systems; safety policies and audits. Lay-out,
management and exploitation of big scale
information systems.
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3rd
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Operations
Management and Modeling of Industrial
Performance
Carlos
Bispo
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Strategies for
production management: MRP, Push-Pull, just-in-time
inventory control, Kanban systems, industrial
systems. Static and dynamic uses of resources.
Modeling tools of industrial performance: Markov
chains, waiting lines, Petri nets, simulation of
discrete systems, simulation software, analysis of
perturbations.
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Science and
Technology Policy
M. V. Heitor, P.
Conceição, Konstadinos G.
Goulias
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Society, Technology
and Innovation. Science and Technology Systems;
National Innovation Systems; Historical development
and economic perspectives (Schumpeter and
Schmookler; Rosenberg). New theories of economic
growth (P. Romer, R. Lucas) and international trade
(Krugman; Helpfman); lock-in and path-dependance
(P. David); the economy of growing returns (B.
Arthur); The unmaterial economics. Social
interactions. Knowledge Policies. Science, ethics,
politics and policies.
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Industrial
Development Policy
Amado da Silva,
Rui Baptista
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Industrial sector
evolution. Industry taxionomy. Industrial markets
and competitiveness factors. Main models of
industrial organization and management. Industrial
development policies. Strategic planning of R&D
activities. Design methodologies of new facilities.
Technology transfer and endogenization. Industrial
property-patents/tangible assets. Process
development: pilot facilities; know-how creation.
Clean technologies and intrinsically clean
facilities.
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1st
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(Full Year)
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Seminar "Project in
Management, Commercialization and Marketing of
Technology"
M. V. Heitor,
Conceição Vedovello, F.
Nascimento
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This course is
aimed to provide the students with the necessary
skills for the realization of engineering projects
involving the management, commercialization and
marketing of Technology. It runs for the full year
(3 trimesters) and includes two main parts. Part 1
is common to 3 M.Sc. Programs (IST; IC2, Austin;
ITEMS - Monterrey), using video conferencing and
internet based group work. The goal is to develop a
Technology Commercialization Project carried out by
international groups of students and focused on the
development of a project in 3 phases: Technology
Assessment (trimester 1); Business Opportunity
(trimester 2) and Business Planning (trimester 3).
Topics discussed are related to business planning,
industrial R&D in S&T Commercialization,
Technology Assessment Process, Intelectual
Property, Critical Human and Organisational Factors
in S&T Commercialization Sucess,
Commercialization Strategy (including topics such
as Vertical Integration & Horizontal
Diversification, Industry Analysis, Strategic
Commitment & Pricing), and Financing New
Ventures (including topics and such as
Technological Entrepreneurism and Entrepreneurs,
Initial Venture Funding, Growing and Financing of
the New Technology Entreprise). The second part is
based on seminars (every two weeks) that provide
the students with necessary technical and practical
support alowing them to complete sucessfully their
project, with emphasis on strategic and technology
marketing. Specific topics include: market research
and analysis, technology forecasting and
benchmarking, strategic planning and marketing
planning.
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