School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
MN30222: Innovation, industrialisation & international competitiveness |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours |
| Period: | Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take MN20208 or take MN30085 or take MN30051 |
| Description: | Aims: To examine the role of technology and innovation in the internationalisation of businesses and the industrialisation of nations. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, the student should be able to: * Appreciate technology as a global driver and facilitator. * Have an understanding of the crucial interplay between firms, governments and global environment in encouraging technology innovation for industrial growth. Skills: * Intellectual skills: ability to select a focus for a project, analysis and synthesis of information. * Transferable/ Key skills: research, ability to select a focus for a project, analysis and synthesis of information, structuring and writing a long essay. Content: Course will potentially include: the definition of technology and innovation; how it is relevant to international business activity/production. The role of the MNE in the internationalisation of technology; the organisation of innovation for international competitiveness; technology trajectories and diversification; technology based alliances and international technology transfer; National Systems of Innovation and technology policy. |