Innovation Policies

Code:

2EGIN09

Acronym:

PI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics and Management of Innovation

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EGIN	39	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purpose of the course is to provide an advanced and deep qualification on the innovation policy domain. Consequently, the course gives tools for understanding the nature, the foundations, the instruments and the limitations of the innovation policy.

Learning outcomes and competences

The final grade depends on the students’ ability to answer questions such as: What is innovation policy? What are its instruments? Why using the innovation policy? How can we make the innovation policy more effective? What are the main instruments of innovation policies at regional, national and European level?

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction. Definition and scope of innovation policy. Social return and private return of innovation activities.


2. Measuring innovation. Input and output indicators. Financial resources and human resources for R&D. Bibliometrics and patents. Technology balance of payments.


3. Intellectual propriety and patent economics. Principles for intellectual propriety rights (IPR). Types of IPR. The nature of patents. Delimitation: Patents and author rights. Objectives of the patent system. The economics of patents. Alternative ways of protection. Exclusive rights and market power. Static and dynamic efficiency. Patent races. Duration and scope of patents.


4. Science, technology and innovation: instruments inventory and selective analysis. Science and technology policy. Scientific infrastructures and academic research. Technological infrastructures, technological services and technology transfer. Financial and fiscal subventions to innovation. Financial instruments for capitalisation. Entrepreneurship policies and technological entrepreneurship.


5. Science, technology and innovation: Coordination and instruments integration. Collective efficiency. Public initiatives versus public-private partnerships. Clusters Policy. Global framework for coordination of innovation policies in Portugal and European Union. Analysis of recent trends. Innovation policy under Europe 2020 and under Portugal 2020.

 

Mandatory literature

Argentino Pessoa; Políticas de Inovação (2ª ed.),, CreateSpace, Charleston, SC, USA, 2014. ISBN: 9781502981516 (Available at Amazon)
Ana Silva; Mário Rui Silva; Improving the Design of Innovation Policies in Follower Countries, XXVII ISPIM Innovation Conference, ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management, 2016
Edler, Jakob; Fagerberg, Jan; “Innovation policy: what, why, and how”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 33, Number 1, 2017, pp. 2–23.
Silva, Mário Rui; Apontamentos de Políticas de Inovação, pasta Documentos
Warwick, K.; “Beyond Industrial Policy: Emerging Issues and New Trends”, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 2, OECD Publishing, 2013.

Complementary Bibliography

Lévêque, François e Ménière, Yann (2004), ; The Economics of Patents and Copyright, , Published by The Berkeley Electronic Press.
OECD (2002) ; Frascati Manual: Proposed Standard Practice For Surveys On Research And Experimental Development,, Paris: OECD.
OECD (1994), ; Using Patent Data as Science and Technology Indicators – Patent Manual: The Measurement of Scientific and Technological Activities, OCDE/ GD(94)114,1994, Paris
OECD (1996), ; The Measurement of Scientific and Technical Activities: Proposed Guidelines for Collecting and Interpreting Technological Innovation Data: Oslo Manual , DSTI, OECD, Paris
OECD (1990), ; Proposed Standard Method of Compiling and Interpreting Technology Balance of Payments Data: TBP Manual 1990, The Measurement of Scientific and Technological Activities Series, OECD, Paris.
Griliches, Zvi (1990), ; Patent Statistics as Economic Indicators: A Survey, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 28, pp. 1661-1707.
Hatzichronoglou, T. (1997); Revision of the High-technology Sector and Product Classification, OECD, STI Working Paper 1997/2, Paris.
Almeida, Alexandre; Figueiredo, António; Silva, Mário Rui; "From Concept to Policy: Building Regional Innovation Systems in Follower Regions”, European Planning Studies, vol. 19, nº 7, July, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

Diversified methodologies: Presentation and discussion of theoretical issues; analysis, both individual or in team work, of statistical indicators; analysis of objectives and instruments in applications of innovation policies; analysis of the design of innovation policies in different regional and national frameworks; case studies.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

1. Final exam: 70%. 2. Applied work: 30%.

Classification improvement

Final exam (100%).