Innovation Policies
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Economics |
Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The purpose of the course is to provide an advanced and deep skills/ training in the innovation policy domain. Consequently, the course provides the tools for understanding the nature, the foundations, the instruments and the limitations of the innovation policies.
Learning outcomes and competences
To successful conclude the course implies that students are able to answer questions such as: What is innovation policy? What are its instruments? Why is innovation policy useful? 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. Basic concepts and evidence of innovation performance at country and regional level
2. Innovation policies - what is it and what is it for?
3. Myths about the engines of innovation and ineffective Innovation Policies
4. Theoretical approaches that explain the rational of Innovation Policies
5. Types and instruments of innovation policies
6. The Entrepreneurial State. Impact of Innovation Policies
7. Innovation policies in practice
Mandatory literature
Edler, Jakob; Fagerberg, Jan; “Innovation policy: what, why, and how”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 33, Number 1, 2017, pp. 2–23.
Edler, J.; Gök, A.; and Shapira, P. ; Handbook of Innovation Policy Impact, Edward Elgar, 2016. ISBN: 9781784711849
Godinho, M.M.; Mamede, R. P. and Simões, V. C. ; “Assessment and challenges of industrial policies in Portugal: is there a way out of the ‘stuck in the middle’ trap?”, in Structural Change, Competitiveness and Industrial Policy: Painful Lessons, Routledge, 2014
Mazzucato, M.; The Entrepreneurial State. Debunking public vs. private sectors myths., Anthem Press., 2014
Complementary Bibliography
Argentino Pessoa; Políticas de Inovação (2ª ed.),, CreateSpace, Charleston, SC, USA, 2014. ISBN: 9781502981516 (Available at Amazon)
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 (%) |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
25,00 |
Teste |
25,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
50,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
90,50 |
Frequência das aulas |
42,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
70,00 |
Total: |
202,50 |
Eligibility for exams
Continuous evaluation
or
Final exam
Calculation formula of final grade
Continuous evaluation:
Final grade=50% * Part 1 + 50% * Part 2 = 50% * (50% * Mini-tests + 35% * Written work + 15 * Presentation) + 50% * Written work
or
Final exam
Classification improvement
Final exam (100%).