Rod Grewan
This online instructor-led course was delivered by the United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute, an ITU Academy Training Centre. This course explores the economic analysis of innovation, examining its emergence, sources, market dynamics, strategic trade-offs, and societal impact, with a specific focus on digital transformation and real-world case studies.
OBJECTIVES:
To acquire the basic jargon necessary to discuss, in a consistent and rigorous way, innovation issues;
To understand the role that innovation and technical change play in shaping competitiveness and industrial change;
To recognize sector-level specificities in the sources of innovation, and compare their consequences for practice and policy;
To recognize and examine the systemic nature of the innovative process.
CONTENT:
Emergence of new technologies
Innovation and economic development
Innovation diffusion and technology transfer
The dark side of innovation and responsible innovation
Duration: 25 hours
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Skills / Knowledge
- Innovation and entrepreneurship