Core courses
1. Measurement of R&D
2. Innovation Management
3. Innovation Project Management
4. Measurement of Innovation
5. STI Policy. Basics
6. STI Policy. Domains
7. Foresight Theory and Concepts
8. Economics of Innovation. Basic
9. Intellectual Property Management
- Feasibility and basics of R&D measurement
- Measuring R&D inputs: expenditures and personnel
- Measuring R&D outputs: publications, patents, technologies
2. Innovation Management
- Introduction (subject overview) and definition of basic concepts and their interrelations
- Innovation process in companies
- Corporate innovation strategies
- Open innovation
- Metrics for innovation controlling
- Corporate innovation culture
3. Innovation Project Management
- Innovation project management: main stages and key activities
- Innovation project management vs management of conventional projects
- Management methods and instruments in innovation project management
- Project activity organization and the roles of key players
- Waterfall project management and stage-gate approach
- Agile methodology in innovation project management
4. Measurement of Innovation
- Feasibility and basics of innovation measurement
- Business innovation statistics
- Alternative approaches to measuring innovation performance of countries, industries and firms
- Innovation beyond the business sector
5. STI Policy. Basics
- STI policy and governance: basic notions
- Conceptual frameworks in STI policy
- National STI strategies
- STI policy toolbox
- Developing STI goals and key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Public funding of R&D
- STI policy evaluation
6. STI Policy. Domains
- Developing human capital in STI
- Research excellence initiatives
- International cooperation in S&T
- Innovation policy practices
- Establishing innovative infrastructure
- Supporting innovative entrepreneurs
7. Foresight Theory and Concepts
- Introduction to the course
- Basics of Foresight and Strategic Planning
- Objectives and Processes of Foresight and Strategic Planning
- Methodology for Foresight and Strategic Planning
- Scenarios technique
- Translating Foresight into strategy
- Embedding Foresight and Strategic Planning into organizations
8. Economics of Innovation. Basic
- Introduction: Science, technology and innovation in the economic analysis
- Innovation, firm and market characteristics
- Open innovation process
- Industrial revolutions. Sectoral patterns of innovation and heterogeneity of economic activities.
- National Innovation Systems
9. Intellectual Property Management
- Meaning of IPR in innovation management. Typology of IPO and IPR
- Copyright and related rights. Patent law, patentability vs Patent strategies
- Strategic IP Planning. Creating and implementing an IP Strategy
- IP Evaluation and Analysis
- IP Transfer and Commercialisation