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After successfully completing the course, students will be familiar with the main literature and key concepts that help us to understand international competitiveness and innovation, mainly from firm level perspectives plus brief macro level insights. The course consists of the following subject content: innovation strategy and knowledge sourcing; open innovation and business competitiveness; globalisation of innovation; national level perspectives.   

Students must be registered on BSc Management/Management Specialism, IMABS, IM and ITMB/ITMB Specialism.

BSc Management/Management Specialism, BSc International Management

 

Innovation is the central component of this course and literature on managing innovation for international competitiveness will be combined with case studies and practical research examples to enhance student understanding of the subject matter. Students will have to collect data on an international company to illustrate different facets of formulating and implementing an innovation strategy in a competitive business environment. Students will be expected to utilise a variety of secondary data sources for writing the group report assignment. These sources include company reports, business analyst reports, and databases available in the UoM library. 

- design and implementation of firm innovation strategy for competitive advantage.

- how firms utilise external capabilities to help support internal innovation efforts.

- international R&D and knowledge transfer inside Multinational Enterprises.

- drivers of international collaboration.

- open innovation/ business competitiveness and introduction to design innovation.

- appropriating returns on innovation through the management of intellectual property rights and brief introduction to the role of government policy in promoting innovation and competitiveness.

 

Lecture hours:  24 hours - 1 x 2hr lecture for 12 weeks 
Workshop hours:  6 hours - 4 x 1.5hr workshops (in weeks 3, 4, 5, 6/7)  

Total contact hours:  30 hours

Private study:  170 hours

Total study hours: 200 hours split between lectures, interactive workshops, self-study, data collection, preparation for classes and examination revision.

Approximately 10% of the lecture content will be delivered online/asynchronously. 

understand the relation between business strategy and technological and organisational innovation that explain the international competitiveness of firms in selected industries internationally.

have basic appreciation of the role of government in promoting innovation and competitiveness.
 

ability to synthesise and apply concepts from the literature on innovation management to practical contexts and examples 

have developed practical skills in literature searching, use of databases and report writing 
 

work in teams – recognising and identifying views of others and working constructively with them 

Written exam (70%); 3 questions from choice of 6. Group report (30%).

 

• Informal advice, discussion and feedback during lectures, workshops and office hours.
• Responses to questions and requests for feedback from students by email.
• Specific course related feedback sessions, including feedback on group assignment.
• Generic feedback posted on Blackboard regarding overall examination performance.

Core Text:  â€˜Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organisational Change’ by Joe Tidd and John Bessant (2024). Wiley, 8th Edition, ISBN  978-1394252060.

Note: A list of recommended readings, mainly papers from key innovation journals (e.g. Research Policy, R&D Management and Technovation), will be provided for each session topic in the full course specification.