Syllabus/achievement requirements

Notes:

  1. Readings marked with an asterisk (*) are compulsory.

  2. The reading list is organized by lectures, not alpabetically.

  3. All literature is available online. You'll find it by searching on ub.uio.no (must be on UiO network or via kiosk.uio.no)

 

1

Introduction to TIK4021 – global challenges and the role of the state in innovation

Reading list:

* Mazzucato, M. (2013), The Entrepreneurial State. London: Anthem Press.

2

Innovation policy – history and current debates

Reading list:

* Lundvall, B-Å. & S. Borrás (2005), “Science, technology, and innovation policy”. In Fagerberg et al. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, 599-631.

* Rasmussen, E. & M. Gulbrandsen (2012), “Government support programmes to promote academic entrepreneurship: a principal-agent perspective”, European Planning Studies, 20:527-546.

* Schot, J. & W.E. Steinmueller (2016), Framing innovation policy for transformative change: Innovation policy 3.0. Sussex: SPRU, Working paper. Available here (http://www.johanschot.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SchotSteinmueller_FramingsWorkingPaperVersionUpdated2018.10.16-New-copy.pdf)

3

Policy backdrop 1: Innovation and Economic Performance across Sectors: Technological Regimes and Trajectories in Manufacturing and Service Industries

Reading list:

* Castellacci, F. (2008): ‘Technological paradigms, regimes and trajectories: manufacturing and service industries in a new taxonomy of sectoral patterns of innovation”, Research Policy, 37, 978-994.

*Malerba, F. (2005): “Sectoral systems: How and why innovation differs across sectors”, in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation.

*Wieser, R. (2005): “Research and development productivity and spillovers: empirical evidence at the firm level”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 19 (4): 587-621.

Castellacci, F. (2008): "Innovation and the competitiveness of industries: Comparing the mainstream and evolutionary approaches", Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Miles, I. (2005): “Innovation in services”, in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation.

Pavitt, K. (1984): “Sectoral patterns of technical change: towards a taxonomy and a theory”, Research Policy, 13, 343-373.

4

Policy backdrop 2: Innovation and Economic Performance across Firms: Capabilities, Resources and Strategies

Reading list:

*Bartelsman, E. J. and Doms, M. (2000): “Understanding productivity: lessons from longitudinal microdata”, Journal of Economic Literature, 38 (3): 569-594. Link

*Castellacci, F. (2011): "How does competition affect the relationship between innovation and productivity? Estimation of a CDM model for Norway", Economics of Innovation and New Technology. Link

* Crepon, B., Duguet, E. and Mairesse, J. (1998): ‘Research, innovation and productivity: an econometric analysis at the firm level’, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 7 (2), 115-158. Link

5

Innovation policy: what, why and how

Reading list:

*Edler & Fagerberg (2017), Innovation policy: what, why and how. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 33:2-23.

*Fagerberg (2016), Innovation policy: rationales, lessons and challenges. Journal of Economic Surveys, 31:497-512.

Fagerberg, J., Laestadius, S. and Martin, B.R. (2016) The Triple Challenge for Europe: The Economy, Climate Change, and Governance, Challenge, 59, 3, 178-204 (workingpaper versjon: https://ideas.repec.org/p/tik/inowpp/20150422.html)

Mazzucato, M. and C. Perez (2015) Innovation as Growth Policy: the Challenge for Europe, in Fagerberg, J., S. Laestadius and B. R. Martin (2015) The Triple Challenge for Europe: Economic Development, Climate Change and Governance, Oxford University Press, p. 229-264, (workingpaper versjon: https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/srussewps/2014-13.htm)

6

Summary of module 1: obligatory group work

In this lecture students will present the results of the task that they were given at the beginning of the module.

7

Public research organisations and innovation.

Reading list for this day and the next:

*Abreu, M. & V. Grinevich (2012), The nature of academic entrepreneurship in the UK: Widening the focus on entrepreneurial activities, Research Policy.

*Gulbrandsen, M. et al. (2015), Emerging hybrid practices in public-private research centres, Public Administration, 93:363-379.

*Larsen, M.T (2011), The implications of academic enterprise for public science: An overview of the empirical evidence, Research Policy, 40:6-19.

*Perkmann, M. et al. (2013), Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the literature on university–industry relations. Research Policy, 42:423-442.

*Rosenberg, N. & R. Nelson, 1994, American universities and technical advance in industry, Research Policy, 23:323-348.

* Thune, T. et al., 2014, Noder i kunnskapsnettverket. NIFU-rapport 23/2014.

Beise, M. & H. Stahl (1999), Public research and industrial innovations in Germany, Research Policy, 28(4): 397-422.

Bekkers, R. and I.M. Bodas Freitas (2008), Analysing knowledge transfer channels between universities and industry: To what degree do sectors also matter? Research Policy, 37 1837–1853.

Cohen, W.M., R.R. Nelson & J.P Walsh (2002), Links and impacts: the influence of public research on industrial R&D, Management Science, 48:1-23.

Murmann, J.P. (2000), Knowledge and competitive advantage in the synthetic dye industry, 1850-1914: The coevolution of firms, technology and national institutions in Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, Enterprise & Society, 1:699-704.

Whitley, R., 2002, "Developing innovative competences: the role of institutional frameworks", Industrial and Corporate Change, 11:497-528.

8

Focus: University-industry relations

Reading list: see previous day

9

Commercialisation of research

Reading list:

*Bozeman, B. (2001), Technology transfer and public policy: a review of research and theory, Research Policy, 29:627-655.

*Debackere, K. and R. Veugelers (2005), The role of academic technology transfer organizations in improving industry science links, Research Policy, 34:321–342.

*Etzkowitz, H. (1998), The norms of entrepreneurial science: cognitive effects of the new university–industry linkages, Research Policy, 27(8):823–33.

*Etzkowitz, H. & Loet Leydesdorff (2000), The dynamics of innovation: From National Systems and ‘Mode 2’ to a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government relations, Research Policy, 29:109-123.

*Grimaldi, R., M. Kenney, D.S. Siegel & M. Wright, 2011, 30 years after Bayh-Dole: Reassessing academic entrepreneurship, Research Policy, 40:1045-1057

*Vohora, A., M. Wright and A. Lockett (2004), Critical junctures in the development of university high-tech spinout companies, Research Policy, 33:147-175.

Fransman, M. (2001), Designing Dolly: interactions between economics, technology and science and the evolution of hybrid institutions, Research Policy, 30:263-273.

Gulbrandsen, M. (2005), ‘But Peter’s in it for the money’: the liminality of entrepreneurial scientists, VEST Journal for Science and Technology Studies, 18:49-75.

Guston, D.H. (1999), Stabilizing the boundary between US politics and science: the role of the office of technology transfer as a boundary organization, Social Studies of Science, 29:87-111.

Tuunainen, J. (2005), Contesting a Hybrid Firm at a Traditional University, Social Studies of Science, 35:173–210.

10

Science and innovation policy seminar.

Every year the Research Council of Norway organises a full-day seminar on science and innovation policy, normally at Hotel Bristol. We recommend students to sign up for this, but it is not compulsory.

11

Focus: research and innovation in the public sector with an emphasis on hospitals and healthcare

Block, C. & Bugge, M. 2013: Public sector innovation – From theory to measurement. Structural change and economic dynamics, 27(2013) 133-145

Osborn, S. P & Brown, L. 2011: Innovation, public policy and public service delivery in the UK: The word that would be king. Public Administration, 89(4): 1335-1350

Thune, T. & Mina, A. 2016: Hospitals as innovators in the health-care system: A literature review and research agenda. Research Policy, 45/8: 1545-1557

12

Guest lecture: commercialisation of research

More information later

13

Summary of module and group presentations of obligatory group work

14

Energy systems and energy policy

Reading list:

*Grubler, A. (2012). Energy transitions research: Insights and cautionary tales. Energy Policy, 50(Supplement C), 8-16.

* Rip, A., & Kemp, R. (1998). Technological change. Human choice and climate change, 2, 327-99.

15

A systems perspective on energy transitions

Reading list: 

* Kern, F., Smith, A., Shaw, C., Raven, R., & Verhees, B. (2014). From laggard to leader: Explaining offshore wind developments in the UK. Energy Policy, 69, 635-46.

 *Geels, F. W., Kern, F., Fuchs, G., Hinderer, N., Kungl, G., Mylan, J., . . . Wassermann, S. (2016). The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways: A reformulated typology and a comparative multi-level analysis of the German and UK low-carbon electricity transitions (1990–2014). Research Policy, 45(4), 896-913.

16

Established industries and firms

Reading list:

*Geels, F. W. (2014). Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions: Introducing Politics and Power into the Multi-Level Perspective. Theory, Culture & Society, 31(5), 21-40.

*Turnheim, B., & Geels, F. W. (2012). Regime destabilisation as the flipside of energy transitions: Lessons from the history of the British coal industry (1913–1997). Energy Policy, 50(Supplement C), 35-49.

17

Discussion about innovation and sustainability

18

Summary of module and group work

19

Innovation management: introduction

Reading list:

Ahuja, G. et al. (2008), “Moving beyond Schumpeter: management research on the determinants of technological innovation”, The Academy of Management Annals, 2:1-98.

Garud, R., P. Tuertscher & A. van de Ven. (2013), “Perspectives on innovation processes”, The Academy of Management Annals, 7:775-819.

20

Organisational innovation

Reading list:

Lam, Alice (2005), chapter from Oxford Handbook.

 

Guest Lecture by Chiara Franco

Recommended (non-compulsory) reading:

  • Cavusgil, S. T., & Knight, G. (2015). The born global firm: An entrepreneurial and capabilities perspective on early and rapid internationalization. Journal of International Business Studies, 46(1), 3-16.
  • Dunning, J. H., & Lundan, S. M. (2008). Multinational enterprises and the global economy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Johanson, J., & Vahlne, J. E. (2009). The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership. Journal of International Business Studies, 40(9), 1411-1431.
  • Rugman, A.M. and Verbeke, A. (2003). ‘Extending the theory of the multinational enterprise: internalization and strategic management perspectives’, Journal of International Business Studies, 34 (2): 125-137.

21

Creativity, capabilities and models of innovation

*Amabile, T. M. (1988). A model of creativity and innovation in organizations. Research in organizational behavior, 10(1), 123-167.

*Lorenz, E., & Lundvall, B. Å. (2010). Accounting for Creativity in the European Union: A multi-level analysis of individual competence, labour market structure, and systems of education and training. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(2), 269-294.

22

Reading the management literature: workshop with the students

Four hours – this is in practice the group work for this module. Organised by Magnus Gulbrandsen.

23

Meeting the practitioners: workshop with people who do innovation management in practice

24

Summary of the module and the course

 

About the Mazzucato book (note from Magnus)

The book can be bought online in digital and print editions. A report which the book is closely based on is available for free at http://www.demos.co.uk/files/Entrepreneurial_State_-_web.pdf. Professor Mazzucato’s web page also contains various lectures including a TED talk. Read as much of the book as you can, depending on your interests. For some the summary, introduction and conclusion may be sufficient.

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