Innovation

Programme structure

1. Introduction to the social dimension of innovation: agents, institutions, policies

2. Technological innovation with sustainable features: responsible innovation

3. Solidary economy as a social factor of innovation

4. Indicators of sustainable innovation: application to case studies

5. Responsible policies of Science and Technology in Europe, USA and Japan

6. The strategical plans of technological investment decision: examples and simulations

Class: 
Social Factors of Innovation A, add-on

Programme

1. Innovation - the concept; different perspectives and types. The difference between innovation, invention and difusion. Innovation as a process. Models of invention and of innovation. Measuring innovation - indicators.

2. The Microeconomics of innovation - theory of the firm; success and failure in industrial innovation. Innovation and the size of the firm. Uncertainty, project analysis and innovation. The relationship with the firms'' strategies.

Class: 
Economics and Management Innovation, add-on

Economics and Management Innovation, add-on

Semester: 
Summer
Offered: 
2021

Prof. Célia da Costa Cabral

Social Factors of Innovation A, add-on

Semester: 
Fall
Offered: 
2020

Prof. António Brandão Moniz