Courses Master Display 2024-2025

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Course title Economics of Strategy and Innovation
Course code EBC4046
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
4 3-2-2025 30-3-2025 X X
Level Advanced
Coordinator René Belderbos
For more information: r.belderbos@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
Learning outcomes: major insights in to the state of the art in academic research related to economics and business aspects of innovation
Competences: ability to critically assess quality and implications of academic research in the area. Ability to understand and use relevant research methods in the field.
Description
The course deals with business and economic aspects of innovation. It is a joint course of Maastricht University, UNU-MERIT, KU Leuven, and the Solvay School of Business at the Université Libre de Bruxelles with course sessions organized in Maastricht, Leuven, and Brussels. The course consists of six intensive sessions and is taught by lecturers who are all known experts in the field of innovation research and have contributed to the state of the art in their domain. Lecturers and topics may vary across years. The sessions cover key issues in innovation such as innovation networks, the productivity of R&D, patenting and intellectual property rights, the effectiveness of R&D subsidy and tax deduction policies, organizing for innovation in large firms, and the role of science in stimulating business innovation. The course is oriented towards students in PhD trajectories, requires considerable preparation and involves critical reading of scientific articles and mastering state of the art quantitative research methods. Evaluation is based on written post-class assignments and in-class participation and presentations.
Literature
Reader with articles from academic journals
Prerequisites
This course is in transition for the master Business Research.
See the Master Education and Examination Regulations for more information.

The following rule applies to master Business Research students who started the programme prior to academic year 2024-2025.
TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBC4046):
The master Business Research has been discontinued.
Courses of the Business Research master’s programme will continue to be offered until and including academic year 2025-2026 with exam opportunities running until and including 2026-2027.


PREREQUISITES:
Bachelor in Economics or Business Administration, understanding of the interpretation of econometric techniques.
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Attendance / Participation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Master Business Research - No specialisation Transitional Regulation
Master Business Research - Operations Research Transitional Regulation