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2014/5 |
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School of Management |
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6 |
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Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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Semester 1 |
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CW 100% |
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Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
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Before taking this unit you must take MN20208 or take MN30085 or take MN30051 |
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Aims: To examine the role of technology and innovation in the internationalisation of businesses and the industrialisation of nations. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, the student should be able to: * Appreciate technology as a global driver and facilitator. * Have an understanding of the crucial interplay between firms, governments and global environment in encouraging technology innovation for industrial growth. Skills: * Intellectual skills: ability to select a focus for a project, analysis and synthesis of information. * Transferable/ Key skills: research, ability to select a focus for a project, analysis and synthesis of information, structuring and writing a long essay. Content: Course will potentially include: the definition of technology and innovation; how it is relevant to international business activity/production. The role of the MNE in the internationalisation of technology; the organisation of innovation for international competitiveness; technology trajectories and diversification; technology based alliances and international technology transfer; National Systems of Innovation and technology policy. |
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MN30222 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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