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![]() | 2016/7 |
![]() | School of Management |
![]() | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
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![]() | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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![]() | CW 100% |
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![]() | Before or while taking this module you must take MN10569 OR take MN20208 OR take MN30085 OR take MN50450 OR ( take MN10545 AND take CH10009 ) |
![]() | 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: The unit will 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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