Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
"How to arouse innovation in my enterprise?" Many entrepreneurs ask that question.
Innovation is the result of human behavior that is both valuable and disturbing in enterprises. It has tremendous individual and social consequences.
The objective of this course is NOT to provide management solutions or recipes to entrepreneurs who wonder how to foster innovation. Thus, the course is not a collection of business, organizational or marketing recipes to make you ready-to-use innovators.
This course, proposed for the first time in the academic year 2014-2015, is a scientific exploration of what is at the root of economic change: innovation.
This course is aimed at students who are willing to approach innovation with the tools of the scientist. We will study the determinants, the existence conditions and the consequences of innovation by using the research tools of economics, psychology, neurosciences, sociology and law.
There is no prerequisite for this course except curiosity, a taste for scientific research and basic knowledge in economics.
The course is taught in English in the second quarter on Wednesdays (16:15-18:15).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The learning objective is to study an individual behavior (innovation) with social implications by blending various scientific fields.
At the end of this course, the students will have acquired multidisciplinary knowledge on innovation. From there, students are left with their own imagination and creativity to build innovative paths in their professional life.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Introduction to economics
Intellectual curiosity
Taste for scientific research
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
G. M. Peter Swann (2009) The Economics of Innovation: An Introduction, Edward Elgar.
Reading list of papers.
Assessment methods and criteria
Teamwork in class and homeworks.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professor :
Lionel Artige, Office I.53
Tel. : 04/366 4891
E-Mail : Lionel.Artige@ulg.ac.be
Assistant :
Leif Van Neuss, Office I.56
Tel. : 04/366 3103
E-Mail : lvneuss@ulg.ac.be