ECON 304 Industrial Innovation
18 points. Semester 2.
Overview
Innovation is central to growth. Successful companies are nearly
always brilliant innovators. They outsmart their rivals by developing
new products and processes. However, this is a tough way to live
because pioneering is risky. This paper explains what is involved
in innovation. Topics covered include invention, diffusion, patents
and patenting, the management of innovation, and the multinational
enterprise. The emphasis of the paper is to show Economics in action
in the real world and to make the content both interesting and stimulating.
Paper coordinator
John Parker
Prerequisite
Any 18 200-level ECON points.
Restriction
Econ 250 if passed in 2005 or 2006.
Course Outline
For more information please download
the course outline in pdf format.
Course Materials
John's Innovation
Chapters.
A pdf on the Format of the Final Exam is available
here for your information.
Download a copy of the OECD
report on Innovation in NZ.
Download a copy of EcoNZ20
and EcoNZ21.
Download the NBER Patents
Paper.
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