MN32195: Innovation, industrialisation and international competitiveness
[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take MN22159 OR take MN22032 OR take MN22020 OR take MN20603
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- To develop a systems-based perspective of innovation as an economic activity at various levels of units of analysis.
- To understand what is scientific versus technological activity from an economic perspective and the actors responsible for these activities.
- To develop an awareness of current regional economic development/ industrial policy driving the development of economic actors at various levels of units of analysis.
- To develop significant research skills, critical analysis and the ability to make well founded recommendations.
- The ability to present a large amount of complex information in a succinct manner.
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| Synopsis: | "This course aims to develop your awareness of innovation as a driver of economic growth, and industrialisation within the global economy. It will present several significant theoretical concepts which will be applied to different levels of geography and economic actors.
You will be expected to examine a combination of these within a specific policy driven context and apply these to your assessment. "
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| Content: | We consider the theories behind the role of science and technology in the economy, and their evolution. We consider the economic agents who develop science, technology and innovation; their roles and responsibilities. Specifically, we examine three main contributors: universities and research institutes, businesses & industry and the government. The way these elements interact, and the geographic boundaries we place around them, create systems of innovation at different levels. And help explain the economic performance of industrial clusters, regions and nations.
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| Course availability: |
MN32195 is Optional on the following courses:
School of Management
- UMMN-ANB07 : BSc(Hons) Business with Thin sandwich placement(s) (Year 4)
- UMMN-AYB06 : BSc(Hons) International Management with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UMMN-AFB14 : BSc(Hons) Management (Year 3)
- UMMN-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Management with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UMMN-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Management with Marketing with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
- 好色tv and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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